Walter Isaacson Compares Leonardo Da Vinci To Modern Geniuses
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- Опубликовано: 17 окт 2024
- 'Leonardo da Vinci' author Walter Isaacson was able to get in the mind of his subject while examining countless pages of Leonardo da Vinci's notes.
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Leonardo Da Vinci was an inventor, painter, sculptor, architect, scientist, musician, mathematician, engineer, writer, geologist, botanist, astronomer, physician, cartographer, historian, palaentologist, ichnologist, and philosopher. Many of his designs and drawings for inventions were 400+ years ahead of his time. The guy knew his shit...
a true genius... :) And thank you for your comment.. now I know about ichnology :D
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doesnt a 7th grader know more about astronomy than like everyone in that time lol
Don´t overestimate 7th graders, most of them only know how to pull their pecker.
Dont underestimate there power
Because of this book I got into art. An unbelievable book
Why not engineering if you do not mind me asking?
More intelligent guests like this please.
I do miss the focus he had on his old show on diverse subjects and the people writing books about them.
Same here. It's good he incorporates some of those guests into this show instead of filling it with mindless celebrities like every other show.
He provided a better interview now than he would have when the show started. But it shows how diverse his watchers are.
What? You don't want to listen to an anecdote from the 4th lead in the next Avenger's movie?
Walter Isaacson is such a great biographer
The best
T.E. Lawrence I can't tell if that's a joke or not
What do you think who does the as great work in film making in biography.
I never even heard of Stephen's two guests today, thus I didn't expect much or anything at all from the interviews, but MAN... FASCINATING! Great interviews!
They've had some interesting guests recently, it's reminding me more and more of the Report guest list
Blak Really? Ya never heard of Walter Isaacson? Where you from? Some uneducated third world shit hole like India? He's definitely well known for his biographies on Steve Jobs, Einstein and Benjamin Franklin... Man...
I actually prefer these types of interviews much more than the typical shallow ass celebrity-plugging-their-new-shit -interviews. They have so much more substance.
Often the case. The guests you've never heard of frequently turn out better than the ones you have heard of.
chandruae Awesome! Almost every American has read or at least knows Walter Isaacson, can you say that about Indians? Think before you say... You might have read one of his biographies, doesn't make the whole shit hole educated and aware of him, India still has 70-80% far far below poverty and literacy line, you are a rare one, really doesn't prove anything.
Yay, author! More authors please!
Ah yes, Leonardo had a wide circle of friends. He was even friends with a certain Florentine Assassin!
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fun fact, leonardo da vinci was a massive procrastinator, many of his works were incomplete, he invented a type of paint that dries slowly so he could paint the time he wanted and that one time where he had to come back 10 years later to a painting that he had to finish but he was already paid fr the work
Awesome guest to have! Keep elevating the conversation; it's really lovely!
This was awesome! DaVinci is a really good subject for a modern biography and this author is so fascinated and enthusiastic :D So glad this was part of the show, because I can't wait to read this! Thank you ♥
I much prefer Colbert doing this kind of thing than going on about Trump 95% of the time
It was specifically going on about Trump that sent him to #1 in the ratings. And that might sound like a cheap way to get ratings, but as we've seen, it was also a very important service -- Trump hasn't even tried to hide his contempt for democracy, and 70+% of Republicans have bought into his bogus claims about a fraudulent election. If there wasn't a mouthpiece for, you know, actual facts, who knows where we'd be right now.
@@royrowland5763 Heroin would be a number 1 drug sold if it wasnt illegal so just because something is popular, doesnt make it right...
I'm currently reading this wonderful bio, just riveting!
Really enjoyable conversation -- subject matter flowed well and he clearly kept the audience interested all the way through. More interviews like this please!
Wow! I’m grateful for the existence of this guy. Humble, compassionate and a genius!
"How da Vinci stack up to modern geniuses?", more like "How modern geniuses stack up to da Vinci?"
Calling Da Vinci a genius is an understatement. Da Vinci was 500 years ahead of everyone if people knew then the research and worked he did for science, technology, engineering, art and anatomy then its safe to assume that we would have been more advance than we currently are.
Above all, he was a very mysterious man, with his robots and palimpsets, but he also was a very keen chef, something not a lot of people know. He was a very modern man, hed love social media and the internet for sure, and particularly nude selfies.
Walter is so good. Highly recommend his books!
His biographies on Jobs and Franklin were outstanding. I’m very excited to crack this one open soon.
I will forever think of Da Vinci as the guy who played him in Hudson Hawk..... shaking his head and sighing when Mona Lisa smiles at him.
HUDSON HAWK, UNDER-RATED BRUCE WILLIS COMEDY. FUN.
More interviews like this, please!
Walter is one of my favorite authors ever i like his writing style
Having just been to Italy and his museum, this might be greatest mind in history of human civilisation.
Fascinating interview 👍👌
The message of this interview: "Hey you people out there, PLEASE PLEASE read a book!"
Correction
"Read my book"
I was talking from Colbert´s perspective ;)
Da Vinci to Jobs is like a mountain to an ice cream cone
So Florence demonstrated it _then,_ just as New York City demonstrates it _now._ When you tolerate outsiders and eccentrics, you experience innovation. Expect them to _integrate,_ but don't ask them to _assimilate._ Everyone make note of this.
Yes. That's why we Canadians love being part of a Mosaic rather than a Melting Pot like our southern neighbours.
You're far more insightful than many politicians.
Always trying to make comparison to give a easier understanding makes the subject weaker.New York is a LITTLE MORE similar to old Venice not Florence.People of TALENT gathered and were called by QUALITY people like the Medici or Popes and cardinals not simple poor people of different religion skin countries or even continent ;they were still italians even if not officially ,able to move from a climate to an other very easly.Only when Leo was old he moved to France and even in that case he was called.
The guy invented the bicycle 500 years before the bicycle.
Is it weird, that I know, let's just say the very basics of Da Vinci, just from playing Assassin's Creed 2 and Assassin's Creed Brotherhood. Obviously I don't live under a rock and knew of him but AC did a pretty great job at lecturing while playing a video game.
I thought Isaacson's name sounded familiar. I just checked my bookshelf and realized it was his biography of Benjamin Franklin which I enjoyed so much not too long ago. I've always been fascinated by Da Vinci, and now I'll have to get my hands on THAT book! :-)
Was listing to this radio program a couple of weeks ago they had a university librarian on talking about how they where now starting projects to archive digital correspondence of the prominent scientist working there because that's how these conversations take place now and it will all be lost if they don't do something about it and historians and biographers etc of the future wont have all this correspondence available like the collections of letters they are using now.
Amazing biography of an amazing person
Da Vinci's combination of talent, drive, an outcast history, flamboyance, fame, and being friends with goddamn everyone...
Sounds to me like the strongest comparison to Da Vinci in the modern day would've been Freddie Mercury.
This was such a fascinating interview. It got me reading about Florence in the 15th century, which apperently in many ways was a great time and place to be gay.
It is fascinating how people are fascinated with Da Vinci inasmuch as so many authors have given (and will continue to do so ad foreverum) their take on his life & works. I thought Charles Nicholl's was the definitive Da Vinci's biography but oh well it seems like there's no such thing as "definitive" in this field. One of those gifts that keep on giving.
I've only read one book by Isaacson - about Steve Jobs, but I loved it. It's very easy to read and very interesting.
There has been a lot of research lately into the painting that we think of as the Mona Lisa. Turns out that that isn't who is in the picture. That particular work was actually painted over several times. He was commissioned and paid to do a painting for someone, and he got part way through it, then stop, and moved. Didn't pay back his patron. Then he was commissioned to do a couple of portraits of the Lady Mona Lisa. He did one, and was working on doing another. Then he moved again. With that same unfinished work. Then he was commissioned to do a portrait of a lord's dead mistress, a memorial tribute. And that's what we see now. Yes, she looks a lot like the other Mona portrait. But it was proven that the hair style and clothing choices were not what La Gioconda would be wearing. The picture follows the style of a memorial painting from that time. Leo kept reusing that same piece of wood to work on, putting down layers of paint on top of layers of paint. So, in his work shop, he would have said "Bring me that panel, the one I was doing the Mona Lisa on. I'll use that for my patron's tribute to his mistress." Economical. Don't splurge on a new panel when you have one already to hand, already primed.
Is it a beautiful painting? Oh yes. But should we call it Mona Lisa? Nope.
Suchh a fantastic interview
to put it simply and short Da Vinci is a UNIVERSAL GENIUS, one that isnt bound by the shackles of his era, his curiosity drove him in all fields. The only difference between him and other scientist is that he wasnt published If his works had been published he would also be one of the celebrated scientist today. Theres a saying "jack of all trades, master of none" Da Vinci shits on that phrase.
wow and all this on top of his stellar acting career
Jobs had drive, vision, and marketing skills. He also had a company of very intelligent people who helped to create his products. Da Vinci had his own mind and boundless curiosity.
I thought it was Steve Martin
Not sure about Walter Isaacson interpretation of the square and circle. Da Vinci was studying esthetic proportions, from the Greek to the Roman established esthetics rules. I think he tried to find his own "General Model" by creating a model that would match his own esthetic. The circle circumference follows the legs directions, as the square fits from head to toes and the end of the arms. So much to learn from Da Vinci in art, technology, science!
I find an author of historical biographies to be an unlikely but refreshing guest on a late night talk show
this was so interesting to listen to, i might read that book!!
Stephen is so knowledgeable he references Q which is a missing source of the synoptic gospels.
STEPHEN BROKE HIS NO SITTING BEFORE GUEST RULE!!!! I've seen him even get back up before but never seen him break it. Insane. Big story here folks.
I love how he uses present tense
On the spectrum? Dabbling in I see Stephen haha!
My aim is to read all Walter Isaacson books by coming 2 years
Hey, I'm left handed & can write backwards, & paint & draw. LOL Leonardo is my idol.
Marilyn Newman My dad could do that. A pen in each hand, start in the middle of the page, right hand writes normal, left writes a mirror image of what the other hand is doing. My dad is a freakazoid.
At 2:14, I’m surprised that CBS didn’t censor it.
2:21 💎
I'm a die hard fan of WALTER ISAACSON
i didn't know Leaonardo Da Vince was gay,RESPECT
Da Vinci was gay! Awesome 👏 good for him, I think we should know if more historical people were gay or not, more people would be into history
Michelangelo was also gay
Your comment must be satire, right?
The part about the ink is really true'.... books like El periquillo Sarniento...
Given what CBS has done in the past, I'm surprised they *didn't* censor that particular drawing's..."rod and tackle", if you know what I mean.
I'm amazed no one talked about Da Vinci's demons 😍
Okay - go on - I'm listening...
To mention Steve Jobs in the same sentence as Leonardo Di Vinci is absurd.
SuperEdge67 Oh. Another one of those “he was just a good salesmen” people? How original
He's not comparing the two, edgelord. He wrote a book about both of them and undoubtedly did a lot of research on both. So he's comparing the two relative to his research, not in terms of the subject and their contributions themselves.
He was on a level nearly the equal of the kardashians!!! LOLOLOL XDDD
Exactly but Jobs is a capitalists hero so of course it's gonna be mentioned whenever possible. The reality is Jobs was just a greedy and heartless son of a bitch that got rich by exploiting others. He couldn't even scrap shit from Leonardo's shoes
What if the sentence you mentioned the both of them in was the sentence, "To mention Steve Jobs in the same sentence as Leonardo Da Vinci is absurd."? Is that still absurd?
I read steve jobs' biography and I'm excited to read the new one.
Fun fact; the average person today knows far more about all the subject Leanardo Da Vinci studies than Da Vinci could have ever hoped to learn... imagine what people will be studying in another 500 years
L K so you're saying that the average person doesn't any know as much as he did? So the average person doesn't understand flight, chemistry, geology, hydrodynamics etc? And it's not incredibly easy to learn about those subjects?
And by today's standards he wouldn't be an expert on any of those subjects, they were groundbreaking for his time, but it's all common knowledge now...
nhyijy Your average person doesn't know half the shit Da Vinci knew. Ask them how many bones in the human body something a lot of people learn as kids and you'll get an awkward laugh and a faint smile. Ask them to explain how perspective is achieved in good art. Ask them to explain anything that Da Vinci could explain and they would have to pull out their phones and Google it.
Brother Vex okay then, maybe I overestimate the average person? I don’t consider myself an overly intelligent person but I know the answer to both of your question, and, atleast the basics, of all the subjects that davinci studied... but even then, the simple fact that it can be googled and atleast understood on the basic level after a few minutes is an incredible advancement, is it not?
I’m not downing davinci, which is how it might seem. I just think it’s easy to forget just how far technology and society in general has evolved in such a relatively short period of time. And all of that was achieved by “standing on the soldiers of giants”. Giants like davinci, and Copernicus, and (ironically) newton and a few thousand more that we have to thank... I was simply saying, look how much was unknown at that time, something completely out of left field and unfathomable to almost everyone short of the greatest intellectuals at that time is now in a 3rd science class...
As more people in the world are converting to vegetarianism today, more importance should be given to da Vinci the vegetarian.
Today´s scientists can see far, because they are standing on the shoulders of giants. Giants like Leonardo Da Vinci.
If da Vinci had been alive now, what tools and devices he would have used for taking his notes and drawing his great sketches?
I'm the biggest fan of WALTER ISAACSON in INDIA
I always loved comparing isaac newton and Leonardo Da Vinci in who is the greatest man who has ever lived
For whatever reason, Isaacson is the only one of Leonardo's biographers who insists that he was gay. No one else, including Sigmund Freud, ever comes to terms with that, and, if you study Leonardo, you'd be hard put to see him as one who would waste time on romantic interludes of any kind.
oh here comes "THE FUCKING MESSAGE"
Leonardo da vinci with IQ of 225 and multi-talents is called universal genius for a reason. he is compared with who?
When did he take the Stanford-Binet IQ test?
Who should start writing about Jacque fresco. If you don’t know who was Jacque fresco?!! You should check him out.
Does anyone know what the intro music is called?
"Purple?" 😲 Hang on. Wasn't purple dye actually quite _expensive_ back then?
Oh, look at me. I've actually managed to become even _more_ of a nerd.
it is painfull to me to consider steve jobs and leonardo devinci in the same sentence.
one was one of the greatest minds of all time.
the other figured out how to sell overpriced overdesigned goods to crazy fanboi consumers
They both changed the course of history
More interesting than most.
Comparing Steve jobs and Da Vinci is a joke.
And comparing Da Vinci and Ben Franklin is downward insulting.
I'll borrow from Bill Burr: last time I checked Da Vinci's company wasn't running any sweatshops. Da Vinci's company didn't have suicide nets outside the buildings where his products were made.
Yes, Jobs was really good at marketing a few nifty gadgets, but that's about it.
Da Vinci and Ben Franklin are much, much closer than Jobs ever was.
he isn't comparing them, he just happened to write books about both of them and mentioned that
My guess is the audience did not laugh because they were awestruck about Da Vinci's genius
someone give this to Lin
And now he also has an Oscar.
Vitruvian Man may have Leos face, but unless da Vinci had an operation for a hernia, that isn't his body.
Da Vinci stole the idea for vitruvian man, and he stole other ideas. His painting though, was phenomenal. Genius for sure; there's no need to pinch peoples ideas.
He couldn't have picked a more unoriginal choice than Leonardo Da Vinci. How many books and documentaries have they already made about him?
Leonardo is a God, what's the problem?
Da Vinci was gay? Did not know that.
No, actually he wasn't - did you know that? No? Then read a few more of his biographers, including SIgmund Freud.
Don't live out of trendy word-of-mouth knowledge; it'll turn you into an idiot.
can we expect a book on Nikola Tesla??????
That would be great!
I just don't think you can compare da vinci, to anyone throughout the history. He lived in an era of castles and managed to invent a plane or even a helicopter and just by thinking found gravity... Hes in a league of his own.
Only two people come close to Da Vinci’s genius Albert Einstein and Isaac Newton no one else comes close
What about tesla?
He looks like if Sean Spicer and Mike Pence had a baby...
lol so true haaha
I must read that.
He was the OG Dumbledore
It's almost like you "approved great" if walter Isaacson writes a book about you
After Tim Ferris show
It's possible that Leonardo was, and will remain, the smartest human being to have ever lived.
Fascinating. Didn't know all that. Fabulous guest!
HaHa-- paper is better than computers to store info bc OS don't fail. Nod to Clinton 😝
Europa people. Here we have history.
Wait ... leonardo is gay? I didn’t know it. Cool.
Seriously? You didn't know that?
Serai3 , yup, didn’t know. Coz rarely people will mention his sexuality.
Serai3 same didn't know
Agreed. And other than how he was better appreciated and fruitful in Florence society, it's not that important.
really surprising
He was NOT gay.
That could be accurate...if it wasn't for the fact that people filter what they MIGHT say in a system of record.
That’s a stupid question:
1. No geniuses can be compared to da Vinci
2. The only group of people that doesn’t compare geniuses is geniuses themselves 😂 remember when they asked bill gates to compare steve jobs vs elon musk. He said “I don’t think we can compare them in the same areas, steve was a marketing genius, elon is tech, bla bla bla… that’s how a genius describes a genius.
Unfortunately short-sighted journalists and talk show hosts will never understand this
Tired of hearing silly things like "Steve Jobs was a genius". No he wasn't, not even close. Crowds of people are so easily bamboozled into creating stories they can worship.
It is because you know nothing about Steve Jobs that you say that.
But the man received a National Medal of Technology for "introducing the personal computer", invented the Super Bowl ad and after establishing Pixar, became the largest individual shareholder of Disney, becoming a *billionaire* through 2 separate companies. Today, the iPhone is THE most successful consumer electronics device in HISTORY, in a mere 10 years.
So to recap, he introduced personal computers, he innovated them via the GUI, he later innovated them again via the smartphone (multitouch input, ubiquitous internet and multifunctional apps). That's 3 revolutions to computers. This is an achievement that *cannot* be replicated.
Actually if you look at his IQ then Steve Jobs was a genius. Apple has been an innovative company and has been at the forefront of advances in the field of computers and phones. IMHO his is a different king of genius to da Vinci but it’s still genius none the less.
Actually a IQ score doesn't mean shit Sally Lloyd. Hawking says that as well because it's a fact. IQ tests are horrible at showing why some one would act a certain way weather is good, bad, smart, or dumb.
Luck and smart/hard working people that worked under jobs are more genius than he would ever be. Here's the truth about Jobs...
ruclips.net/video/E3s-qZsjK8I/видео.html
Calling Jobs a genius is like calling the founder of MacDonalds a gourmet chef.
Don't be fucking stupid. Billionaire rich stupid cocksuckers are not geniuses. Just pricks that trick morons like you into putting them on a pedestal.
BTW... Love how you have no subs and no likes on your comment lol.
The Master Grief Collection I don’t give a shit about getting likes or anything like that. Also where the fuck do you get off on calling me a moron just because I don’t agree with you. Wether you like it or not I have respect for Steve Jobs and what he achieved. So if you can’t put a sensible argument together and be polite about disagreeing with me then I think you’re the moron.
no rug but karby