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"I found Mr. Lankford's writing thought-provoking and Mr. Isaacson's thought-stifling. Mr.Lankford proposes a great many insights...With immediacy and grace, Becoming Leonardo starts on a high note and gets better to the very end. "-- WALL STREET JOURNAL A Wall Street Journal 2017 Book of the Year A Spectator 2017 Book of the Year Why did Leonardo Da Vinci leave so many of his major works uncompleted? Why did this resolute pacifist build war machines for the notorious Borgias? Why did he carry the Mona Lisa with him everywhere he went for decades, yet never quite finish it? Why did he write backwards, and was he really at war with Michelangelo? And was he gay? In a book unlike anything ever written about the Renaissance genius, Mike Lankford explodes every clich about Da Vinci and then reconstructs him based on a rich trove of available evidence--bringing to life for the modern reader the man who has been studied by scholars for centuries, yet has remained as mysterious as ever. Seeking to envision Da Vinci without the obscuring residue of historical varnish, the sights, sounds, smells, and feel of Renaissance Italy--usually missing in other biographies--are all here, transporting readers back to a world of war and plague and court intrigue, of viciously competitive famous artists, of murderous tyrants with exquisite tastes in art .... Lankford brilliantly captures Da Vinci's life as the compelling and dangerous adventure it seems to have actually been--fleeing from one sanctuary to the next, somehow surviving in war zones beside his friend Machiavelli, struggling to make art his way or no way at all ... and often paying dearly for those decisions. It is a thrilling and absorbing journey into the life of a ferociously dedicated loner, whose artwork in one way or another represents his noble rebellion, providing inspiration that is timeless.

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Publisher
Melville House Publishing
ISBN-10
1612195954
ISBN-13
9781612195957
eBay Product ID (ePID)
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Book Title
Becoming Leonardo : an Exploded View of the Life of Leonardo Da Vinci
Author
Mike Lankford
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Individual Artists / General, Europe / Renaissance, Artists, Architects, Photographers, European, History / Renaissance
Publication Year
2017
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Art, History
Number of Pages
320 Pages

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Item Length
8.8in
Item Height
1.2in
Item Width
6.1in
Item Weight
17.3 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
N6923.L33l37 2017
Reviews
"Mike Lankford offers a compelling tour d'horizon of Leonardo's life and work, using the known facts as jumping-off points for tantalizing (but still level-headed) speculations and reconstructions. In challenging old clichs and assumptions, and assessing the ambiguous evidence from fresh new angles, he paints one of the most intimate and clear-sighted portraits we're likely to have of such an elusive artist." -- Ross King, author of Brunelleschi's Dome "With scholarly research and a novelist's ability to zoom in and paint a truly intimate portrait of one of the greatest creators in human history, Becoming Leonardo does what historians long to do, and novelists often struggle to achieve. A book that has the pace, elegance, and authorial omnipresence of a novel, but which will enlighten, rather than annoy, the astute historian." -- Noah Charney, best-selling author of The Art of Forgery "Fun and enlightening...Lankford's unconventional approach provides for a deeper appreciation of a genius." -- Publishers Weekly "Like a jazz musician taking a theme and improvising upon it, [Lankford] evokes aspects of da Vinci's personal and professional life and imagines (and reimagines) them. He doesn't dispute facts; he just asks 'What if?' and his slightly irreverent, totally accessible style only increases our appreciation of this great artist and complex human being." -- Booklist /American Library Association
Copyright Date
2017
Lccn
2016-047737
Dewey Decimal
759.2
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23

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