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Leonardo Da Vinci - Summarized for Busy People - Based on the Book by Walter Isaacson - cover

Leonardo Da Vinci - Summarized for Busy People - Based on the Book by Walter Isaacson

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Synopsis

This book summary and
analysis was created for individuals who want to extract the essential contents
and are too busy to go through the full version. This book is not intended to
replace the original book. Instead, we highly encourage you to buy the full
version.

 
Based on countless pages of
Leonardo da Vinci’s notebooks as well as discoveries about his life and work,
Walter Isaacson creates a chronological account connecting Leonardo’s art and
science to the inner workings of his mind. He narrates Leonardo’s genius which
had blurred the lines between talent and constant self-improvements like his
relentless curiosity, careful observation, and limitless imagination.

 
Leonardo created the two most
famous paintings, The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa; but the book allows a peek
into his own mind showing that he was also a man in pursuit of knowledge. With
interests that sometimes become obsessive, he pursued an understanding of
anatomy, hydraulics, flight, optics, geology, and weapon design. His weaving
through different disciplines had drawn him to the creation of the Vitruvian
man which had made him history’s greatest creative genius.

 
His creativity stemmed from an
interest in various disciplines which had led him to extensively drawing
accurate representations of the human body to the painting of history’s most
enigmatic smile. He explored optics, upon light reflecting the eyes which had
provided the changing perspectives in The Last Supper. Isaacson accounts
Leonardo’s love for pageantry which had informed his paintings and inventions.

 
Leonardo’s love for creating
bridges between various disciplines had become the greatest recipe for
creativity. This included his life being a misfit: illegitimate, gay,
vegetarian, left-handed, restless, and sometimes heretical. His life reminds us
of the importance of questioning what we know now and letting our imagination,
like talented misfits, create different outcomes.

 
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