This beautifully illustrated book looks at the major events in Leonardo's life: from his early childhood to his apprenticeship with Verrocchio, and then the setting up of his own workshop in Florence, before leaving for Milan where his patron was Ludovico Sforza ("Il Moro"-the Moor)....
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Milan, 1497: Leonardo da Vinci is completing his masterpiece, The Last Supper. Pope Alexander VI is determined to execute him after realizing that the painting contains clues to a baffling -- and blasphemous -- message, which he is determined to decode. The Holy Grail and the Eucharistic Bread are...
Hardcover: 14 pages
Publisher: Silver Dolphin Books
Language: English
ISBN / Barcode: 9781626864467
Leonardo da Vinci s descriptions and sketches of ingenious machines are brought into your hands in this fascinating book. Although these inventions were never built, they take form as 3-D models that you can assemble in "The Inventions of Leonardo da Vinci." Based on the personal notebooks...
Age Range: 8 - 12 years
Grade Level: 3 - 7
Paperback
176 pages
Language: English
ISBN / Barcode: 9781100425474
Leonardo Da Vinci is best known as the Renaissance painter who created the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper. he also made great contributions as a sculptor, architect, engineer. and scientist. But Leonardo wasn't always famous. Leonardo grew up in Vinci, a small town in Italy, and when he was only a...
