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Author
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st. U.S. ed.
Physical Desc
336 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map, genealogical table ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Tells the complete story of the creation of The Last Supper mural: the adversities suffered by the artist during its execution; the experimental techniques he employed; the models for Christ and the Apostles that he used; and the numerous personalities involved -- everyone from the Leonardo's young assistants to Ludovico Sforza, the Duke of Milan who commissioned the work.
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
278 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Using a mysterious wardrobe that allows them to travel through time, two eleven-year-olds, Federico a boy from the Italian Renaissance and Bee a girl from present-day New Jersey, work together to prevent the bickering between two great artists from changing the future.
Author
Publisher
Workman Publishing
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
viii, 214 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
The author showcases the world's top conspiracies, including Leonardo da Vinci's stolen prophecy, the Kennedy assassination, and the DB Cooper story.
Wanted: the truth. In a riveting collection, Brad Meltzer guides us through the 10 greatest conspiracies of all time, from Leonardo da Vincis stolen prophecy to the Kennedy assassination. This richly illustrated book serves up those fascinating, unexplained questions that nag at history buffs and conspiracy...
Author
Pub. Date
1894
Physical Desc
xvi, 252 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
Walter Pater (1839-1894) attained a B.A. degree in Classics from Queen's College, Oxford, followed soon after by a M.A. degree from Brasenose College, Oxford, where he was made a Fellow in 1865. That same year Pater toured Italy, where he discovered what would become a lifelong passion for masters of the Italian Renaissance like Leonardo da Vinci, Sandro Botticelli, Michelangelo, among many others. In 1877 he published "The Renaissance: Studies in...
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In a world filled with great museums and great paintings, Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is the reigning queen. Her portrait rules over a carefully designed salon, one that was made especially for her in a museum that may seem intended for no other purpose than to showcase her virtues. What has made this portrait so renowned, commanding such adoration? And what of other works of art that continue to enthrall spectators: What makes the Great Sphinx...
Author
Series
Copernicus legacy volume 3
Lexile measure
700L
Language
English
Description
"It's been two months since the Kaplan family hunted down the Serpens relic, but when the evil Galina Krause suddenly and violently reappears, Wade, Darrell, Lily, and Becca have no choice but to face her again. Now they must race to find an artifact said to be crafted by Leonardo da Vinci himself--perhaps the strangest Guardian of all. Along the way, they uncover another layer to Galina's sinister endgame...and there might not be enough time to stop...
87) Leonardo's horse
Author
Pub. Date
2001
Lexile measure
760L
Physical Desc
46 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
World Book, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Lexile measure
HL 620L
Physical Desc
96 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A group of children learn about the human body through visits with Wilhelm Roentgen, Edward Jenner, Leonardo da Vinci, Anton van Leeuwenhoek, Rosalind Franklin, Maurice Wilkins and Watson and Crick.
89) Leonardo pop-ups
Author
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
16 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 34 cm
Language
English
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xviii, 124 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Collects the stories of fifty-five extraordinary heroes and ideal role models for girls, including Abraham Lincoln, Marie Curie, Rosa Parks, Helen Keller, Anne Frank, Theodore Roosevelt, and the passengers of United Flight 93.
93) Da Vinci and the code he lived by: the unique vision and determination of the renaissance master
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
94) The Renaissance
Author
Series
Publisher
Creative Education
Pub. Date
[2017]
Lexile measure
1210L
Physical Desc
1 online resource (80 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color).
Language
English
Description
Presents a historical account of the Renaissance art movement from the fourteenth to the mid-seventeenth centuries. Profiles specific art, including sculptures, religious paintings, and chapel frescoes by such artists as Jan van Eyck, Fra Angelico, Boticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael.
96) da Vinci
Author
Pub. Date
1989
Lexile measure
930L
Physical Desc
32 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Traces the life of the Renaissance artist and analyses some of his paintings.
Author
Publisher
Teacher Created Materials
Pub. Date
[2013]
Lexile measure
820L
Physical Desc
1 online resource (32 pages) : color illustrations.
Language
English
Description
The Renaissance was a time of cultural rebirth. Readers will learn all about Renaissance life and Renaissance education in this engaging title that explores how artists created masterpieces and explored subjects like music, architecture, and Renaissance religion, and new artistic movements like naturalism. The intriguing facts and beautiful images allow readers to see examples of Renaissance art from great artists like Michelangelo and Leonardo da...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
xviii, 317 pages : map ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A genius immortalized her. A French king paid a fortune for her. An emperor coveted her. No face has ever captivated so many for so long. Every year more than nine million visitors trek to her portrait in the Louvre. Yet while everyone recognizes her smile, hardly anyone knows her story. This book rests on the premise that the woman in the Mona Lisa is indeed the person identified in its earliest description: Lisa Gherardini (1479-1542), wife of...
Publisher
Gale Group
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Description
Presents literary criticism on the works of writers of the period 1400-1800. Critical essays are selected from leading sources, including published journals, magazines, books, reviews, diaries, broadsheets, pamphlets, and scholarly papers. Criticism includes early views from the author's lifetime as well as later views, including extensive collections of contemporary analysis.
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