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Da Vinci's Ghost: Genius, Obsession, and How Leonardo Created the World in His Own Image Trade paperback - 2012
by Toby Lester
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- Title Da Vinci's Ghost: Genius, Obsession, and How Leonardo Created the World in His Own Image
- Author Toby Lester
- Binding Trade Paperback
- Edition First Edition
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 328
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Free Press, New York
- Date October 2012
- Features Bibliography, Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # 492400
- ISBN 9781439189245 / 1439189242
- Weight 0.65 lbs (0.29 kg)
- Dimensions 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.9 in (21.08 x 13.97 x 2.29 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 15th Century
- Chronological Period: 16th Century
- Cultural Region: Italy
- Dewey Decimal Code 741.092
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Summary
Everybody knows the image, but nobody knows its story.
In 1490, Leonardo da Vinci produced his iconic drawing of a man inscribed in a circle and a square: Vitruvian Man. Today the image appears on everything from coffee cups and T-shirts to corporate logos and spacecraft, and has become the world’s most famous cultural icon. Yet few people know anything about it. In this remarkable book, Toby Lester, the author of the award-winning Fourth Part of the World, tells the picture’s story, weaving together a saga of people and ideas that sheds surprising new light on the life and work of Leonardo, one of history’s most fascinating figures.
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Citations
- Choice, 11/01/2013, Page 0
- New York Times Book Review, 11/25/2012, Page 32