After all, Leonardo himself painted his portrait subjects against blurry, indistinct landscapes.
Then again, the choice of a tight angle lens might have been deliberate. Connecting these dots - showing that Leonardo shared interests and ideas with many predecessors and contemporaries - would have made Isaacson’s history even richer. Isaacson shows that the work of great scholars like the Leonardo specialist Martin Kemp can be exciting in its own right. Again and again he turns up a surprising and revelatory detail. As Isaacson follows Leonardo from one locale and occupation to another, his energy never fails and his curiosity never dims. Without fuss and without Freud - though Dan Brown, unfortunately, makes an appearance - Isaacson uses his subject’s contradictions to give him humanity and depth. Though Leonardo wrote endlessly, he revealed little directly about his inner life. Walter Isaacson follows dozens of clues to reanimate Leonardo da Vinci, one of the boldest of these border-crossers.
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