Name: | Leonardo da Vinci |
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By: | Walter Isaacson |
Narrated by: | Alfred Molina |
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Length | 17 hrs and 1 min |
Category: | Biographies & Memoirs, Art & Literature |
Release Date: | 2017-10-16 |
Language: | English |
Walter Isaacson is the author of the bestselling biographies of Benjamin Franklin, Albert Einstein, and Steve Jobs, and is the CEO of the Aspen Institute. He lives in Washington, D.C.
The Leonardo da Vinci is a painting by the Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci. It is a portrait of the Italian polymath Leonardo da Vinci. The painting is currently housed in the Louvre in Paris, France.
Some of Walter Isaacson’s other characters include Benjamin Franklin, Albert Einstein, and Steve Jobs.
The book is a comprehensive and objective account of the life of Leonardo da Vinci. It covers his childhood, his apprenticeship, his years in Milan, his time in Rome and his final years in France. It also discusses his work as an artist, an inventor and a scientist. The book is well researched and includes many quotes from Leonardo’s notebooks.
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