Amazing Leonardo Da Vinci Inventions You Can Build Yourself.AMAZING a·maze v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es v.tr. 1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise. 2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex. v.intr. LEONARDO DA VINCI Leonardo da Vinci (də vĭn`chē, Ital. lāōnär`dō dä vēn`chē), 1452–1519, Italian painter, sculptor, architect, musician, engineer, and scientist, b. near Vinci, a hill village in Tuscany. INVENTIONS YOU CAN BUILD YOURSELF MAXINE ANDERSON Leonardo da Vinci, painter of the "Mona Lisa Mona Lisa La Gioconda, da Vinci’s enchanting portrait. [Ital. Art: Wallechinsky, 190] See : Beauty, Lasting Mona Lisa enigmatic smile beguiles and bewilders. [Ital. " and "The Last Supper Last Supper, in the New Testament, meal taken by Jesus and his disciples on the eve of the passion. Jesus broke bread and passed a cup of wine among the disciples, identifying himself with the bread and the wine and linking the meal to his impending death on the ," was a great artist, but he was also a great inventor. Famous are his sketches for curious flying machines. Less so are his designs for such things as shoes that could walk on water and the first monkey wrench. This educational guide gives children age 9 and up hands-on experience, using materials found readily around the house, with some of Leonardo's inventions. Anderson provides an introduction to the Italian Renaissance as well as a brief biography of Leonardo and a time line chronicling his achievements. Then, the author details Leonardo's various inventions, including the master's sketches. She then provides easy-to-follow instructions for creating one's own version of the invention. Nomad Press VT, 2006, 144 p., b&w illus., paperback, $14.95. |
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