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31%OFFCharles Nicholl - Leonardo Da Vinci: The Flights of the Mind - 9780140296815 - V9780140296815
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Leonardo Da Vinci: The Flights of the Mind

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Description for Leonardo Da Vinci: The Flights of the Mind Paperback. Leonardo is the greatest, most multi-faceted and most mysterious of all Renaissance artists, but extraordinarily, considering his enormous reputation, this is the first full-length biography in English for several decades. Num Pages: 640 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AGB; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 466.
Leonardo da Vinci is the most mysterious of all the great artists, continuing to inspire and intrigue centuries after his death. Who lies behind the legend of the 'Renaissance genius'? What is the real story behind his elusive masterpieces and tantalizing notebooks? Prize-winning author Charles Nicholl has immersed himself for five years in all the manuscripts, paintings and artefacts to produce an 'intimate portrait' of Leonardo. He uses these contemporary materials - his notebooks and sketchbooks, eye witnesses and early biographies, etc - as a way into the mental tone and physical texture of his life and has made myriad ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
640
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780140296815
SKU
V9780140296815
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About Charles Nicholl
Charles Nicholl's previous publications include The Reckoning: The Murder of Christopher Marlowe (winner of the James Tait Black Prize for Biography), Somebody Else: Arthur Rimbaud in Africa (Winner of the Hawthornden Prize), The Fruit Palace and The Creature in the Map.

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