How to Think Like da Vinci

Daniel Smith

• Publisher: Michael O'Mara
• Year: 2015
• Print ISBN:
  9781782434672
• eBook ISBN:
  9781782434597
• Topic: Personal Development
• Subtopic: Artist Biographies

Famed for creating some of the most iconic images in European art – including Mona Lisa and The Last Supper – Leonardo da Vinci has influenced generations of artists and thinkers, and continues to do so after more than 500 years. While we cannot hope to emulate his achievements, da Vinci showed an attitude towards life from which we can all learn.A true polymath, he was also a sculptor, architect, musician, mathematician, engineer and an anatomist and, with an unquenchable thirst for knowledge, da Vinci was never satisfied with what he had learned, frequently turning his mind to new, unexplored subjects. He saw links between art and science, and constantly pursued perfection and accuracy in his work, so that he developed many techniques we continue to use to this day. Combining these strengths with a unique imagination, da Vinci came up with designs for inventions centuries ahead of their time.In How to Think Like da Vinci, you too can learn to think like the Renaissance man, seize your opportunities, harness your talents, innovate and experiment and imagine the impossible. Read about this great man's life and achievements and develop your understanding of one of the world's most eclectic and extraordinary minds.

Table of contents

• Cover
• By the same author
• Title page
• Dedication and Copyright page
• Contents
• Introduction
• Extant Works
• Landmarks in a Remarkable Life
• Pull Yourself Up by Your Bootstraps
• Commune with Nature
• Water Power
• Seize Your Opportunities
• Life as an Artist’s Apprentice
• Be a Renaissance Man
• Da Vinci’s Philosophy of Painting
• Don’t Just Look, But See
• Keep Things in Perspective
• Indulge Your Playful Side
• Make Beautiful Music
• Study, Study, Study
• Read Like da Vinci
• Unite Art and Science
• Innovate and Experiment …
• The Last Supper
• Imagine the Impossible
• The Fascination of Flight
• Figure It Out: Da Vinci the Mathematician
• Get to the Heart of the Matter: Da Vinci the Anatomist
• Vitruvian Man
• Scale Up Your Talents: Da Vinci the Civil Engineer
• Play the Markets
• Don’t Let Money Be Your Master
• Capture Your Subject
• The Most Famous Painting on Earth
• Perfectionism Can Be a Flaw
• The Sforza Horse
• Keep Your Friends Close
• Forbidden Love in Renaissance Italy
• Get the da Vinci Look
• Be Inspired by Professional Rivalries
• The Battle of Anghiari
• Fight Your Corner: Da Vinci, the Military Engineer
• Da Vinci’s Light and Dark
• Eat Like da Vinci
• Keep a Note of It
• Mirror Writing
• Da Vinci and God
• A Question of Legacy
• Selected Bibliography