Da Vinci's Ghost: Genius, Obsession, and How Leonardo Created the World in His Own Image | 
panDisappointing. I felt the main problem is that there wasn't enough material on Leonardo & his Vitruvian Man to justify an entire book. If Lester was a more engaging writer, then maybe the book would work better. But as written, the book lacked cohesion. I felt it was a confusing stream of disjointed parts with no coherent focus and too much conjecture and supposition.
This is my January #bookspin
When you get caught up in your book (tagged) and go 2 metro stops past the station you should‘ve gotten off at. 🤦🏼♀️😆😆😆 #adultingishard
pickThis is a great look at Vitruvian Man, and a wonderful look into the mind of Leonardo da Vinci. I‘m so glad I stumbled upon this book and read it. Its exactly what I was looking for to celebrate the 500th anniversary of Leo‘s death. This book is readable and approachable. It‘s a good length, just the right amount of detail. The included artwork is wonderful. A good glimpse into the world into which this drawing was conceived.
Wonderful detail images taken by Toby Lester of the Vitruvian Man, showing just who hard Leo presses into this page. As Lester describes it, it‘s like Leo etched Vitruvian Man into the paper as opposed to drawing it on the paper.
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This moment. This closing remark of Leo‘s journey before Lester‘s is nearly wrapped up in the epilogue. This was oddly thrilling and exhilarating.
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Officially the strangest Leo moment I have ever heard of. Poor frog.
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Since there are 5 more days before the 500th anniversary of Leo‘s death, and I will read almost anything to avoid Isaacson‘s napfest (never mind this sounds like a really awesome book!!!) I‘m taking this bad boy for a spin.
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AM I EVER!!! I am SO reading this book.
This is seriously the book I was expecting from all the rave reviews of Isaacson‘s book, but oh my god that thing is boring. Jesus Christ is that thing boring. Ugh. I‘ve read church documents from that period with more excitement and less drag. I didn‘t think anything this boring got published for general audiences. That is some painful, only-other-historians-will-ever-read-it kind of thing.
