{"product_id":"leonardo-da-vinci-by-walter-isaacson-book-price-in-bd","title":"Leonardo da Vinci by Walter Isaacson","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout Leonardo da Vinci by Walter Isaacson – A Biography of Art, Science, Curiosity, and the Renaissance Mind\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLeonardo da Vinci by Walter Isaacson is a biography of the Renaissance artist, inventor, and thinker. Isaacson follows not only the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper but also Leonardo’s work in anatomy, engineering, water, flight, geology, optics, mathematics, architecture, and design.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe book draws on thousands of surviving notebook pages to show how Leonardo observed, questioned, sketched, tested ideas, and connected art with science. Curiosity becomes the main thread linking his paintings, experiments, machines, and unfinished plans.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLeonardo Begins in Vinci\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLeonardo was born in 1452 near Vinci in Tuscany. He was the illegitimate son of the notary Piero da Vinci and a young woman named Caterina.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBecause he was born outside marriage, he did not follow the usual professional path of a legitimate son in his father’s family. He also received less formal classical education than many scholars of his time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIsaacson shows how Leonardo learned in another way. He watched closely, drew constantly, asked basic questions, studied patterns, and returned to problems that interested him. He wanted to know why water moved in certain shapes, how birds stayed in the air, how muscles worked, and how light reached the eye.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThat habit of observation became one of the foundations of his work.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVerrocchio’s Workshop Gave Him Many Skills\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs a young man, Leonardo trained in Florence in the workshop of Andrea del Verrocchio.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Renaissance workshop involved more than painting. Artists and apprentices could work with sculpture, metal, mechanics, design, costumes, and other crafts. This suited Leonardo because his interests were already wide.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDrawing became one of his most important tools. He drew faces, hands, plants, water, machines, buildings, muscles, animals, and small details from everyday life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor Leonardo, drawing was not only a way to make art. It was a way to investigate a question.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIsaacson uses this early training to explain why Leonardo later moved so naturally between painting, engineering, anatomy, and design.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Notebooks Are Central to the Biography\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLeonardo’s notebooks give Isaacson unusual access to the way he thought.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThousands of pages survive, filled with sketches, diagrams, lists, calculations, observations, questions, and unfinished ideas. Leonardo often wrote in mirror script from right to left.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe pages do not follow a neat modern structure. A machine can appear beside an anatomical sketch. Notes about water can sit near a face. A question about birds can lead toward a flying device.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIsaacson sees this mixture as important. Leonardo did not keep art, science, and engineering inside separate boxes. He looked for connections between them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThat is one reason the book can appeal to readers interested in creativity as well as readers interested in Renaissance history.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArt and Science Work Together\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOne of Isaacson’s main ideas is that Leonardo’s scientific studies improved his art, while his ability to draw improved his scientific work.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnatomy helped him understand muscles, bones, faces, and movement. Optics helped him study light, shadow, perspective, and vision. His attention to water, rocks, plants, and landscapes gave his paintings a stronger sense of natural form.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis approach helps explain why the biography spends so much time outside the studio.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLeonardo did not study the human body only because he wanted to become a doctor, and he did not study light only as a scientist. He wanted to understand what he saw so he could represent it more accurately and ask better questions about nature.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVitruvian Man Shows His Mixed Interests\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVitruvian Man is one of Leonardo’s best-known drawings.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe image places a male figure inside a circle and a square and connects the human body with ideas about proportion described by the Roman architect Vitruvius.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIsaacson uses the drawing to discuss Leonardo’s interest in geometry, measurement, architecture, anatomy, and design.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe image is useful because it makes the book’s larger theme easy to see. Leonardo did not think he had to choose between art and mathematics. He could use both to explore the same question.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor readers interested in design or creative work, this part shows how different fields can strengthen each other when they are studied together.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnatomy Became a Serious Study\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLeonardo studied human anatomy in unusual depth for an artist of his time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe dissected bodies and drew bones, muscles, organs, the skull, the spine, and the heart. He tried to understand not only what body parts looked like but how they worked together.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIsaacson discusses Leonardo’s studies of the muscles that move the lips, the heart, and other structures that later appeared in his art and notebooks.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSome of his observations were highly advanced for the period, while others were incomplete or mistaken.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThat balance matters. The biography does not turn Leonardo into someone who was always correct. It shows a gifted observer working with the tools and knowledge available to him.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBirds, Flight, and Machines Kept His Attention\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLeonardo watched birds carefully and studied how wings moved through air.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom those observations, he designed flying machines and explored the mechanics of flight. He also drew gears, bridges, weapons, mechanical devices, and stage equipment.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMany designs were never built, and some could not have worked exactly as drawn.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIsaacson treats these pages as evidence of a mind testing possibilities rather than as proof that Leonardo secretly invented every modern machine.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThese sections show how sketching and observation helped Leonardo test difficult ideas.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMilan Expanded His Work\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLeonardo spent an important period in Milan under Ludovico Sforza.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe offered his services as a painter, engineer, designer, military adviser, and creator of court entertainments. This range of skills helped him find work in a culture where artists depended heavily on patrons.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn Milan, Leonardo worked on paintings, performances, engineering ideas, and a huge horse monument planned for Francesco Sforza. The bronze monument was never completed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIsaacson uses this period to show both Leonardo’s ambition and his difficulty finishing large projects.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt also shows that Renaissance creativity was tied to practical realities. Artists needed money, materials, access, and powerful patrons who were willing to support their plans.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Last Supper Combines Observation and Design\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Last Supper receives close attention in the biography.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIsaacson explains how Leonardo organized the disciples into groups and used gesture, expression, perspective, and movement to show their reactions after Jesus says one of them will betray him.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe room’s lines guide the viewer toward Christ, while the figures remain active and individual.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLeonardo’s interest in perspective and optics helped shape the scene.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHis experimental painting method also caused problems because the surface began deteriorating relatively early.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe work therefore shows both his careful planning and his willingness to test methods that did not always produce durable results.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Mona Lisa Brings Many Studies Together\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIsaacson also looks closely at the Mona Lisa.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe connects the portrait with Leonardo’s studies of anatomy, expression, light, shadow, optics, water, and landscape.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLeonardo used very soft transitions rather than hard outlines, a technique associated with sfumato. The effect helps create the uncertain expression that has made the painting so widely discussed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIsaacson’s point is not simply that Leonardo knew many subjects.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt is that years of observation could meet inside one work. Scientific study helped him understand what he was painting, while artistic practice gave him new reasons to study nature.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Mona Lisa becomes a clear example of how his interests supported each other.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHis Final Years Were Spent in France\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLate in life, Leonardo accepted an invitation from King Francis I of France.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe moved to France and lived at Clos Lucé near Amboise. He brought important papers and paintings with him, including the Mona Lisa.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLeonardo died in France in 1519.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIsaacson uses the final part of the biography to look back at both the completed works and the large number of questions Leonardo left open.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe notebooks make clear that he remained curious throughout his life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHis importance comes not only from a few famous paintings but from the way he joined observation, art, engineering, science, and imagination in one working process.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication and Edition Details\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSimon \u0026amp; Schuster published Leonardo da Vinci on October 17, 2017. The US hardcover carries ISBN 9781501139154, while the ebook uses ISBN 9781501139178. Google Books lists the illustrated edition at 624 pages.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe book includes many reproductions of Leonardo’s drawings and artworks. Customers who need a specific cover, ISBN, format, or page count should check the exact edition before ordering their copy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout Walter Isaacson\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWalter Isaacson is a professor of history at Tulane University.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe has served as editor of Time magazine, chairman and CEO of CNN, and president and CEO of the Aspen Institute.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHis books include biographies of Steve Jobs, Albert Einstein, Benjamin Franklin, Jennifer Doudna, Elon Musk, and Leonardo da Vinci, as well as The Innovators.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIsaacson often writes about people working at the meeting point of different fields.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHis journalism background helps him explain technical subjects in language intended for general readers rather than only specialists.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWho Will Enjoy Leonardo da Vinci?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLeonardo da Vinci is a strong choice for readers interested in biography, Renaissance history, art, science, engineering, invention, anatomy, design, and creativity.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArtists may enjoy the close observation of drawings and paintings. Designers and engineers may be interested in Leonardo’s notebooks and machines. Students can see how persistent questions can lead across several subjects.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGeneral readers do not need to be art historians or scientists to follow the book.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIts broad approach makes it useful for readers who want to understand Leonardo as a person, not only as the name behind a few famous artworks.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBook Quality at Bookish Wonderland\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBookish Wonderland offers this title with premium eye-soothing cream paper, crystal-clear printing, and high-quality stitched plus glue binding.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eClear printing is especially useful for a biography containing detailed text and visual references. Strong binding supports repeated reading and long-term shelf storage.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe book is suitable for personal reading, study, gifting, biography collections, art and design libraries, or readers building a shelf of history, science, and creativity books.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhy Order from Bookish Wonderland?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBookish Wonderland delivers books across Bangladesh, including inside and outside Dhaka. 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For stock, edition, customization, or delivery questions, contact Bookish Wonderland through Facebook or Instagram.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhy Readers Choose This Biography\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLeonardo da Vinci by Walter Isaacson gives readers a clear look at how Leonardo connected art, science, anatomy, engineering, nature, and imagination.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe notebooks let Isaacson follow Leonardo’s questions as closely as his finished works. That makes the biography useful for readers interested in creativity and history.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLeonardo changed direction often, left projects unfinished, and kept returning to problems. 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