title: Discovering Leonardo: The Art Lover's Guide to Understanding Da Vinci's Masterpieces
author:  Paul Crenshaw 
description: <b>Paul Crenshaw</b> is associate professor of art history at Providence College. His specialty is Dutch Art of the seventeenth century and he has held lecturing and research positions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Frick Art Reference Library in New York.<br /><b>Rebecca Tucker</b> received her Ph.D. from the Institute of Fine Arts of New York University and writes in the field of Early Modern art and patronage. She is assistant professor of art history at Colorado College.
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     Leonardo Da Vinci
  
  
  
        By Walter Isaacson
  
  
  
       Summary by Book Avenue
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  [ Introduction: I Can Also Paint ](text00000.html#_Toc519276462)
  
  [ Chapter One: Childhood ](text00000.html#_Toc519276463)
  
  [ Chapter Two: Apprentice ](text00000.html#_Toc519276464)
  
  [ Chapter Three: On His Own ](text00000.html#_Toc519276465)
  
  [ Chapter Four: Milan ](text00000.html#_Toc519276466)
  
  [ Chapter Five: Leonardo’s Notebooks ](text00000.html#_Toc519276467)
  
  [ Chapter Six: Court Entertainer ](text00000.html#_Toc519276468)
  
  [ Chapter Seven: Personal Life ](text00000.html#_Toc519276469)
  
  [ Chapter Eight: Vitruvian Man ](text00000.html#_Toc519276470)
  
  [ Chapter Nine: The Horse Monument ](text00000.html#_Toc519276471)
  
  [ Chapter Ten: Scientist ](text00000.html#_Toc519276472)
  
  [ Chapter Eleven: Birds and Flights ](text00000.html#_Toc519276473)
  
  [ Chapter Twelve: The Mechanical Arts ](text00000.html#_Toc519276474)
  
  [ Chapter Thirteen: Math ](text00000.html#_Toc519276475)
  
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