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Da Vinci For Dummies

Da Vinci For Dummies


By Jessica Teisch, Ph.D, Tracy Barr

ISBN: 978-0-7645-7837-3
Format: Paper
Pages: 382 Pages
Pub. Date: March 2005

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Introduction.

Part I: The Mind of the Renaissance.

Chapter 1: Leonardo: The Big Picture.

Chapter 2: Living in Renaissance Italy.

Chapter 3: Uncovering the Life and Mind of a Genius.

Chapter 4: Influencing Leonardo.

Part II: Building on What Others Knew: Leonardo’s Scientific Mind.

Chapter 5: The Art of the Human Body.

Chapter 6: An Inquiring Mind: Leonardo and the Natural World.

Part III: Reinventing the Wheel: New Machines for a New World.

Chapter 7: Machines for Home and Work.

Chapter 8: Leo the Defense Contractor: His Water Works and War Machines.

Chapter 9: Leonardo’s Flying Machines.

Part IV: The Divinity of the Painter and Architect.

Chapter 10: The Master of His (Artistic) Domain: Transforming Renaissance Art.

Chapter 11: Mona Lisa’s Smile and Other Mysterious Mugs: Leonardo’s Portraits.

Chapter 12: Town and Country: Leo’s Landscapes, Maps, and City Designs.

Part V: Leonardo, His Religious Artwork, and The Da Vinci Code.

Chapter 13: Getting Religion: Leonardo’s Religious Beliefs and Paintings.

Chapter 14: Leonardo’s (Faux) Fresco: The Last Supper.

Chapter 15: Breaking The Da Vinci Code.

Part VI: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 16: Leonardo’s Ten (Or So) Manuscripts.

Chapter 17: Leonardo’s Top Ten Masterpieces.

Chapter 18: Ten Plus Places to Find Leonardo’s Original Works.

Chapter 19: Ten Fun Facts about Leo.

Appendix A: A Brief Chronology of Leonardo’s Life and Times.

Appendix B: Outside Reading (And More) for the Overachievers.

Index.

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