A Portrait of Leonardo: The Life and Times of Leonardo Da Vinci

A Literary Picture Book

Name: A Portrait of Leonardo: The Life and Times of Leonardo Da Vinci-- A Literary Picture Book
Brand: Donovan Bixley
SKU: 9781990003479
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Strip back the layers of varnish and discover the man behind the masterpieces, the personality that drove one of the greatest minds in history.Donovan, as...

Strip back the layers of varnish and discover the man behind the masterpieces, the personality that drove one of the greatest minds in history.

Donovan, as he did with Mozart: The Man Behind the Music and Much Ado About Shakespeare, sets out to discover the person behind the myth.

Using Leonardo's own massive supply of notebooks as well as myriad other writings from the time, Donovan shows why, as well as what, Leonardo created in so many areas of life. Like no other biography, this book full of Bixley's original drawings shows the real Leonardo.

The author says "I really hope that my book presents to the world a vision of the Leonardo I've come to know through my years of research: the curious child, the arrogant teenage upstart, the fantastical daydreamer, a hilarious sharp-witted entertainer, a procrastinating painter, and a bloody-minded scientist who was defiant of authority and the status quo. He was a colourful character with a fiercely independent personality and one of the greatest gay icons who ever lived."

Donovan Bixley is an illustrator and designer. He has illustrated more than 100 stories, including the bestselling children's book Old Macdonald's Farm and The Wheels on the Bus. He has also written and illustrated half a dozen books of his own, including Faithfully Mozart. Donovan Bixley was a finalist in the Montana New Zealand Book Awards for Faithfully Mozart in 2006. He has written and/or illustrated over 70 books, including the international hit Dinosaur Rescue series (with award-winning author Kyle Mewburn, published in 13 countries).

Genre: Art & Photography
Pages: 136
Publisher: Upstart Press
Publication Date: May 23, 2023
ISBN: 9781990003479