Leonardo da Vinci

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Title:

Leonardo da Vinci

Author:

Zaczek, Iain, author.

Series:

Great artists.

Summary:

During the Renaissance, Leonardo da Vinci studied math, mapmaking, geography, and more. However, he may be best known as a painter and sculptor. The Mona Lisa remains a famous painting that is studied by art students and historians alike. Readers are introduced to this well-known work as well as The Last Supper and The Virgin of the Rocks. Da Vinci s biography and influence are discussed throughout, supported by famous quotes and full-color photographs of his works. Readers learn how da Vinci worked, including his color palettes for various paintings. Age Appropriate and Achievable Content, Cultural Background , Detailed Table of Contents, For Further Information Section, Glossary, Index, Sidebars.

Contents:

Life story -- How Leonardo painted -- What came next? -- How to paint like Leonardo.

Physical Description:

32 pages : color illustrations, color portraits ; 29 cm.

Genre:

Biographies.

Personal Subject:

Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519-Juvenile literature.

Subject Term:

Artists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

Geographic Term:

Italy -- Juvenile literature.

Publisher:

Gareth Stevens Publishing,

Publication Date:

2015

2014

ISBN:

9781482415001

9781482412147

9781482412451

9781489828439

9781526300331

Publication Information:

New York, NY : Gareth Stevens Publishing, 2015.

Call Number:

J 920 LEONARDO

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During the Renaissance, Leonardo da Vinci studied math, mapmaking, geography, and more. However, he may be best known as a painter and sculptor. The Mona Lisa remains a famous painting that is studied by art students and historians alike. Readers are introduced to this well-known work as well as The Last Supper and The Virgin of the Rocks. Da Vinci's biography and influence are discussed throughout, supported by famous quotes and full-color photographs of his works. Readers learn how da Vinci worked, including his color palettes for various paintings.

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School Library Journal Review

Gr 3-5-These books organize biographical material around the artists' works. They offer practical tips in the "How to Paint Like" chapters. The writing is clear but will not necessarily grab readers. For example, Zaczek writes that van Gogh "lost interest" in his work for a firm that sold art, a vague and incomplete explanation of his failure in the working world. This book uses cartoons ineffectively, belittling serious statements by putting them in comic book-like speech bubbles. The graphics may confuse readers, and it is difficult to determine the focus of some pages, since there is no hierarchy in the size of the sidebars. The statement that van Gogh's "first sign of mental illness" was during his residence with Gaugin seems inaccurate; diary entries from before this period certainly reveal depression. The craftsmanship of these texts seems rushed. Skip these titles. (c) Copyright 2014. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.