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Thankfully, isaacson is explicit about what interests him in these personages and so there is no need for reading between the lines. Isaacson has studied previous biographies and accounts of leonardos life including the very first one, from the sixteenth century as well as leonardos wealth of notes. The first selection of 2018 is the biography, leonardo da vinci by walter isaacson. This is a life story disguised as an art book translating the fifteenth century wisdom of a genius into the language of our present day innovation canon. Leonardo da vinci book walter isaacson image collections. There is a significant difference, though, between leonardo da vinci and isaacsons previous biographies. Da vincis groundbreaking, detailed drawings charted the inner worlds of the skull, heart, muscles, brain, birds wings, and a working odometer, along with doodles and numerous todo lists. Leonardo da vinci jetzt portofrei fur 20,00 euro kaufen. Based on thousands of pages from leonardo da vinci s astonishing notebooks and new discoveries about his life.
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