| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xi, 90 pages : color illustrations ; 22 x 28 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 87) and index. |
| Summary |
Presents a biography of this prolific artist and inventor through projects in cartography, animal art, bird observation, and mask making. |
| Contents |
Timeline -- A boy in Vinci: Setting up your studio -- Observing nature -- Brush up on birds -- The young apprentice: A beaker for brushes -- Framed! -- A life mask -- Kitchen clay -- Perspective -- The Renaissance -- Animal art -- Well-bannered -- Pinpointing the vanishing point -- A genius at work: Leonardo's letter to Ludovico -- Leonardo's lute -- Mirror writing -- A discovery notebook -- Measuring up -- The plague -- A masque of the planets -- Leonardo's prophecies -- Eye exercises -- Leonardo's inventions -- Italy's kingdoms and city-states -- Leonardo's lunch -- For the birds -- Salai's aniseed sweets -- Mental exercise -- Leonardo's lock -- Learn a little Italian -- Flight -- A parachute kite -- Restoring The Last Supper -- Missiles and math -- "I shall continue.": The nature of sound -- Art detectives -- The craft of cartography -- How tall is that tree? -- Simple machines -- Who was Mona Lisa? -- Looking at art -- A Renaissance herb garden -- Glossary -- Biographies -- Resources. |
| Subject |
Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519 -- Juvenile literature.
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Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519.
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Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519 (OCoLC)fst00033122
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Artists -- Italy -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Creative activities and seat work -- Juvenile literature.
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Artists.
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Handicraft.
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Artists. (OCoLC)fst00817559
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Creative activities and seat work. (OCoLC)fst00882463
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Italy. (OCoLC)fst01204565
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| Genre/Form |
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
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| ISBN |
1556522983 |
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9781556522987 |
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