Leonardo
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good/Fair. Jacket: Worn/faded, some tears; minor insect damage. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: No markings visible. Binding: Intact hardcover.
A richly detailed biography, Leonardo presents the full arc of Leonardo da Vinci's extraordinary life — from his humble origins in the Tuscan village of Vinci to his towering achievements as the defining genius of the Italian Renaissance. Robert Payne chronicles the master's insatiable curiosity across disciplines, illuminating his groundbreaking work as a painter, sculptor, architect, engineer, and scientist with authoritative clarity. With vivid prose, Payne argues that da Vinci's genius was not merely artistic but profoundly intellectual, driven by an obsessive desire to understand the mechanics of the natural world. Drawing on Leonardo's own notebooks and a wealth of historical sources, the biography reconstructs the Renaissance world in all its political intrigue, artistic rivalry, and philosophical ferment. The result is a compelling and humanising portrait of history's most versatile mind.
Author: Robert Payne
Format: Hardback
Published: 1978, Doubleday
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good/Fair. Jacket: Worn/faded, some tears; minor insect damage. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: No markings visible. Binding: Intact hardcover.
A richly detailed biography, Leonardo presents the full arc of Leonardo da Vinci's extraordinary life — from his humble origins in the Tuscan village of Vinci to his towering achievements as the defining genius of the Italian Renaissance. Robert Payne chronicles the master's insatiable curiosity across disciplines, illuminating his groundbreaking work as a painter, sculptor, architect, engineer, and scientist with authoritative clarity. With vivid prose, Payne argues that da Vinci's genius was not merely artistic but profoundly intellectual, driven by an obsessive desire to understand the mechanics of the natural world. Drawing on Leonardo's own notebooks and a wealth of historical sources, the biography reconstructs the Renaissance world in all its political intrigue, artistic rivalry, and philosophical ferment. The result is a compelling and humanising portrait of history's most versatile mind.