
I highly recommend Walter Isaacson's biography on Leonardo da Vinci:
Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
1:03 Early life and education
2:12 Apprenticeship under Verrocchio
3:49 Milan and the Vitruvian Man
5:10 Anatomical studies and dissections
6:03 Engineering, flying machines, and military contributions
7:55 The Last Supper’s linear perspective
9:20 Bronze horse monument and move to France
10:18 The Mona Lisa
11:57 Death and mortality
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Leonardo da Vinci notebook: I, Sailko, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Woodpecker image (edited by Newsthink): hedera.baltica from Wrocław, Poland, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Statue of David: By Rufus46 - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0,
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Image of Milan cathedral: By Jiuguang Wang - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0,
Refectory where The Last Supper is displayed (edited by Newsthink): By AI coolTIM - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0,
Leonardo’s red brick manor in France (Clos Lucé): Château du Clos Lucé / Léonard de Serres, CC BY-SA 4.0 //creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Clos Lucé close up: Nadègevillain, CC BY-SA 3.0 ://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Leonardo’s studio in Clos Lucé: Pieter van Everdingen, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Leonardo da Vinci’s tomb in the chapel: Gregorini Demetrio, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
Close up of Leonardo da Vinci’s tomb: Peter Dutton, CC BY 2.0 ://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons