![]() ![]() He was the ultimate life-long learner, endlessly curious, and uninterested in the categories of knowledge we often allow ourselves to feel bound by. But reading through Isaacson’s biography, Leonardo’s life was in fact all about the process. Looking back on his work, we tend to frame it in finished products and projects, tangible results. He craved and delighted in intellectual sparring partners and asked the strangest of questions.He was the illegitimate son of a notary.He rarely finished his work and carried some painting around for years while he slowly worked on applying thin layers of paint to them. ![]() Much of Leonardo’s work during his life was for grand theatrical performance and has been lost.I ended up completely overloaded with details, of which a few left a lasting impression. The organization is both chronological and thematic, meaning that Isaacson addresses a theme at a particular moment in Leonardo’s life and then might move on to another theme in the next chapter that overlaps in chronology with the chapter before. Leonardo Da Vinci by Walter Isaacson is an extremely thorough account of Leonardo’s life. In the order in which I finished reading them, here are my thoughts. Each of these books packed a punch, albeit in vastly different ways. My reading was all over the map in March. ![]()
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