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1) Michelangelo
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Physical Desc
32 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
An introduction to a great Renaissance painter and sculptor, Michelangelo.
8) Michelangelo
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1 videodisc (approximately 25 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Michelangelo tells you his own life story on an entertaining video that mixes art history with playful cartoon humor. From his childhood and student days in Florence to his career in Rome as a sculptor, painter and architect, his tale is a factual and fun-filled introduction to one of the most famous names of the Italian Renaissance.
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130 pages : color illustrations ; 22 x 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Art historian Simonetta Carr draws on recent scholarship that challenges the traditional view of Michelangelo as a recluse. Readers will also learn about the complex and fluid era of the Italian Renaissance and how the times affected his life and work. Lavish photos, informative sidebars, a time line, glossary, and suggestions for further readings add value, while 21 hands-on activities help young readers identify with the artist and his work. Kids...
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32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Leonardo da Vinci was an artist, scientist, mathematician, engineer, and more. He truly was a Renaissance man. This volume presents the biography of a remarkable man using his own words and works. He devised early airplanes and helicopters more than 300 years before flying machines would be successfully developed. His paintings, sculptures, blueprints, notebooks, and other reminders of his legacy are well represented throughout this book.
18) Signora da Vinci
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442 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
A fictional portrait of Caterina, mother of Leonardo da Vinci, follows the life of this adventurer and alchemist from her turbulent early years, through the birth of her illegitimate son Leonardo at the age of fifteen, to the dangerous and heretical scheme she devises to protect her extraordinary son.
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