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font-style:italic; padding-bottom:0.2em;">Leonardo da Vinci <span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=&rft.author=%5B%5BWalter+Isaacson%5D%5D&rft.date=2017&rft.pub=%5B%5BSimon+%26+Schuster%5D%5D&rft.pages=624+pp."></span></caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Leonardo_da_Vinci_(Isaacson_book(.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4f/Leonardo_da_Vinci_%28Isaacson_book%28.jpg/220px-Leonardo_da_Vinci_%28Isaacson_book%28.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="332" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4f/Leonardo_da_Vinci_%28Isaacson_book%28.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="257" data-file-height="388" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Author</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Walter_Isaacson" title="Walter Isaacson">Walter Isaacson</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genre</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Biography" title="Biography">Biography</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Publisher</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Simon_%26_Schuster" title="Simon & Schuster">Simon & Schuster</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Publication date</div></th><td class="infobox-data">2017</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Pages</th><td class="infobox-data">624 pp.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781501139161" title="Special:BookSources/9781501139161">9781501139161</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Leonardo da Vinci</b></i> is a <a href="/wiki/Biography" title="Biography">biography</a> of Italian polymath <a href="/wiki/Leonardo_da_Vinci" title="Leonardo da Vinci">Leonardo da Vinci</a>. The book was written by <a href="/wiki/Walter_Isaacson" title="Walter Isaacson">Walter Isaacson</a>, a former executive at <a href="/wiki/CNN" title="CNN">CNN</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Time_(magazine)" title="Time (magazine)">Time</a></i> and the <a href="/wiki/Aspen_Institute" title="Aspen Institute">Aspen Institute</a> who had previously written best-selling biographies of <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin" title="Benjamin Franklin">Benjamin Franklin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Albert_Einstein" title="Albert Einstein">Albert Einstein</a> and <a href="/wiki/Steve_Jobs" title="Steve Jobs">Steve Jobs</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Contents">Contents</h2></div> <p>Isaacson said that the book does not contain any new discoveries about Leonardo.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The front cover has the portrait of Leonardo at the <a href="/wiki/Uffizi" title="Uffizi">Uffizi</a> museum.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Robin_McKie" title="Robin McKie">Robin McKie</a> of <a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian"><i>The Guardian</i></a> described the book as "sumptuous, elegantly written and diligently produced".<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Bill_Gates" title="Bill Gates">Bill Gates</a>, who owns the <a href="/wiki/Codex_Leicester" title="Codex Leicester">Codex Leicester</a>, wrote that "I’ve read a lot about Leonardo over the years, but I had never found one book that satisfactorily covered all the different facets of his life and work."<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Joshua Kim of <a href="/wiki/Inside_Higher_Ed" title="Inside Higher Ed">Inside Higher Ed</a> theorized that the $450 million sale price of da Vinci's painting <a href="/wiki/Salvator_Mundi_(Leonardo)" title="Salvator Mundi (Leonardo)"><i>Salvator Mundi</i></a> in November 2017 may have been influenced by the book.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Senior" title="Jennifer Senior">Jennifer Senior</a> of the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Times" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Times"><i>New York Times</i></a> wrote:<sup id="cite_ref-:0_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>I’m not sure the role of art critic suits him. Isaacson’s enthusiasm is admirable, but he hails many of Leonardo’s creations in the same breathless tone with which a teenager might greet a new Apple product. The words “brilliant,” “wondrous” and “ingenious” come up a lot.</p></blockquote><p>Senior also criticized Isaacson's "Learning from Leonardo" summary at the end of the book, describing it as a form of "<a href="/wiki/TED_(conference)" title="TED (conference)">TED</a>-ism".<sup id="cite_ref-:0_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When comparing Isaacson's book to Mike Lankford's <i>Becoming Leonardo</i>, <a href="/wiki/Daniel_J._Levitin" class="mw-redirect" title="Daniel J. Levitin">Daniel J. Levitin</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Wall_Street_Journal" class="mw-redirect" title="Wall Street Journal"><i>Wall Street Journal</i></a> wrote, "Mr. Isaacson's book feels cobbled together, as if written on deadline, while Mr. Lankford seems to have taken all the time he needed."<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Alexander C. Kafka of the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Post" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Post"><i>Washington Post</i></a> wrote:<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Isaacson’s approach, true to his background, is fundamentally journalistic. No intellectual peacocking for him, and though his writing is certainly graceful, it is never needlessly ornate. But make no mistake: He knows his stuff ...</p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Film_adaptation">Film adaptation</h2></div> <p>In August 2017 <a href="/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" title="Paramount Pictures">Paramount</a> outbid <a href="/wiki/Universal_Pictures" title="Universal Pictures">Universal Pictures</a> for the rights to adapt the book into a film. It was decided that <a href="/wiki/Leonardo_DiCaprio" title="Leonardo DiCaprio">Leonardo DiCaprio</a> would play da Vinci, who is said to be named after da Vinci.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This did not work out, so Universal bought the rights to it in 2023. (Universal had already adapted Isaacson's book about Steve Jobs into a film.)<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Haigh" title="Andrew Haigh">Andrew Haigh</a> was chosen to direct the film.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMorrison2017" class="citation news cs1">Morrison, Blake (December 16, 2017). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/dec/16/leonardo-da-vinci-the-biography-walter-isaacson-review">"Leonardo da Vinci: The Biography by Walter Isaacson review – unparalleled creative genius"</a>. <i>The Guardian</i>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0261-3077">0261-3077</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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the Baptist (Leonardo)">Saint John the Baptist</a></i></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Lost_paintings" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background: #EAEAAE; font-weight: normal">Lost paintings</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Medusa_(Leonardo)" title="Medusa (Leonardo)">Medusa</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Madonna_and_Child_with_the_Infant_Saint_John_the_Baptist_(Leonardo)" title="Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist (Leonardo)">Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Holy_Infants_Embracing" title="The Holy Infants Embracing">The Holy Infants Embracing</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Battle_of_Anghiari_(Leonardo)" title="The Battle of Anghiari (Leonardo)">The Battle of Anghiari</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Leda_and_the_Swan_(Leonardo)" title="Leda and the Swan (Leonardo)">Leda and the Swan</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #EAEAAE;width:1%">Sculptures</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Rearing_Horse_and_Mounted_Warrior" title="Rearing Horse and Mounted Warrior">Budapest Horse</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Horse_and_Rider_(wax_sculpture)" title="Horse and Rider (wax sculpture)">Horse and Rider</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Leonardo%27s_horse" title="Leonardo's horse">Sforza Horse</a></i> (unexecuted)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #EAEAAE;width:1%">Works on paper</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a 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scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background: #EAEAAE; font-weight: normal">Studies for the <i>Virgin of the Rocks</i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Compositional_Sketches_for_the_Virgin_Adoring_the_Christ_Child,_with_and_without_the_Infant_St._John_the_Baptist" title="Compositional Sketches for the Virgin Adoring the Christ Child, with and without the Infant St. John the Baptist">Designs for an Adoration of the Christ Child</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Head_of_a_Woman_(Leonardo,_Turin)" title="Head of a Woman (Leonardo, Turin)">Head of the Angel</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/T%C3%AAte_d%27enfant_de_trois_quarts_%C3%A0_droite" title="Tête d'enfant de trois quarts à droite">Head of the Infant Saint John the Baptist</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background: #EAEAAE; font-weight: 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<li><i><a href="/wiki/Studies_of_an_Infant" title="Studies of an Infant">Christ Child</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Drapery_Study_for_the_Virgin" title="Drapery Study for the Virgin">Drapery of the Virgin's Legs</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Study_for_the_Virgin%27s_Right_Arm" title="Study for the Virgin's Right Arm">Drapery of the Virgin's Right Arm</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Study_for_the_Head_of_Saint_Anne" title="Study for the Head of Saint Anne">Head of Saint Anne</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Head_of_the_Virgin_in_Three-Quarter_View_Facing_Right" title="The Head of the Virgin in Three-Quarter View Facing Right">Head of the Virgin</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #EAEAAE;width:1%">Manuscripts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Codex_Atlanticus" title="Codex Atlanticus">Codex Atlanticus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Codex_Windsor" title="Codex Windsor">Codex Windsor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Codex_Arundel" title="Codex Arundel">Codex Arundel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Codex_Trivulzianus" title="Codex Trivulzianus">Codex Trivulzianus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Codex_Madrid_(Leonardo)" title="Codex Madrid (Leonardo)">Codex Madrid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Codex_on_the_Flight_of_Birds" title="Codex on the Flight of Birds">Codex on the Flight of Birds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Codex_Leicester" title="Codex Leicester">Codex Leicester</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Treatise_on_Painting" title="A Treatise on Painting">A Treatise on Painting</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #EAEAAE;width:1%">Other projects</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Architonnerre" title="Architonnerre">Architonnerre</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Divina_proportione" title="Divina proportione">Divina proportione</a></i> (illustrations)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Kite" title="Great Kite">Great Kite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harpsichord-viola" title="Harpsichord-viola">Harpsichord-viola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leonardo%27s_aerial_screw" title="Leonardo's aerial screw">Aerial screw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leonardo%27s_crossbow" title="Leonardo's crossbow">Crossbow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leonardo%27s_fighting_vehicle" title="Leonardo's fighting vehicle">Fighting vehicle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leonardo%27s_robot" title="Leonardo's robot">Robot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leonardo%27s_self-propelled_cart" title="Leonardo's self-propelled cart">Self-propelled cart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Octant_projection" title="Octant projection">Octant projection</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rapid_fire_crossbow" class="mw-redirect" title="Rapid fire 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