Exploring Leonardo.Exploring Leonardo www.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/LeoHomePage.html For an exploration of 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. as scientist and inventor INVENTOR. One who invents or finds out something. 2. The patent laws of the United States authorize a patent to be issued to the original inventor; if the invention is suggested by another, he is not the inventor within the meaning of those laws; but in that , visit this Museum of Science, Boston The Museum of Science (MoS) is a Boston, Massachusetts landmark, located in Science Park, a plot of land spanning the Charles River. Along with over 500 interactive exhibits, the Museum features a number of live presentations throughout the building everyday, along with site produced by the Science Learning Network. A letter to teachers serves as an introduction, and you also will find background, interactive pages for students, and classroom activities based on da Vinci's complementary interests in invention and art. In Leonardo's Perspective, students can try to place the correctly sized figure in a drawing (Looking Through Leonardo's Eyes), add the color blue and haze to a mountain landscape (Investigating Aerial Perspective aerial perspective Method of producing a sense of depth in a painting by imitating the effect of atmosphere that makes objects look paler, bluer, and hazier or less distinct in the middle and far distance. ), and identify the horizon line, vanishing point, and orthogonals in one of Leonardo's paintings (Exploring Linear Perspective). Classroom activities related to perspective include Leonardo's Window and How Far? How Small? The classroom activities and interactive pages in Inventor's Workshop include looking at, identifying, and drawing machines and tools--also good connections between art and science. Interactive pages require Macromedia (Macromedia, Inc., San Francisco, CA, www.macromedia.com) A software company specializing in multimedia authoring tools that was acquired by Adobe Systems, Inc. in mid-2005. It was founded in 1992 by the merger of Authorware, Inc., which was founded in 1984, and MacroMind-Paracomp. Shockwave, which can be downloaded directly from the site. |
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