Leonardo Da Vinci Karen Ballard, Rosie Dickins Usborne

Leonardo da Vinci may be best known to us as the artist in such masterpieces as the Mona Lisa and The Virgin on the Rocks • However, Leonardo was also endlessly curious about the physical world. His amazing notebooks reveal the breadth of his research into areas as diverse as anatomy, architecture, botany, geometry, mathematics, physics and engineering, including many anticipations of modern technology • As with all the titles in this amazing pocket-sized series, hundreds of illustrations of paintings, sketches and designs are closely integrated with detailed, fascinating texts and contemporary documents

Leonardo da Vinci is known world-wide as the painter of the Mona Lisa, for designs of flying machines and for his studies of the human body. He brought his scientific and artistic abilities together so successfully that he is as famous now, five hundred years after his death, as in his lifetime

Pit your wits against the genius of the Leonardo da Vinci with this collection of mind-bending narrative puzzles, inspired by the master of the Renaissance • Leonardo da Vinci was a true polymath skilled in inventing, painting, drawing, geology, and astronomy to name but a few - and you'll need to channel his creativity and visual skill in order to solve these puzzles. Each narrative puzzle is staged in da Vinci's own life. You will be whisked away to the streets of Renaissance Italy as you help him solve problems with new inventions, crack encryptions in artwork and much more • - Think like a master: This intriguing collection of creative and visual puzzles will help you to hone your creative skills and help you to think like a Renaissance master

One of the most accomplished human beings who ever lived, Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) remains a quintessential Renaissance genius. The perfect companion to the Leonardo Graphic Work edition, this book is a compact catalogue raisonne of all of the artist's masterful paintings • Drawn from our bestselling XL Leonardo edition, the book traces the artist's life and work across 10 chapters, presenting all known paintings and drawing on his letters, contracts, diary entries, and writings to explore the man behind such groundbreaking artworks. From Virgin of the Rocks to Virgin and Child with St. Anne to the ever-beguiling Mona Lisa, you'll find some of the finest treasures of the Louvre, Prado, and National Gallery, London here, as well as Leonardo works lost to time, but no less startling in their precision and poise

Discover the inspiring story of Leonardo da Vinci, the artist, inventor, and engineer of the Italian Renaissance • Leonardo was a creative genius who wanted to understand how things worked. This book traces his life, from his birth in a hilltop village near Florence, Italy, through to his work as a painter, sculptor, and engineer. Leonardo made hundreds of drawings and paintings, including the Mona Lisa - probably the most famous painting in the world. Learn how Leonardo made detailed sketches of the human body and designs of parachutes, helicopters, and armoured tanks - many years before the technology existed to build them • This new kids' biography series from DK goes beyond the basic facts to tell the true life stories of history's most interesting and inspiring people

Il libro contiene testi e compiti dedicati alla vita e all'opera del genio dell'Alto Rinascimento - Leonardo da Vinci. Ti invitiamo a fare un viaggio emozionante nel mondo di Leonardo, aggiungendo figure di Tangram: un gioco di logica che sviluppa il pensiero fantasioso, l'immaginazione e le capacita combinatorie, che sono cosi necessarie nelle specialita del futuro!

This evocative account of the life of the Renaissance’s greatest figure traces Leonardo’s early development as an artist and court figure to his final years in exile, portraying his loves and sufferings, as well as his intellectual curiosity and tireless loyalty to his ideals. But it is the background to his famous painting La Gioconda and his relationship with the mysterious Florentine woman who modelled for it that are at the heart of the novel – here presented for the first time in an unabridged translation. The result is an engrossing and unforgettable read • An unjustly forgotten masterpiece of Russian literature that inspired one of Freud’s most important essays, Leonardo da Vinci also offers an illuminating snapshot of the society of the period – beset with intrigue and religious and social tension – and a host of memorable historical figures such as Michelangelo, Raphael, Machiavelli, Savonarola and the infamous Borgias

'In this painting of Leonardo's there was a smile so pleasing that it seemed divine rather than human.' • Often called "the first art historian", Vasari writes with delight on the lives of Leonardo and other celebrated Renaissance artists

The latest addition to the best-selling Colour Library series of introductory books on the great masters and movements in art features all Leonardo's painted works and a detailed illustrated introduction