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Author
Series
Publisher
Oliver Press
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
64 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
The quintessential Renaissance Man, Leonardo Da Vinci remarkably accomplished more in the fields of painting, sculpture, mathamatics, engineering, and architecture than anyone of his day--or perhaps ever since.
Author
Publisher
Morrow Junior Books
Pub. Date
c1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
[48] p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
A biography of the Italian Renaissance artist and inventor who, at about age thirty, began writing his famous notebooks which contain the outpourings of his amazing mind.
Author
Series
Publisher
B
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
415 pages ; 24 cm
Language
Español
Description
"La gran novela sobre la rivalidad entre Leonardo y Miguel Angel" --Dust jacket, front cover.
"A comienzos del siglo XVI Leonardo da Vinci y Miguel �Angel Buonarroti coinciden por alg�un tiempo en la ciudad de Florencia, donde el primero est�a retratando a Mona Lisa del Giocondo y el segundo planea dar un golpe de efecto formidable. Sumidos en unas relaciones personales tumultuosas, compiten por obtener la concesi�on de un enorme bloque de...
Author
Series
Robert Langdon volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
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A murder in the silent after-hour halls of the Louvre museum reveals a sinister plot to uncover a secret that has been protected by a clandestine society since the days of Christ. The victim is a high-ranking agent of this ancient society who, in the moments before his death, manages to leave gruesome clues at the scene that only his daughter, noted cryptographer Sophie Neveu, and Robert Langdon, a famed symbologist, can untangle. The duo become both...
Author
Language
English
Description
Based on thousands of pages from Leonardo’s astonishing notebooks and new discoveries about his life and work, Walter Isaacson weaves a narrative that connects his art to his science. He shows how Leonardo’s genius was based on skills we can improve in ourselves, such as passionate curiosity, careful observation, and an imagination so playful that it flirted with fantasy. He produced the two most famous paintings in history, The Last Supper and...
Author
Series
Secret agent Jack Stalwart volume 3
Publisher
Weinstein Books
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
102 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
When the Mona Lisa is stolen, Jack Stalwart, a secret agent with the Global Protection Force, must find it before it leaves the country and is never seen again.
Author
Series
Magic tree house Merlin missions volume 10
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
110 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Jack and Annie travel 500 years back in time to Florence, Italy, and spend a day helping Leonardo da Vinci in the hope of learning another secret of happiness.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Using forensic tools, art experts try to determine whether or not a portrait of a young woman in Renaissance dress sold at auction in 2007 is an undiscovered masterwork by Leonardo da Vinci.
Publisher
Highland Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (60 min.) : digital ; 4 3/34 in.
Language
English
Description
Humans have been creating art since the beginning of time but rarely do we come across an artist with the genius of Leonardo DaVinci. Who was Leonardo DaVinci? Artist? Inventor? Engineer? Architect? Scientist? Mathematician? Musician? Designer? Writer? Raconteur? And how is it that Leonardo DaVinci continues to capture our attention and stump the scholars five centuries after his death? This insightful and entertaining documentary attempts to piece...
Publisher
Microcinema International
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (56 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Learn the stories behind Ginevra de Benci, the woman behind the first known portrait of artist Leonardo da Vinci, and get answers to questions such as why it was painted on both sides, why it was cut down, and why it was sealed in a wine cellar. Uses X-ray analysis, infrared reflectography, and computer technology.
Author
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
340 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
What happens when you mix a Parisian street orphan, a hot-tempered Spanish forger, a beautiful American pickpocket, an unloved wife, and one priceless painting? The charming Eduardo de Valfierno makes a very respectable living in Argentina fleecing the nouveau rich — they pay him to steal valuable pieces of art, and Valfierno sells them flawless forgeries instead. But when Eduardo meets the beautiful Mrs. Hart on his latest con, he takes a risk...
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