Nichols, Catherine.

Leonardo da Vinci / Catherine Nichols. - 1st ed. - New York : Rosen Pub. Group's PowerKids Press, 2006. - 32 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 24 cm. - The primary source library of famous artists .

Includes index.

Renaissance man -- A Tuscan childhood -- Learning to be an artist -- Leonardo's angel -- Unfinished business -- The notebooks -- Looking for a job -- The great horse -- The Last Supper -- On the move -- The mysterious Mona Lisa -- Studies in science and the last painting -- A house in France.

Introduces Leonardo da Vinci, one of the best-known artists and thinkers of the Renaissance, who was one of the first artists in Italy to experiment with oil paint and whose sketches include designs for a robot, a bicycle, and a helicopter.

ISBN: 1404227628 (library binding)

LCCN: 2003015740

Subjects--Personal Names:
Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Artists--Italy--Biography.
Artists.
Scientists.

LC Class. No.: N6923.L33 / N53 2006

Dewey Class. No.: 709.2