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04201aam a2200505Ii 4500 001 14159BA8373911E9B7E2BD1697128E48 003 SILO 005 20190223010048 008 190122t20182017nyuaf b 001 0beng 020 $a 1612197159 020 $a 9781612197159 035 $a (OCoLC)1083122175 040 $a LJW $b eng $c LJW $d LJW $d SILO 100 1 $a Lankford, Mike, $e author. 245 10 $a Becoming Leonardo : $b an exploded view of the life of Leonardo da Vinci / $c Mike Lankford. 246 30 $a Exploded view of the life of Leonardo da Vinci 250 $a First Melville House Paperback 264 1 $a Brooklyn : $b Melville House, $c [2018] 300 $a xii, 289 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : $b color illustrations ; $c 22 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-279) and index. 505 0 $a King Death -- Everything's big at first -- Hot to trot -- Jailbird -- Strange fruit hanging from the balcony rail -- From the edge to the center -- The musician from Florence -- Ingenio -- Horsing around -- The middle is off center -- A question too far -- Shadow boxing the self -- Leonardo, exploded view -- Academia Leonardi Vinci -- Chaos on the hoof -- Machiavelli enters the mix -- Here be dragons -- Florence redux -- Fighting the battle -- Jumping off the cliff -- I'm outta here! -- You again? -- Milan II -- Rome -- Playing kickball at Cloux -- Autopsy. 520 $a "While Leonardo Da Vinci is one of the most discussed artists of all time, it's shocking how little is actually known about him -- at least, according to most of his biographies. Why did he leave so many projects uncompleted? Why did a seeming peace-lover volunteer to create war machines for the Borgias? Why did he always take the Mona Lisa with him, whereever he went? Didn't he have any friends? Was he really at war with Michaelangelo? Was he gay? And why did he flee to France seemingly, to die? In fact much is known about Leonardo, but modern scholars and biographers have routinely avoided making assumptions based on that evidence, either out of academic caution or the impulse to be p.c. And yet evidence abounds for thoughtful speculation. Enter passionate Da Vinci fan Mike Lankford, who has written the first biography openly and thoroughly discussing that available evidence and what it might indicate -- often in rather strong terms. What's more, Lankford presents DaVinci's life as the exciting narrative it seems to have actually been -- fleeing from one sanctuary to the next, somehow surviving his time in war zones beside his freind Machiavelli, struggling to make art his way or no way at all ... and often paying dearly for those decisions. It is, in the end, a thrilling and fascinating journey into the life of a ferociously dedicated loner, whose artwork in one way or another represents his noble rebellion, providing inspiration that is, quite apparently, timeless."--Publisher's description. 600 00 $a Leonardo, $c da Vinci, $d 1452-1519. 600 00 $a Leonardo, $c da Vinci, $d 1452-1519 $x Psychology. 600 07 $a Leonardo, $c da Vinci, $d 1452-1519. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00033122 650 0 $a Artists $z Italy $v Biography. 650 7 $a BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY $x Artists, Architects, Photographers. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a HISTORY $x Renaissance. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a ART $x Renaissance. $x Renaissance. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Artists. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00817559 650 7 $a Psychology. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01081447 651 7 $a Italy. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204565 650 4 $a BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Artists, Architects, Photographers. 650 4 $a HISTORY / Europe / Renaissance. 650 4 $a ART / History / Renaissance. 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919896 655 7 $a Biography. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423686 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft 776 08 $i Online version: $a Lankford, Mike. $t Becoming Leonardo. $d Brooklyn : Melville House, 2017 $z 9781612195964 $w (DLC) 2016048617 941 $a 3 952 $l SAPG074 $d 20211118022206.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20201027010237.0 952 $l SSPB104 $d 20200219011808.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=14159BA8373911E9B7E2BD1697128E48 994 $a Z0 $b LJWInitiate Another SILO Locator Search