Leonardo Da Vinci, Sherwin Nuland
Leonardo Da Vinci, Sherwin Nuland
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Leonardo Da Vinci

Author: Sherwin Nuland

Narrator: Scott Brick

Unabridged: 4 hr 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/27/2000

Synopsis

In Leonardo Da Vinci, Sherwin Nuland completes his 20-year quest to understand an unlettered man who was a painter, architect, engineer, philosopher, mathematician, and scientist. What was it that propelled Leonardo's insatiable curiosity? Nuland finds clues in his subject's art, relationships, and scientific studies. He detects the siren voice that so often lured the great artist into the arms of science—Leonardo's fascination with anatomy, first as the basis for his paintings and then as the crucial component in his aim to systematize all knowledge of nature. Scholarly and passionate, Nuland's Leonardo Da Vinci takes us deep into the first truly modern, empirical mind, one that was centuries ahead of its time.

"Nuland's ability to distill one of the greatest minds ever into its pure essence is truly awe-inspiring."—Time

About The Author

Sherwin Nuland, MD, was the author of bestselling nonfiction titles including How We Die, for which he won the National Book Award. He was a clinical professor of surgery at Yale University, where he taught medical history and bioethics. He died in 2014 in Hamden, Connecticut. Scott Brick, an acclaimed voice artist, screenwriter, and actor, has performed on film, television, and radio. His stage appearances throughout the US include Cyrano, Hamlet, and MacBeth. In the audio industry, Scott has won over 20 Earphones Awards, as well as the 2003 Audie Award in the Best Science Fiction category for Dune: The Butlerian Jihad. After recording nearly 250 books in five years, AudioFile Magazine named Scott “one of the fastest-rising stars in the audiobook galaxy” and proclaimed him one of their Golden Voices. Brick’s range is unparalleled as he reads thrillers to narrative nonfiction, from biographies to science fiction with aplomb.

Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by Lucky on 2007-11-19 17:25:22

It's hard to find a biography of Leonardo less than 1000 pages long. This one is brief (170 pages) and gives a good overview of his life and talent. Special emphasis is placed on his anatomical discoveries as the author is a doctor...

Goodreads review by Phil on August 13, 2016

A third of the way through this short book I grew very weary of the speculation as to the sexual proclivities (if there were any) of da Vinci. I had not realized Freud had written a major paper on why he thought da Vinci to be gay, the cause of it and the artist’s ability to repress all his sexual u......more

Goodreads review by Chris on February 12, 2014

In my opinion, which is only backed up by this book, Leonardo Da Vinci is the most fascinatingly brilliant man to ever live. Not only was he a legendary painter, but he made discoveries in areas of anatomy and physiology that weren't otherwise "discovered" in some instances until 1969. He was a soug......more

Goodreads review by Tamara on February 19, 2017

I wasn't thrilled until about 30 pages in but then I got hooked. This book focuses on Leonardo the scientist- researcher rather than Leonardo the artistic genius, although the short analysis of Mona Lisa was fascinating. I feel a bit vindicated that I'm always doing too much and not finishing projec......more

Goodreads review by Shuvam on December 27, 2018

1. What do I feel about the book overall? The book about which I am going to give my review is titled as Leonardo Da Vinci. The author of this book is Sherwin B. Nuland. The book is published under the Penguin lives series by the Penguin publication. It is the edition of 2005. Now before I begin my r......more

Goodreads review by Trey on October 27, 2023

I would give this book somewhere between a 3-3.5 because it was not as good as I thought and I had some problems with it. The story of Davinci himself was amazing and it was awesome to learn about the theories behind his life, his art, his work, etc. I loved learning about how he lived and his studie......more

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