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4.19 AVERAGE
4.19 AVERAGE
adventurous
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relaxing
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A good, thorough biography of da Vinci. Much more information on his art and technique than I was expecting.
Niesamowicie napisana sprawia, że można Leonarda poznać nie tylko od tej sztampowej (i pozytywnej) strony. Autor zgrabnie porusza się tu między sztuką, inżynierią, nauką, historią czy opisem codzienności. Pięknie wydana książka, duże ilustracje. Multum przypisów. Po jej przeczytaniu naprawdę można stwierdzić, że poznało się Leonarda dość wnikliwie.
3.75 ⭐️
I learned 2 things: Leo also struggled to get his dream job and he was a procrastinater too. Good to know!
I learned 2 things: Leo also struggled to get his dream job and he was a procrastinater too. Good to know!
informative
inspiring
slow-paced
emotional
hopeful
informative
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
This was a really good biography of Leonardo and we definitely get a taste of all of his eclectic interests.
An absolutely fantastic book about one of the most curious persons to have ever lived. He was much more than just a painter, and is definitely a genius. For all of his abundance of intelligence and creativity, Walter Isaacson portrays Leonardo as a mere mortal, which he was, but shows how an erratic, procrastinating, dark individual such as Leonardo was capable of captivating the world through time.
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lighthearted
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LDV is an OG. So is Walter Isaacson. Fabulous book and well structured (nonlinear) for his life.
An intriguing dive into the world of Leonardo, the first and greatest of the Renaissance men. As an artist and designer, much of Leonardo's creations and thought processes appeal to me. His penchant for eclectic and sometimes whimsical to-do lists is something that we share, much to my surprise. His unique combination of universally insatiable (I do not use this world lightly) curiosity, prolificness, and skill created one of the most remarkable lives ever lived. His focus, however, was like that of a child playing with a glass in the sun—focused potential to start a consuming fire, but too impatient to cause a great degree of damage. Had his focus been as sharp as his imagination, who can say just how much this man could have changed the world.
For the book itself, much of the first half delivers unnecessary detail about Leonardo's sexual life. I realize that this is a biography rather than a career-ography, and that this exhausting level of detail exists in Isaacson's other work (notably in Steve Jobs). For me, it made the reading tedious. The second half reveals the nature of Leonardo's painting style and process in exquisitely useful detail. The abundance of diagrammatic and visual elements serves to greatly enhance the experience.
As with all of Isaacson's work, I now feel that I know Leonardo—both the obsessive artist and the troubled man. I'd recommend this book to anyone who considers himself curious; come and see il santo patrono della curiosità.
For the book itself, much of the first half delivers unnecessary detail about Leonardo's sexual life. I realize that this is a biography rather than a career-ography, and that this exhausting level of detail exists in Isaacson's other work (notably in Steve Jobs). For me, it made the reading tedious. The second half reveals the nature of Leonardo's painting style and process in exquisitely useful detail. The abundance of diagrammatic and visual elements serves to greatly enhance the experience.
As with all of Isaacson's work, I now feel that I know Leonardo—both the obsessive artist and the troubled man. I'd recommend this book to anyone who considers himself curious; come and see il santo patrono della curiosità.