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Leonardo Da Vinci : the genius who defined the Renaissance /

by Phillips, John.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Washinton, D.C. : National Geographic, 2008Description: 64 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781426302480 (pbk.); 1426302487 (pbk.); 079225385X (trade); 9780792253853 (trade); 0792253868 (lib. bind.); 9780792253860 (lib. bind.).Subject(s): Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519 | Artists -- Italy -- Biography | Scientists -- Italy -- Biography
Contents:
The boy from Vinci -- Early lessons -- The changing face of portrait painting -- Moving to Florence -- Training to be an artist -- Struggling to make a living -- Finding a patron -- Leaving Florence -- Arrival in Milan -- Friends and apprentices -- Leonardo's notebooks -- The power of water -- The dream of flight -- Fragile fresco -- Travels in Italy -- The art of war -- Battle of the giants -- The "Mona Lisa" -- The human body -- An invitation to France -- Leonardo's legacy.
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The boy from Vinci -- Early lessons -- The changing face of portrait painting -- Moving to Florence -- Training to be an artist -- Struggling to make a living -- Finding a patron -- Leaving Florence -- Arrival in Milan -- Friends and apprentices -- Leonardo's notebooks -- The power of water -- The dream of flight -- Fragile fresco -- Travels in Italy -- The art of war -- Battle of the giants -- The "Mona Lisa" -- The human body -- An invitation to France -- Leonardo's legacy.


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