Da Vinci's ghost genius, obsession, and how Leonardo created the world in his own image
Toby Lester opens up a surprising window onto the artist and philosopher himself and the tumultuous intellectual and cultural transformations he bridged. With sparkling prose, Lester captures the brief but momentous time in the history of western thought when the Middle Ages gave way to the Renaissa...
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| Format: | Audiobooks Audiobook (CD) |
| Language: | English |
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[Old Saybrook, Ct.] :
Tantor Media,
[2012]
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| Edition: | Unabridged. |
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| Summary: | Toby Lester opens up a surprising window onto the artist and philosopher himself and the tumultuous intellectual and cultural transformations he bridged. With sparkling prose, Lester captures the brief but momentous time in the history of western thought when the Middle Ages gave way to the Renaissance, art and science and philosophy converged as one, and all seemed to hold out the promise that a single human mind, if properly harnessed, could grasp the nature of everything. |
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| Item Description: | Title from container. Compact discs. Duration: 6:30:00. |
| Physical Description: | 5 sound discs (ca. 6.5 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| ISBN: | 9781452605364 145260536X |
| Author Notes: | Stephen Hoye has won more than a dozen AudioFile Earphones Awards and two prestigious APA Audie Awards, including one for Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki. He has recorded many other notable titles, such as Every Second Counts by Lance Armstrong and The Google Story by David A. Vise and Mark Malseed. |
