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"He was history's most creative genius. What secrets can he teach us? The author of the acclaimed bestsellers Steve Jobs, Einstein, and Benjamin Franklin brings Leonardo da Vinci to life in this exciting new biography. 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...
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IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 23
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Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon and French cryptologist Sophie Neveu work to solve the murder of an elderly curator of the Louvre, a case which leads to clues hidden in the works of Da Vinci and a centuries-old secret society.
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Milan, 1497: Leonardo is completing The Last Supper. Pope Alexander VI is determined to execute him after realizing that the painting contains clues to a baffling and blasphemous message that he is driven to decode. The Holy Grail and the Eucharistic Bread are missing, there is no meat on the table, and the apostles, shockingly, are portraits of well-known heretics and none of them are depicted with halos. And why has the artist painted himself into...
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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.
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Journalist and storyteller Toby Lester brings Vitruvian Man to life, resurrecting the ghost of an unknown Leonardo. Populated by a colorful cast of characters, including Brunelleschi of the famous Dome, "Da Vinci's Ghost" opens up a surprising window onto the artist and philosopher himself and the tumultuous intellectual and cultural transformations he bridged.
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"An edited collection of Leonardo da Vinci's original notebooks, providing a representative selection of his genius and showing how he recorded his thoughts on a variety of topics. Selections from his work on anatomy, on the flight of birds, warfare, and, of course, his stunning inventions, such as the flying machine, are included."--
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"In the tradition of The Lady in Gold and The Hare with the Amber Eyes, the remarkable story behind one of history's most enigmatic portraits. Five hundred and thirty years ago, a young woman sat for her portrait, which was to be painted by a tall, Grecian-nosed artist known as Leonardo da Vinci. Her name was Cecilia Gallerani, and she was the teenage mistress of the Duke of Milan. With shining hair and alabaster skin, and a thin veil framing her...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
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Leonardo da Vinci was a gifted painter, talented musician, and dedicated scientist and inventor, designing flying machines, submarines, and even helicopters. Yet he had a hard time finishing things, a problem anyone can relate to. Only thirteen paintings are known to be his; as for the illustrated encyclopedia he intended to create, all that he left were thousands of disorganized notebook pages. Here is an accessible portrait of a fascinating man...
15) Leonardo
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"Explores the range of Leonardo's achievements and his varied careers. Also covers his personal life but focuses primarily on his paintings and sketches." --
17) La cena secreta
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Bestseller ; 609
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2006.
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Una vez mas el maestro Leonardo Da Vinci es investigado por la Santa Inquisicion cuando esta a punto de terminar una de las mas importantes obras maestras de todos los tiempos en el arte, "La Ultima Cena". La intriga se desata cuando una denuncia anonima pone en la mira al maestro ya que en esa obra a representado a todos los apostoles rompiendo con el esquema tradicional de la epoca, sin sus halos de santidad, ademas de que el esta autorretratado...