Best biography of Leonardo da Vinci

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• Title: Best biography of Leonardo da Vinci
  • Webpage:
    • URL: https://i.redd.it/e2u9y2nyvsl81.jpg
    • Reddit post: “anyone that got that book on pdf ? ( Frank Zöllner ; Leonardo da Vinci. The Complete Paintings and Drawings)” - 1 year, 1 month ago - r/LeonardodaVinci - 5 points
    • Comments:
      • Posted by a reddit user - 1 year, 1 month ago - 2 karma
        • “I think it was never distributed as an ebook.”
      • Posted by a reddit user - 1 year, 1 month ago - 1 karma
        • “Did you try internet archive?”
      • Posted by a reddit user - 1 year, 1 month ago - 1 karma
        • “Its on the archive site”
        • https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.459086/page/n3/mode/2up
      • Posted by a reddit user - 1 year, 1 month ago - 1 karma
        • “There are small format paper versions available for $30.”

• “Best biography of Leonardo da Vinci”
  • Comment on the webpage suggested a good book: “The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci” compiled and edited by Jean Paul Richter
    • Comes as two volumes
    • ISBN 0-486-22572-0 (vol 1) and ISBN 0-486-22573-9 (vol 2)
    • First published in 1970
    • Unabridged edition of the work first published in London in 1883 by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, with the title ‘The Literary Works of Leonardo da Vinci’.
  • Both volumes still being published, albeit with different editors and publishers
  • Dover Publications has published different works on Leonardo da Vinci, including the recommended volumes:
    • Vol 1: http://store.doverpublications.com/0486225720.html
    • Vol 2: http://store.doverpublications.com/0486225739.html
    • http://doverpublications.ecomm-search.com/search?keywords=Leonardo%20da%20Vinci

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What year was Leonardo da Vinci: Complete Paintings and Drawings published?

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What is the author of Leonardo: The Artist and the Man?

• Titles of recommended books:

  • Leonardo: The Artist and the Man
  • Leonardo da Vinci: Complete Paintings and Drawings
  • The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci Volume 1
  • The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci Volume 2
  • Leonardo on the Human body

• All the books are published by Dover Publications, except the first one which is published by Penguin.

• A reddit user suggests buying only the giant Frank Zollner hardcover book.

• Some reddit users mentioned the movie Wolf Of Wall Street and the documentary The DaVinci Detective on Netflix, but these are not biographical works about Leonardo da Vinci.

• A reddit user incorrectly suggests The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown as a source of information about Leonardo da Vinci’s life.

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  • URL: https://www.reddit.com/r/suggestmeabook/comments/3m75s3/best_biography_on_leonardo_davinci/
  • Subreddit post “Best Biography on Leonardo DaVinci?” from 7 years ago, with 3 points.
  • 2 reddit users commented on the post:
    • 1st user, 7 years ago, with 1 karma:
      • Recommended a biography by Charles Nicholl.
      • Book title: “Leonardo Da Vinci: Flights of Mind”.
      • Book has lovely images.
      • Also suggested “Leonardo” by Martin Kemp, which is divided into thematic chapters, but did not read it.
      • Mentioned Giorgio Vasari as the Renaissance biographer of Da Vinci.
    • 2nd user, 7 years ago, with 1 karma:
      • Thanked 1st user for suggestions.

• Reddit webpage with comments on the biography of Leonardo da Vinci by Walter Isaacson:

  • Some users found it brilliant, fascinating, and highly recommended it.

  • Others thought it was not Isaacson’s best work because few primary sources exist, but still an intriguing read and good enough to keep you hooked.

  • The book centers on Leonardo’s life, personal relations, political involvement, psyche, and some of his creations, rather than an in-depth analysis of his works.

  • One user loved Isaacson’s Benjamin Franklin biography but did not find Leonardo’s book as good as Steve Jobs or Benjamin Franklin.

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