Anyone read anything interesting lately?

[Andre]

Im studying Leonardo da Vincis life and works. But doing so has turned my interest to his master teacher Andrea del Verrocchio who was an amazing real life sculptor in stone and bronze whos works are unsurpassed.
Turns out Michelangelo hated Leonardo and took a few swipes at his work but Leonardo was the main man and didnt retort in kind. Me being a third generation marble mason these guys lives fascinate me.

ive always been interested in davinci his work ethic impresses me

Apparently in those days there were different work shops all over Florence each with a Master and his apprentices and much of the time they would tag team large painting jobs so artists works were sometimes blends because one would have to go off somewhere else if a big job came up and others would finish off for them. There was some animosity between the different work shops over big jobs too, bit of jealousy got around.

[Master]

Leonardo da Vincis is probably the greatest man of all time, he was a genius, inventor, artist, sculpture and designer.

[Andre]

His life preserver was a great invention, got put to great use for centuries and saved thousands of lives and is still used on boats to this day;the floating ring on a rope.
His drawing of a helicopter I recon he got from observing a dragon fly,there wasnt much detail in nature that escaped him.

[IamInuit]

His life preserver was a great invention, got put to great use for centuries and saved thousands of lives and is still used on boats to this day;the floating ring on a rope.
His drawing of a helicopter I recon he got from observing a dragon fly,there wasnt much detail in nature that escaped him.

Amazing man. Lifelong interest myself.

He is often used in first year philosophy courses to show the difference logically possible and physically impossible. Talk about being born in the wrong century.

[Jerry Rice]

Leonardo da Vincis is probably the greatest man of all time, he was a genius, inventor, artist, sculpture and designer.

What about Einstein

[Master]

Leonardo da Vincis is probably the greatest man of all time, he was a genius, inventor, artist, sculpture and designer.

What about Einstein

He was a dunce compared to Leonardo.

[El Kabong]

If you're interested in reading about Da Vinci I highly recommend 'A World Lit Only by Fire' by William Manchester. It described a few of the bright shining stars who brought the world out of the Dark Ages and into the Renaissance: Da Vinci, Magellan, Copernicus, Michelangelo, St. Augustine, and Martin Luther.

I've not yet started my next non-fiction book yet, but the last I read was "Charlatan" by Pope Brock and that's about "Doctor" John R. Brinkley who was a famous huckster who performed various surgeries and gave out loads of bogus remedies to people seeking "verve, virility, and vigor". His most famous procedure is that of transplanting goat testicles to humans earing him the nickname "The Goat Gland Doctor". It was a stomach churning but very interesting ride. The wild times those hacks had were quite amazing but it gives you a good solid foundation of skepticism when someone announces a new panacea