Leonardo da Vinci
Author:
Emily Hahn
Illustrator:
Mimi Korach
Publication:
1956 by Random House
Genre:
Biography, Non-fiction
Series:
Landmark Books (World Landmark)
Series Number: W27
Pages:
181
Current state:
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"Now he is making a great bird so he can fly through the air!"
The people of Florence roared with laughter over the news. Imagine a man trying to build a flying machine! The same poor fellow had tried to invent a diving suit, they said, and a ship that would sail under water. Surely this was the craziest man in all Florence!
That was almost 500 years ago, and the man was Leonardo da Vinci whom we know as one of the most creative minds in all history. True, he left very little evidence of his genius—a few paintings, a few pieces of sculpture, plans for a great statue that was never finished, and a number of notebooks filled with sketches and scriblings.
Yet one of those paintings, "The Last Supper", attracts more visitors than almost any work of art in the world. Another, "Mona Lisa", has kept critics talking for 450 years.
And the notebooks of Leonardo have told us how he explored one subject after another—the flight of birds, the nature of sound, the travel of light—so that he might understand the way things work and by what principles they are governed.
As you read Emily Hahn's Leonardo da Vinci, you realize it was this magnificent curiosity that created the adventure of Leonardo's life—an adventure that makes exciting reading even today.
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Landmark Books: What They Are and Why They Matter
Released in 2022 by Plumfield Moms Podcast
Available formats: Streaming Audio
Length: 52 min.
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Two-part episode hosted by Podcast Moms with guests Sandy Hall (Hall's Living Library), Jill Morgan (Purple House Press), and Tanya Arnold (Biblioguides) where they discuss the Landmark series, how they came to be and why they are worth adding to a home library.
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