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Leonardo da Vinci

The #1 New York Times bestseller from Walter Isaacson brings Leonardo da Vinci to life in this exciting new biography that is "a study in creativity: how to define it, how to achieve it...Most important, it is a powerful story of an exhilarating mind and life" (The New Yorker).

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May 13, 2023
蒙娜丽莎的微笑,最后的晚餐,达芬奇留下的惊世奇作让人们看到了一个天才画家,却不知画画只是他诸多才能的一面,他同时是一个天才的工程师,建筑师,解剖学家,数学家,优秀的舞台布景及导演。他散布于各个领域的兴趣及才能辅佐他创作了无法逾越的绝世之画。 生于文艺复兴时代的达芬奇并非婚内生子,这免了他子承父业的压力并给了他相对的自由。从未受过正规教育的他有着极其广泛的兴趣及细致入微的观察力,天空为什么是篮的?啄木鸟的舌头长啥样?种种于常人司空见惯的现象都是他的寻奇乐园。 年幼即显示出岀色的画画天赋的达芬奇青年时却谋求军事防御的工程师之职,虽直到中晚年才如愿任职军中,但这并不妨碍他作画之余潜心钻研工程原理 - 水波怎样形成的,机械运动的动力是什么…。而他的爱好远不限于画画及工程学,人笑的时候肌肉是怎么运作的,光线是如何传到眼睛里的,人体比例与数学的关系…。虽然达芬奇沉迷于自然界的花草星空及人体的骨骼血脉,却对发表他那些超于时代的发现以获功名毫无兴趣,后人在他的七千多页的记录着他那些天马行空的想法及创...read more

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