Bibliograph

Da Vinci's ghost, [genius, obsession, and how Leonardo created the world in his own image], Toby Lester

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Da Vinci's ghost, [genius, obsession, and how Leonardo created the world in his own image], Toby Lester

Language

eng

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not applicable

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Main title

Da Vinci's ghost

Medium

talking book MP3

Oclc number

864553225

Responsibility statement

Toby Lester

Sub title

[genius, obsession, and how Leonardo created the world in his own image]

Summary

Toby Lester brings Vitruvian Man to life, resurrecting the ghost of an unknown Leonardo, an artist-philosopher whose famous drawing was influenced by a colorful cast of characters that included anatomists, architects, and even emperors. Like Vitruvian Man itself, Da Vinci's ghost captures a pivotal time in the history of Western thought, when the Middle Ages was giving way to the Renaissance, when art and science and philosophy all appeared to be converging as one, and when it seemed possible, at least to da Vinci, that a single human being might embody--and even understand--the nature of everything

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