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Leonardo da Vinci: The Infinite Mind follows Leonardo from his unconventional childhood in Vinci and apprenticeship in Verrocchio's Florence to the courts of Milan, the military campaigns of Cesare Borgia, his rivalry with Michelangelo, his years in Rome, and his final home in France under the patronage of King Francis I.
Along the way, the book explores the creation of works such as the Mona Lisa, The Last Supper, Lady with an Ermine, and the unfinished Adoration of the Magi, while opening Leonardo's notebooks to examine his investigations into anatomy, flight, engineering, optics, geometry, water, geology, and the mechanics of the human body.
Rather than treating Leonardo as a mythical prophet who somehow invented the modern world centuries ahead of his time, this biography seeks to separate evidence from legend. It presents a more human Leonardo: brilliant but restless, extraordinarily observant yet frequently unable to finish what he began, moving constantly between painting, science, engineering, and experimentation.
From Renaissance Florence and the court of Ludovico Sforza to Leonardo's final years at Clos Lucé, The Infinite Mind tells the story not only of a remarkable life, but of a way of seeing the world—one in which art and science were never separate pursuits.
For readers interested in Leonardo da Vinci, Renaissance history, art history, invention, science, creativity, and the lives of extraordinary thinkers.
