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Life Story Of “Renaissance man.” Narrated By The Master Biographer.

Reviewed in India on 8 January 2018

Leonardo Da Vinci needs no introduction. An exceptionally curious and intelligent person, an inventor, engineer and a painter par excellence - all rolled into a single persona. In this highly interesting and remarkable biographical work, master biographer Walter Isaacson has tried to explore and analyze various known and unknown aspects of the extraordinary life and personality of Leonardo Da Vinci. His research, presentation and narration are outstanding - and quite entertaining too. Isaacson demystifies a highly complex individual and his eventful life with notable simplicity, ease and intelligence.

This hardcover edition of the book is printed & produced in Italy - and in itself is a work of art. Superior production and print quality makes going through the book a pleasant experience. Many paintings, sketches and photographs are incorporated on the pages of this remarkable biography by an equally remarkable author.

A very highly recommended book to all the admirers and enthusiasts of Fine Arts & Science.

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Anshul

Damaged twice.

Reviewed in India on 30 December 2018

The book is great. Considering the packaging and handling for the order it is very poor. Both the books I received were damaged, usually there are no errors with the delivery, however this one was an exception.

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apca

Does not look new

Reviewed in India on 23 July 2021

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The book looks used even though it was listed as new. The front and back cover of the book is dirty and has a lot of markings.

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agam

Not as good.

Reviewed in India on 16 June 2018

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Too many painting, people names, less life stories.

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Zaid Ahmed

Poor Packaging

Reviewed in India on 26 February 2020

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Books is good, but the packaging is not.

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Mahima

Really boring

Reviewed in India on 16 August 2019

No worth of buying highly boring content I thought it will a nice experience to read about a legend, could be better ...totally hopeless

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Michael G. Francis

They don’t require a list of his accomplishments so much as they would enjoy the context which resulted in the intellectual environment which ...

Reviewed in Canada on 26 February 2018

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Overly long. As well, most literate people know Leonardo was the quintessential renaissance man. They don’t require a list of his accomplishments so much as they would enjoy the context which resulted in the intellectual environment which allowed Leonardo and his contemporaries to flourish. This detail is sparse and ,mostly, unsatisfying. There are better books on the subject.

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Blues Feel

Not what I expected

Reviewed in Canada on 19 December 2018

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Rare that I purchase something and am so disappointed. Wonderful if you like art history not biography but if not, a total bore.

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Carine WF

Diasppointing

Reviewed in Canada on 5 May 2018

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I bought the book because I loved the same author's book on Benjamin Franklin. I was disappointed with this one. I read many years ago an excellent biography of Michelangelo, and this book is not the same level.

pyw

Quite a drag.

Reviewed in Canada on 21 January 2018

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Still trying to finish the book but I'll probably just donate it to charity.

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Yogi

Too much detail to make it an enjoyable read

Reviewed in the United States on 19 August 2019

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I wanted to love this book, but it is just too difficult to read, due to all the details provided by the author. I salute the author for his painstaking research and attention to detail, but it was such a struggle to slog through pages of details to get the to the basics of da Vinci's life.

I bought this book to read while on a tour of Italy, but I ended up leaving it home because I knew I wouldn't force myself to labour through it. As I said, I wanted to love it, but I would not recommend it unless you were a very serious student of art history or European history. The author must be an amazing scholar to have had the patience to research so much detail and to translate it into a novel, but it wasn't for me.

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Ron M

Disappointing Visuals

Reviewed in the United States on 12 January 2018

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I purposely bought the hard cover version to better enjoy the visual and tactile experience of seeing the work of the greatest artist in the history of mankind. I was let down by the poor use of visual aids. This book is based an Issacson analysis of over 7000 pages of Leonardo’s notes. Most of these were illustrated in thumbnail size with 500 years of fading evident. Isaacson did a masterful job trying to explain what we were supposed to see, but the accompanying figures were worthless and it was impossible to see what he was trying to describe. A simple, high resolution scan, digitally enhanced and enlarged version would have added so much more. The most aggregious example was the picture of the Last Supper. It was placed on a full page but horizontally across the short dimension of the page wasting a lot of space. I had to use a magnifying glass to try and see the details Isaacson was describing. On numerous occasions, Issacson referred to sophisticated analytical tools like high resolution scans and x-ray analysis to reveal details of Leonardo’s techniques but I don’t believe there were ever any visuals presented. At one point, Isaacson referred the reader to online search’s to see these special tests imagery. It would have been nice to include them here.

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