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Leonardo da Vinci for kids : his life and ideas : 21 activities / Janis Herbert.
Presents a biography of this prolific artist and inventor through projects in cartography, animal art, bird observation, and mask making.
Record details
- ISBN: 1556522983
- ISBN: 9781556522987
- Physical Description: xi, 90 pages : color illustrations ; 22 x 28 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : Chicago Review Press, [1998]
- Copyright: ©1998
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (page 87) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 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. |
| Target Audience Note: | 920L Lexile |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Scenic Regional-Warrenton | JB LEO (Text) | 3003314106 | Juvenile NonFiction | Available | - |
