| The Story of Leonardo Da Vinci 500 Years After His Death Contributor(s): Pierucci, Antone R. E. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1620234254 ISBN-13: 9781620234259 Publisher: Atlantic Publishing Group; Inc. OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Art |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2017045537 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.60 lbs) 186 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A quick internet search will yield results of Leonardo da Vinci's legendary paintings; the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper; and you might even catch a glimpse of his well-known sketches of machines; human bodies; and animals. However; there's so much more to da Vinci than his paintings and drawings. This 16th-century Italian man embodied the Renaissance spirit -- he was intensely interested in everyone and everything. His curiosity spanned every discipline; from geometry to anatomy to the link between art and science. 500 years ago was a time of insight; of investigation; and in this sense; da Vinci fit in perfectly. However; in another sense; he didn't belong at all -- he was a loner living in his own world. An illegitimate child with 17 half-siblings; Leonardo also shrouded himself in secrecy. He wrote in a mirror script; meaning that you could only understand what he had written by holding it up to a mirror. He believed that we all have potential to do amazing things; but he also had lots of unfinished projects and struggled with lifelong self-doubt. Delve in to these pages to find out why Leonardo di Ser Piero d'Antonio di Ser Piero di Ser Guido da Vinci -- yes; this was his full name -- was as mysterious as his painting of Mona Lisa's famous smile. |