30-Second Leonardo Da Vinci By Marina Wallace

30-Second Leonardo Da Vinci by Marina Wallace is a well written, informing book. One main idea from the book is that Leonardo’s “most celebrated”, page 111, work is the “Mona Lisa”. On page 111 the author states that the Mona Lisa is the “...most celebrated, most imitated” of his works, also on page 111 the author states that the Mona Lisa is a “… iconic example of Leonardo’s genius. A second main idea from the story is that Leonardo was very ahead of his time in reference to warfare. On page 102 it states “Leonardo applied his dynamic conception of war to the idea of the tank”, not only was he the first to design a tank, he also designed many other weapons ahead of his time. On page 104 it states that he was “increasing the mobility and rate of fire of weapons”. A third main idea from this story is that he was an incredible inventor. In multiple spots in the book the author describes his genius when it came to inventing. On page 70 Marina states “Leonardo’s inventions are remarkable because of the range of
One of them was that Leonardo had the Mona Lisa with him at the time of his death, I think that attributed to the reason why it is so famous. Another fact is that he lived for 67 years, a remarkable length for the time period that he lived in. An additional fact was that when he died he left behind over 6,000 journal pages filled with grocery lists, musings, and bawdy jokes, I find this interesting because we usually don’t think of a renaissance man buying groceries or making inappropriate jokes. A fourth fact is that a famous genius (ironically) didn’t have any formal schooling. Which amazes me at just the fact that he was so dedicated to learning. A fifth fact is that he had dyslexia, so he wrote his notes in inverse, but that slowed down people attempting to steal his ideas. One more fact is that he used to break into graveyards and steal bodies so he could study human