Leonardo Da Vinci Best Work - April 2024

Leonardo da Vinci

The #1 New York Times bestseller from Walter Isaacson brings Leonardo da Vinci to life in this exciting new biography that is “a study in creativity: how to define it, how to achieve it…Most important, it is a powerful story of an exhilarating mind and life” (The New Yorker).Based on thousands of pages from Leonardo da Vinci’s astonishing notebooks and new discoveries about his life and work, Walter Isaacson “deftly reveals an intimate Leonardo” (San Francisco Chronicle) in a narrative that connects his art to his science. He shows how Leonardo’s genius was based on skills we can... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1501139169
• ASIN: 1501139169
• ISBN: 1501139169
• Brand: Simon & Schuster
• Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

Leonardo da Vinci. The Complete Paintings and Drawings

One of the most fully achieved human beings who has ever lived, Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) is recognized the world over as a figure of infinite curiosity, feverish imagination and sublime artistic ability.This updated edition of our XL title provides the most comprehensive survey of the life and work of this master painter, sculptor, architect, scientist, and inventor. Its catalogue raisonné of Leonardo’s paintings covers both his surviving and his lost painted works. With full-bleed details of many paintings, the reader is able to inspect the subtlest facets of brushworks that came to... [Read More]

• ASIN: 3836527014
• ASIN: 3836527014
• ISBN: 3836527014
• Brand: imusti
• Manufacturer: TASCHEN

Leonardo da Vinci: The Complete Works

This publication provides the reader with an insight into the life and work of one of history's most intriguing figures, Leonardo Da Vinci. Almost all of his work is presented here - from his paintings and frescos, to detailed reproductions of his remarkable encrypted notebooks.

• ASIN: 0715324535
• ASIN: 0715324535
• ISBN: 0715324535
• Brand: imusti
• Manufacturer: David & Charles Publishers

Leonardo da Vinci on the Human Body: The Anatomical, Physiological, and Embryological Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci

The Anatomical, Physiological and Embryological Drawings of Leonardo da VinciWith more than 1200 reproductions of drawings by the master's own hand, this book is the definitive and most complete collection of Leonardo's anatomical drawings currently in print. Here Leonardo's notebooks have been arranged according to the systems of the body in order to indicate the full extent of his anatomical work. This book will captivate curious laymen, medical professionals, and art and history enthusiasts alike. Also included are: • Translations of Leonardo's anatomical notes which were written in his c... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0517381052
• ASIN: 0517381052
• ISBN: 0517381052
• Manufacturer: Gramercy

The Da Vinci Code: A Novel (Robert Langdon)

• ASIN: B000FA675C
• ASIN: B000FA675C
• Manufacturer: Anchor

Leonardo Da Vinci: His Life and Works in 500 Images

An expert and comprehensive new reference book on the life and works of influential artist, engineer, inventor and scientist Leonardo da Vnci

• ASIN: 0754823261
• ASIN: 0754823261
• ISBN: 0754823261
• Brand: Brand: Anness
• Manufacturer: Lorenz Books

Oil and Marble: A Novel of Leonardo and Michelangelo

In her brilliant debut, Storey brings early 16th-century Florence alive, entering with extraordinary empathy into the minds and souls of two Renaissance masters, creating a stunning art history thriller. From 1501 to 1505, Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo Buonarroti both lived and worked in Florence. Leonardo was a charming, handsome fifty year-old at the peak of his career. Michelangelo was a temperamental sculptor in his mid-twenties, desperate to make a name for himself.Michelangelo is a virtual unknown when he returns to Florence and wins the commission to carve what will become one of t... [Read More]

• ASIN: B06XQ544VG
• ASIN: B06XQ544VG
• Brand: Arcade Publishing
• Manufacturer: Arcade

Leonardo da Vinci: Notebooks (Oxford World's Classics)

Most of what we know about Leonardo da Vinci, we know because of his notebooks. Some 6,000 sheets of notes and drawings survive, perhaps one-fifth of what he actually produced. With an artist's eye and a scientist's curiosity, he recorded in these pages his observations on the movement of water and the formation of rocks, the nature of flight and optics, anatomy, architecture, sculpture, and painting. He jotted down fables, epigrams, and letters and developed his belief in the sublime unity of nature and man. Through his notebooks we can get an insight into Leonardo's thoughts, and his approac... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0199299021
• ASIN: 0199299021
• ISBN: 9780199299027
• Brand: imusti
• Manufacturer: Oxford University Press

Leonardo da Vinci for Kids: His Life and Ideas, 21 Activities (For Kids series)

The marriage of art and science is celebrated in this beautifully illustrated four-color biography and activity book. Kids will begin to understand the important discoveries that da Vinci made through inspiring activities like determining the launch angle of a catapult, sketching birds and other animals, creating a map, learning to look at a painting, and much more. Includes a glossary, bibliography, listing of pertinent museums and Web sites, a timeline, and many interesting sidebars.

• ASIN: 1556522983
• ASIN: 1556522983
• ISBN: 1556522983
• Brand: Chicago Review Press
• Manufacturer: Chicago Review Press

Leonardo da Vinci: 197 Drawings

Leonardo, like Christopher Columbus, possessed an greedy curiosity and desire for discovery of unknown worlds. Only observation, says many times Leonardo, is the key to knowledge and understanding. His drawings are unlike from those of his generation and those drawn before and after him. Among them are fast sketches, portraits, rapid notes for compositions, complicated cartoons, drapery studies, and projects for machines, plants, animals, sketched from nature and anatomical studies. The grotesque caricatures are combinations and variations of human faces, creating a series of types. His anatom... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00HPUR44S
• ASIN: B00HPUR44S
• Manufacturer: BookRix GmbH & Co. KG

Einstein: His Life and Universe

• ASIN: B000PC0S0K
• ASIN: B000PC0S0K
• Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci: Seven Steps to Genius Every Day

This inspiring and inventive guide teaches readers how to develop their full potential by following the example of the greatest genius of all time, Leonardo da Vinci.Acclaimed author Michael J. Gelb, who has helped thousands of people expand their minds to accomplish more than they ever thought possible, shows you how. Drawing on Da Vinci's notebooks, inventions, and legendary works of art, Gelb introduces Seven Da Vincian Principles—the essential elements of genius—from curiosità, the insatiably curious approach to life to connessione, the appreciation for the interconnectedness of a... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0440508274
• ASIN: 0440508274
• ISBN: 0440508274
• Brand: Dell
• Manufacturer: Dell

Who Was Leonardo da Vinci?

Leonardo da Vinci was a gifted painter, talented musician, and dedicated scientist and inventor, designing flying machines, submarines, and even helicopters.  Yet he had a hard time finishing things, a problem anyone can relate to.  Only thirteen paintings are known to be his; as for the illustrated encyclopedia he intended to create, all that he left were thousands of disorganized notebook pages.  Here is an accessible portrait of a fascinating man who lived at a fascinating time—Italy during the Renaissance.

• ASIN: 0448443015
• ASIN: 0448443015
• ISBN: 0448443015
• Brand: Grosset & Dunlap
• Manufacturer: Penguin Workshop

Leonardo on the Human Body (Dover Fine Art, History of Art)

"It is a miracle that any one man should have observed, read, and written down so much in a single lifetime." — Kenneth ClarkPainter, sculptor, musician, scientist, architect, engineer, inventor . . . perhaps no other figure so fully embodies the Western Ideal of "Renaissance man" as Leonardo da Vinci. Leonardo was not content, however, to master an artistic technique or record the mechanics of a device; he was driven by an insatiable curiosity to understand why. His writings, interests, and musings are uniformly characterized by an incisive, probing, questioning mind. It was with this pierc... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0486244830
• UPC: 800759244836
• ASIN: 0486244830
• ISBN: 0486244830
• Manufacturer: Dover Publications

Think Like da Vinci: Practical Everyday Creativity for Idea Generation, New Perspectives, and Innovative Thinking

How to systematically engineer creativity from nothing and unleash your inner ingenuity.Creative thinking is surrounded by so much mystique and myth. It’s time to cut through the static and learn how to become an idea-generating machine. Spark your imagination, improve your thinking, and solve problems.Creative Like da Vinci will take you inside the mind of Leonardo da Vinci, famous polymath of the Italian Renaissance - but it won’t stop there. You will learn not only about da Vinci’s thinking techniques, but the general building blocks of creative thought, and habits and other famous c... [Read More]

• ASIN: B07JHKDKKH
• ASIN: B07JHKDKKH

Leonardo da Vinci

"He was history's most creative genius. What secrets can he teach us? The author of the acclaimed bestsellers Steve Jobs, Einstein, and Benjamin Franklin brings Leonardo da Vinci to life in this exciting new biography.

• UPC: 458190695

Who Was Leonardo Da Vinci? (Paperback)

"Presents the life and accomplishments of the famous artist, scientist, engineer, and

• UPC: 3934058
• Rating: 5.0

Leonardo da Vinci

"He was history's most creative genius. What secrets can he teach us? The author of the acclaimed bestsellers Steve Jobs, Einstein, and Benjamin Franklin brings Leonardo da Vinci to life in this exciting new biography.

• UPC: 55801282

Leonardo Da Vinci : The Complete Paintings

Da Vinci in detail The paintings of the Renaissance genius One of the most accomplished human beings who ever lived, Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) remains a quintessential Renaissance genius. The perfect companion to the Leonardo

• UPC: 55594983
• Rating: 5.0

Leonardo da Vinci for Kids : His Life and Ideas, 21 Activities

Presents a biography of this prolific artist and inventor through projects in cartography, animal art, bird observation, and mask

• UPC: 542876

World History Biographies: Leonardo da Vinci : The Genius Who Defined the Renaissance

"This work is an attractive and friendly resource for students... The strengths of this biography are its attractive illustrations, the time line of Da Vinci's life across the bottom of each page, and the simple

• UPC: 8150178
• Rating: 4.0

How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci : Seven Steps to Genius Every Day

Describes seven elements of creative thinking and offers exercises for developing more effective thought

• UPC: 714305
• Rating: 3.8

Leonardo Da Vinci : A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House #38: Monday with a Mad Genius

"Originally published by Random House Children's Books, New York, in

• UPC: 993749617
• Rating: 4.5

Leonardo da Vinci : A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House Merlin Mission #10: Monday with a Mad Genius

How did Leonardo da Vinci become interested in flight? What are some of his most famous paintings? Do his scientific ideas measure up to what we know today? Find out the answers to these questions

• UPC: 10271705

Leonardo DaVinci (Revised Edition)

A series of biographies of artists for young readers provides hilarious, cartoon-style illustrations to complement the easy-to-read text and full-color reproductions of each master's artwork. Includes primary sources, photos, illustrations, maps and timelines.

• UPC: 41677359