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03105aam a2200349 i 4500 001 8EB02BA49C7E11EDA40D082D50ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230125010356 008 181001r20182017nyua b 001 0beng d 020 $a 9781501139161 020 $a 1501139169 (pbk.) : 040 $a NjBwBT $b eng $c NjBwBT $e rda $d SILO 050 14 $a PQ4627.L38 $b Z73 2018 082 04 $a B $a B $2 23 100 1 $a Isaacson, Walter, $e author. 245 10 $a Leonardo Da Vinci / $c Walter Isaacson. 250 $a First Simon & Schuster trade paperback edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, $c 2018. 300 $a xii, 599 pages : $b illustrations (some color) ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 527-570) and index. 520 $a Based on thousands of pages from Leonardos astonishing notebooks and new discoveries about his life and work, Walter Isaacson weaves a narrative that connects his art to his science. He shows how Leonardos genius was based on skills we can improve in ourselves, such as passionate curiosity, careful observation, and an imagination so playful that it flirted with fantasy. 520 $a He produced the two most famous paintings in history, The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa. But in his own mind, he was just as much a man of science and technology. With a passion that sometimes became obsessive, he pursued innovative studies of anatomy, fossils, birds, the heart, flying machines, botany, geology, and weaponry. His ability to stand at the crossroads of the humanities and the sciences, made iconic by his drawing of Vitruvian Man, made him historys most creative genius. 520 $a His creativity, like that of other great innovators, came from having wide-ranging passions. He peeled flesh off the faces of cadavers, drew the muscles that move the lips, and then painted historys most memorable smile. He explored the math of optics, showed how light rays strike the cornea, and produced illusions of changing perspectives in The Last Supper. Isaacson also describes how Leonardos lifelong enthusiasm for staging theatrical productions informed his paintings and inventions. 520 $a Leonardos delight at combining diverse passions remains the ultimate recipe for creativity. So, too, does his ease at being a bit of a misfit: illegitimate, gay, vegetarian, left-handed, easily distracted, and at times heretical. His life should remind us of the importance of instilling, both in ourselves and our children, not just received knowledge but a willingness to question itto be imaginative and, like talented misfits and rebels in any era, to think different. 600 00 $a Leonardo, da Vinci, $d 1452-1519. 650 0 $a Artists $z Italy $v Biography. 650 0 $a Scientists $z Italy $v Biography. 650 0 $a Gifted persons $z Italy $v Biography. 775 08 $i Reproduction of (manifestation): $a Isaacson, Walter. $t Leonardo da Vinci $d New York : Simon & Schuster, 2017 $w (DLC) 2017020817 941 $a 1 952 $l GCPC771 $d 20230125012020.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8EB02BA49C7E11EDA40D082D50ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search