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21) La cena secreta
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Bestseller volume 609
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414 pages : folded color illustrations, plan ; 17 cm.
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Español
22) Da Vinci and the code he lived by: the unique vision and determination of the renaissance master
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1 videodisc (approximately 91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Examines and recounts the life of Leonardo da Vinci, using a combination of reenactment, commentary by scholars, and narration.
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vi, 351 pages, 40 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
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English
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In this revelatory account, Antonio Forcellino draws on his expertise-- both as historian and as restorer of some of the world's greatest works of art -- to give us a more detailed view of Leonardo than ever before. Through careful analyses of his paintings and compositional technique, down to the very materials used, Forcellino offers fresh insights into Leonardo's artistic and intellectual development. He spans the great breadth of Leonardo's...
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96 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm.
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English
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"Filling notebook after notebook with sketches, inventions, and theories, Leonardo Da Vinci (1452-1519) not only stands as one of the most exceptional draftsmen of art history, but also as a mastermind and innovator who anticipated some of the greatest discoveries of human progress, sometimes centuries before their material realization. From the smallest arteries in the human heart to the far-flung constellations of the universe, Leonardo saw nature...
28) Leonardo's horse
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
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English
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1 videodisc (55 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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On the 500th anniversary of da Vinci's death, NOVA goes to Italy to explore his life and work. Then, in the basement of the Louvre, scientists and art restoration experts deploy cutting-edge technology to (digitally) peel back the layers of da Vinci's works. Ultimately, they'll reveal the impact of his science on his art and his art on his science.
32) Da Vinci
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32 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
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English
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Traces the life of the Renaissance artist and analyses some of his paintings.
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72 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
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English
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In their latest time travel adventure, Fred, Joe, and Sam da Brooklyn meet Leonardo da Vinci and try to avoid becoming toilet scrubbers in a sixteenth-century Italian army. You probably know that Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa. Did you know that he also invented an early version of a helicopter and a tank, and that he planned to execute the Time Warp Trio for spying on his inventions? Sam's bright idea to look for the inventor of the Book...
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
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English
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Tells the story of the famous Leonardo Da Vinci portrait known as the Mona Lisa, including its 1911 theft from the Louvre in Paris, from the point of view of the subject of the painting. Includes an author's note with facts about the painting.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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English
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Relates an anecdote from Leonardo da Vinci's childhood in which his father, receiving a request to paint a shield, gives the job to Leonardo, who paints a monster so frightful that even his father becomes frightened.
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