Synopses & Reviews
Nuland finds clues in Leonardo's art, his relationships with his family and patrons, his scientific research and in his famous notebooks. He detects the siren voice that always brought the great artist back to science his fascination with anatomy, first as the basis for his paintings and then as a crucial component in his aim to systemize all knowledge of nature.
Authoritative and passionate, Leonardo da Vinci takes us deep into the first truly modern empirical mind one that was centuries ahead of its time.