Leonardo Da Vinci. The Flights Of The Mind

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Penguin Press
Publisher Place: London
Publisher Year: 2005
Edition: Reprint

Description: 621 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: Leonardo da Vinci is the most mysterious of all the great artists, continuing to inspire and intrigue centuries after his death. Who lies behind the legend of the "Renaissance genius" What is the real story behind his elusive masterpieces and tantalizing notebooksCharles Nicholls compelling, lyrical biography opens up Leonardos life from his beginnings as an illegitimate child in Tuscany to the creation of his great works and his final days as never before. Delving into hidden corners of his manuscripts and unravelling years of myth and mystery, he brilliantly illuminates the man behind the enigma.

ISBN: 9780140296815