The Life and Times of Leonardo da Vinci

Leornado da Vinci (1452–1519) was the most gifted European ever and one of very few people who deserve the appellation a universal genius.
Atle Næss paints a broad picture of Leonardo da Vinci. He follows his journey through Renaissance Europe – from the Medici’s court in Florence to the Sforzas of Milan, the Roman Pope and finally to Europe’s most powerful man, Francis 1 of France.
Leonardo da Vinci is primarily known as a painter and creator of masterpieces like Mona Lisa and The Last Supper, but he was also one of his age’s most prominent sculptors, engineers and scientists.
He left a vast volume of notes and sketches, and many of these are quoted in the biography. His entire oeuvre of paintings is also reproduced in the book.