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

By Goldmine Reads

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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• Language: English
• Publisher: Goldmine Reads
• Release date: Sep 6, 2018

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LEONARDO DA VINCI

Summarized For Busy People

Based on the Book by Walter Isaacson

Goldmine Reads

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TABLE OF CONTENT

LEONARDO DA VINCI

BOOK OVERVIEW

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

ABOUT THIS BOOK SUMMARY

VINCI

1452 – 1464: The Birth and Childhood of Leonardo

Of Mothers and Fathers

Religion or Rebellion

Natural Wonder

Curious and Curiouser

Education

APPRENTICESHIP IN FLORENCE

1464 – 1482 At the Workshop of Andrea del Verrocchio

Painting

Anatomy

Engineering

Geometry, Patterns, and Vitruvius

Collaboration

THE SFORZA COURT

1482 – 1499: Seventeen Years in Milan

Talent

Vision

Personal Life

Pioneering

Beauty

HOME AGAIN

1500 – 1506: The Return to Florence

Observation

Empirical Scientific Research

Friendship

Competition

THE AFFAIRS OF WAR

1502 – 1506: Service to Cesare Borgia

War

Power

Perspective (and Maps)

ESCAPE TO MILAN

1506 – 1513 Retreat and Reignited Passion

Passion and Obsession

ROMAN HOLIDAY

1513 – 1516 Three Years with Giovanni de’ Medici

Comfort

Man’s Place in the World

AMBOISE AU REVOIR

1513 – 1516: A Perfect Fit in the French Royal Court

Lifelong Learning

Fulfilling Ambitions

Freedom

EDITORIAL REVIEW

BOOK THEMES AND ANALYSIS

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BOOK OVERVIEW

The life of Leonardo da Vinci entails the adventure of genius and lifelong passion. His life took place during the Renaissance, a period of artistic and scientific enlightenment. The pursuit of knowledge has been made accessible to the mass especially with Gutenberg’s invention of the printing press. It was during this time of cultural, religious, and scientific evolution that Leonardo da Vinci started his journey.

Fourteen-year-old da Vinci started as an apprentice of Andrea del Verrocchio