Leonardo Da Vinci Book Review

Leonardo Da Vinci is written by Sherwin B. Nuland and contains 170 pages including the bibliography. This biography was published in 2000 by the Penguin Group.

Leonardo Da Vinci, by Sherwin B. Nuland, is a biography of the renaissance man known for his vast amounts of talents and skills that were too early for his time. However this biography focuses mostly on his anatomical research, this includes his dissections of animals, his fascination with how the body works, and his artwork that depicts the human body. An unusual theme that is found in this book is Leonardo's apparent homosexuality and how it affected his mind's workings. The book is neatly organized in the time periods of Leonardo's lifetime, being broken up by major events that altered the path of his life. The characters that make up this biography is Leonardo, his former teacher, and his multiple patrons.
Leonardo was born in 1452 on the 15th of April and is theorized to be the love child of a town girl and his father Accattabriga di Piero of Vinci. However Leonardo did not remain motherless and his father remarried to Monna Lucia, this was good for Leonardo in the fact that

The patron was Cesare Borgia of France, by the grace of God Duke of the Romagna and of Valencia and Urbino, Prince of Andria, Lord of Piombino, Gonfaloniere, and Captain-General of the Holy Roman Church. Leonardo was thrilled with the opportunity to experiment with warfare even though the patron he would be working for was known for being treacherous and monstrous. Leonardo's task was to mind the wall and to make improvements where he thought it was necessary, such as his earlier plans for weapons. This job was ideal for Leonardo until 1503 when Borgia went back to Rome and Leonardo was left with little to no pay for the massive job. This job made him famous not only in art but now in warfare, bringing to him many more