Walter Isaacson, University Professor of History at Tulane, has been CEO of the Aspen Institute, chairman of CNN, and editor of Time magazine. He is the author of Leonardo da Vinci; Steve Jobs; Einstein: His Life and Universe; Benjamin Franklin: An American Life; and Kissinger: A Biography. He is also the coauthor of The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made.
The #1 New York Times bestseller
“A powerful story of an exhilarating mind and life...a study in creativity: how to define it, how to achieve it.” —The New Yorker
“Vigorous, insightful.” —The Washington Post
“A masterpiece.” —San Francisco Chronicle
“Luminous.” —The Daily Beast
He was history’s most creative genius. What secrets can he teach us?
The author of the acclaimed bestsellers Steve Jobs, Einstein, and Benjamin Franklin brings Leonardo da Vinci to life in this exciting new biography.
Based on thousands of pages from Leonardo’s astonishing notebooks and new discoveries about his life and work, Walter Isaacson weaves a narrative that connects his art to his science. He shows how Leonardo’s genius was based on skills we can improve in ourselves, such as passionate curiosity, careful observation, and an imagination so playful that it flirted with fantasy.
He produced the two most famous paintings in history, The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa. But in his own mind, he was just as much a man of science and technology. With a passion that sometimes became obsessive, he pursued innovative studies of anatomy, fossils, birds, the heart, flying machines, botany, geology, and weaponry. His ability to stand at the crossroads of the humanities and the sciences, made iconic by his drawing of Vitruvian Man, made him history’s most creative genius.
His creativity, like that of other great innovators, came from having wide-ranging passions. He peeled flesh off the faces of cadavers, drew the muscles that move the lips, and then painted history’s most memorable smile. He explored the math of optics, showed how light rays strike the cornea, and produced illusions of changing perspectives in The Last Supper. Isaacson also describes how Leonardo’s lifelong enthusiasm for staging theatrical productions informed his paintings and inventions.
Leonardo’s delight at combining diverse passions remains the ultimate recipe for creativity. So, too, does his ease at being a bit of a misfit: illegitimate, gay, vegetarian, left-handed, easily distracted, and at times heretical. His life should remind us of the importance of instilling, both in ourselves and our children, not just received knowledge but a willingness to question it—to be imaginative and, like talented misfits and rebels in any era, to think different.
其实人们对达芬奇最感兴趣的地方是迷一样的画作蒙娜丽莎和最后的晚餐,而对于达芬奇遗留下来的那些科学方面的笔记却知之甚少。那么在这本《达·芬奇传》一书中,将会详细地讲述。达·芬奇的笔记内容无所不包,而且插图精美说明详细,我们看后都会有一种敬佩之心和赞叹的吧, 达...
评分真的不愧是大师他是天才更是凡人,虽然身处时代不同依旧能从文字中感受到这位大师的一生,做任何事都做到极致,是艺术家更是科学家,在达芬奇身上有太多的技能。他有善于发现的眼睛他的世界是丰富多彩,并且能付诸实践做到精益求精,高度的投入专注又很坚持对未知充满好奇保持...
评分《列奥纳多.达.芬奇传》是一本以达芬奇7200多页笔记为线索,介绍达芬奇是如何结合自己的好奇心、观察力和想象力,成为多学科领域天才的过程。 作者沃尔特·艾萨克森为当代著名传记作家,世界传媒巨头 CNN 公司的总裁。他只为有卓越成就的大人物立传,并且这些传记作品都成为了...
评分«达芬奇传»的作者艾萨克森是一位著名的传记作家,但其却不仅仅是一位作家这么简单,历任美国阿斯彭研究所的CEO、«时代周刊»总编辑和CNN董事长。作为一位作家,艾萨克森致力于阐述艺术与科学、人文与技术这些领域的跨界联系,对想象力、才华及创新的影响。他过往传...
评分《列奥纳多.达.芬奇传》是一本以达芬奇7200多页笔记为线索,介绍达芬奇是如何结合自己的好奇心、观察力和想象力,成为多学科领域天才的过程。 作者沃尔特·艾萨克森为当代著名传记作家,世界传媒巨头 CNN 公司的总裁。他只为有卓越成就的大人物立传,并且这些传记作品都成为了...
Audiobook听完。It's a fascinating book. 但还是只能打四颗星,总有点遗憾,就像达芬奇的拖延症一样。
评分Audiobook听完。It's a fascinating book. 但还是只能打四颗星,总有点遗憾,就像达芬奇的拖延症一样。
评分记得好像是蔡澜说过,读书要读一个作者所有的作品,Issacson老爷子一如既往的将他对科学和艺术结合对着迷,折射到历史巨匠的一生中,娓娓道来。感受最深的是达芬奇的动机:纯粹为个人的趣味而做事,没有任何兑现或分享自己工作的意图,完完全全由内在的好奇心驱动。也许,只有这样,才能走得更远吧。但无疑达芬奇是幸运的,伴其一生始终有强大的主顾,无条件的支持他的智力活动。
评分说两个印象深刻的点:1.达芬奇是gay,米开朗其罗也是gay。达芬奇是高帅富,用现在的眼光来看是游走于时尚圈、艺术圈、科技圈的三栖人物,因而受到很多年轻男性的仰慕,作者由此腹诽颜值低,脾气差的米开朗其罗和达芬奇关系不好的原因在此;2.达芬奇和马基雅维利居然是好基友关系,真是没想到。
评分看得特别想练习画画,什么都不是天生的,都是练出来的
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