Leo and Leonardo

FRENCH LANGUAGE

Seven-year-old Leo is strangely fascinated by the famous Mona Lisa painted by Leonardo da Vinci. It has caught his eye to the point where any excuse is good enough to return to see it. During yet another visit to the Louvre, a violent storm suddenly plunges the museum into darkness. ...
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Characteristics

Dimensions :: 14 x 18,9 x 0,8 cm
Artist :: Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)

Museum :: Musée du Louvre
Art movement :: Renaissance
EAN :: 9782330164423
Size of the book :: Paperback with flap
Reference :: MX009850

Editor

Illustrator :: Kiehl Stéphane

The artist

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)

Painter, sculptor, architect, scientist, musician and humanist of his time (XV-XVI centuries), initiator of the second Renaissance, Leonardo da Vinci is the very figure of the universal genius. After the completion of The Virgin with the Rocks, for the chapel San Francesco Grande, and that of the Equestrian Statue of Francesco Sforza, he found glory throughout Italy. The Last Supper, the ceiling of the Sforza Palace, the Mona Lisa and the Battle of Anghiari are a few of his great artworks. Leonardo also carried out a large amount of studies on zoology, botany, anatomy, geology. In 1516, he joined the court of Francis I, where he participated in urban planning projects. He is taken by an illness on May 2, 1519.

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