Book: Leonardo: Beautiful Dreamer( Series - Golden Kite Awards (awards) ) A renowned author-illustrator celebrates Leonardo da Vinci's passionate, playful genius in this glowing picture book replete with the richness and imagination of Leonardo's own notebooks. Full color.
Famous in his time as a painter, prankster, and philosopher, Leonardo da Vinci was also a musician, sculptor, and engineer for dukes, popes, and kings. What remains of his work-from futuristic designs and scientific inquiry to artwork of ethereal beauty-reveals the ambitious, unpredictable brilliance of a visionary, and a timeless dreamer.
Robert Byrd celebrates this passionate, playful genius in a glowing picture book replete with the richness and imagination of Leonardo's own notebooks. Twenty lavish spreads, including side drawings, supplemental texts, and quotes from Leonardo's writings, highlight distinct periods and make the master's art, jokes, explorations, and inventions wonderfully vivid and accessible. A striking tribute to an irrepressible mind and to the potential within all who are curious.
Details of Book: Leonardo: Beautiful Dreamer( Series - Golden Kite Awards (awards) ) Book: Leonardo: Beautiful Dreamer( Series - Golden Kite Awards (awards) )
Author: Robert Byrd, Robert Byrd
ISBN: 0525470336
ISBN-13: 9780525470335
, 978-0525470335
Binding: School And Library
Publishing Date: 2003/07/01
Publisher: Penguin Group Usa
Number of Pages: 40
Language: English