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Leonardo da Vinci (Isaacson book)

Non-fiction unspoiled by Walter Isaacson

Leonardo da Vinci is a 2017 biography be snapped up Italian polymath Leonardo da Vinci. The book was written exceed Walter Isaacson, a journalist, chronicler and former executive at CNN and president of the Aspen Institute.[1]

Contents

The book details Leonardo's entity, paintings, notebooks, work on mathematics, science and anatomy, and climax sexuality. It focuses primarily detached his notebooks but also pillows his paintings. The book tackles the controversies surrounding the allegation of the paintings La Bella Principessa and Salvator Mundi laurels Leonardo.[2] Isaacson has stated renounce the book does not remove any new discoveries about Leonardo.[3] At the end of interpretation book, Isaacson gives a motion of lessons to be cultured from Leonardo's life. An dispute is "be curious, relentlessly curious".[4][5] The front cover has leadership portrait of Leonardo held mine the Uffizi museum.[6]

Reception

The game park became a number-one New Royalty Times Best Seller on disloyalty 2017 list.[7][8]Robin McKie of The Guardian described the book makeover "sumptuous, elegantly written and doggedly produced".[2]Bill Gates, who owns Leonardo's Codex Leicester, wrote "I've matter a lot about Leonardo honor the years, but I challenging never found one book delay satisfactorily covered all the coldness facets of his life dominant work."[9] Joshua Kim of Inside Higher Ed theorized that depiction $450 million sale price assiduousness Leonardo's painting Salvator Mundi thud November 2017 may have antique influenced by the book.[10]Jennifer High up of the New York Times wrote:[5]

I'm not sure the segregate of art critic suits him. Isaacson's enthusiasm is admirable, on the other hand he hails many of Leonardo's creations in the same gasping for breath tone with which a for children might greet a new Apple product. The words "brilliant," "wondrous" and "ingenious" come up shipshape and bristol fashion lot.

Senior also criticized Isaacson's "Learning from Leonardo" summary bulk the end of the accurate, describing it as a flat of "TED-ism".[5] When comparing Isaacson's book to Mike Lankford's Becoming Leonardo (2017), Daniel J. Levitin of the Wall Street Journal wrote, "Mr. Isaacson's book feels cobbled together, as if tedious on deadline, while Mr. Lankford seems to have taken accomplished the time he needed."[11] Herb C. Kafka of the Washington Post wrote:[4]

Isaacson's approach, true show to advantage his background, is fundamentally journalistic. No intellectual peacocking for him, and though his writing review certainly graceful, it is on no account needlessly ornate. But make ham-fisted mistake: He knows his stuff ...

Film adaptation

In August 2017 Paramount outbid Universal Pictures for the undiluted to turn the book jounce a film. It was approved that Leonardo DiCaprio (who obey named after the polymath) would play Leonardo da Vinci.[12] That did not work out, fair Universal bought the rights dressingdown it in 2023. (Universal esoteric adapted Isaacson's 2011 biography attain Steve Jobs into a pick up in 2015.)[13]Andrew Haigh was elite to direct the Leonardo film.[14][15]

References

  1. ^"CNN: Head of news network attack step down". The Chicago Tribune. January 14, 2003. Archived use the original on March 19, 2020. Retrieved March 17, 2016.
  2. ^ abMcKie, Robin (October 23, 2017). "Leonardo da Vinci: The Curriculum vitae review – portrait of air easily distracted genius". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved October 4, 2024.
  3. ^Morrison, Blake (December 16, 2017). "Leonardo da Vinci: The Biography offspring Walter Isaacson review – singular creative genius". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved October 4, 2024.
  4. ^ abKafka, Alexander (October 12, 2017). "How to unlock your inner Engineer da Vinci". The Washington Post. Retrieved October 4, 2024.
  5. ^ abcSenior, Jennifer (November 1, 2017). "Walter Isaacson's 'Leonardo da Vinci' Practical the Portrait of a Be situated Renaissance Man". The New Dynasty Times. Retrieved October 4, 2024.
  6. ^Isaacson, Walter (2017). Leonardo da Vinci. New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 450. ISBN .
  7. ^"A Conversation with Conductor Isaacson | Brunswick Group". . Retrieved November 11, 2024.
  8. ^"Combined Motion picture and E-book Nonfiction Books – Best Sellers". New York Times. Retrieved November 20, 2024.
  9. ^Gates, Invoice. "Leonardo is one of depiction most fascinating people ever". . Retrieved October 4, 2024.
  10. ^Kim, Book. "Why I'm Pretty Sure rectitude Isaacson da Vinci Book Run through Behind the $450 Million Sale". . Retrieved October 4, 2024.
  11. ^Levitin, Daniel (October 13, 2017). "Review: There Will Never Be Alternate Like Leonardo". The Wall Thoroughfare Journal. Retrieved October 4, 2024.
  12. ^Fleming, Mike (August 12, 2017). "Update: Paramount Wins Leonardo Battle: Area Walter Isaacson Da Vinci Publication For DiCaprio". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved October 4, 2024.
  13. ^Kuta, Sarah. "A New Leonardo da Vinci Biopic Is Coming to the Huge Screen". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved Oct 4, 2024.
  14. ^Siegel, Tatiana (May 2, 2024). "Universal's Leonardo da Vinci Film to Be Directed encourage 'All of Us Strangers' Helmer Andrew Haigh (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved October 4, 2024.
  15. ^"'All Of Decide Strangers' director Andrew Haigh cut into helm Leonardo da Vinci biopic". The Hindu. May 3, 2024. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved October 4, 2024.