Artist, anatomist, architect, botanist, cartographer, engineer, mathematician, musician, scientist, sculptor – the word ‘polymath’ cannot provide the full measure of Leonardo da Vinci’s extraordinary talents. If you only know Leonardo as the painter of the famous, much copied portrait, the Mona Lisa, seize the chance to brush up your knowledge and discover what is meant by the term Renaissance Man.
30 Second Leonardo Da Vinci is the quickest way to grapple with the truly diverse thoughts of the ultimate Renaissance superhero. Here, the world’s leading Leonardo scholars present an instant and expert guide to the breadth and brilliance of his greatest innovations. Each entry is summarized in just 30 seconds – using nothing more than two pages, 300 words and a single picture. Illustrated with inventive graphics and supported by studies of his key paintings, it’s the ultimate book to quench your curiosity.

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30-second Leonardo Da Vinci : his 50 greatest ideas, inventions, and art masterpieces, each explained in half a minute

30 Second Leonardo Da Vinci

editor Marina Wallace; foreward by Martin Kemp

Wallace, Marina, Kemp, Martin

The Ivy Press

Leaping Hare

Ivy Kids

30-Second, 30-Second, East Sussex, U.K, England, 2014

United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

EBL-Schweitzer, Online-ausg, London, 2014

30-second series, East Sussex, U.K, 2014

30-second series, Lewes, 2014

2014-01-06

01, 2014

Leonardo da Vinci, 50 greatest ideas and inventions, each explained in half a minute

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Includes bibliographical references.

Cover; Title Page; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Painting & Sculpture; GLOSSARY; The Treatise on Painting; Paragone; Decorum of Movement & Gesture; Chiaroscuro & Sfumato; Feature Painting: The Last Supper; Nature; Portraiture; Drawing in Black & Red Chalk; The Deluge; Geometry; GLOSSARY; Linear Perspective; Geometric Optics; Geometric Proportions 44; Feature Painting: Lady with an Ermine; Plane Geometry; Squaring the Circle; Solid Geometry; Knots & Rosettes; Mechanics; GLOSSARY; Helicopter; Worm Gears; Parachute.
Feature Painting: The Virgin and Child with St. Anne and the Young St. John the BaptistHydraulic Saw; Viola Organista; Diving Suit; Self-Propelled Cart; Civil Engineering; GLOSSARY; The Ideal City; Ecclesiastical Architecture; Cartography & Canals; Bridges; Casting the Sforza Horse; Feature Painting: The Battle of Anghiari; The Stage; Industrial Machines; Military Engineering; GLOSSARY; Fortresses; Spectacular Siege Machines; Tank; Cannons & Springalds; Ballistic Studies; Naval Warfare; Feature Painting: Mona Lisa; Dismountable Cannons & Devices; Nature; GLOSSARY; The Prime Mover.
The Body of the EarthFeature Painting: Virgin of the Rocks; Macrocosm & Microcosm; Necessity & Experience; Water; The Vortex; Forces of Nature; Anatomy & Anatomical Studies; GLOSSARY; Dissection & Visualization; The Body Machine; The Fluids of the Body; Searching for the Soul; Man & Animals; Feature Painting: Annunciation; Anthropometry; The Origin of Life; Resources; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgments; Copyright.

CONTENTS
Foreword
Introduction
Painting & Sculpture
GLOSSARY
The Treatise on Painting
Paragone
Decorum of Movement & Gesture
Chiaroscuro & Sfumato
Feature Painting: The Last Supper
Nature
Portraiture
Drawing in Black & Red Chalk
The Deluge
Geometry
GLOSSARY
Linear Perspective
Geometric Optics
Geometric Proportions
Feature Painting: Lady with an Ermine
Plane Geometry
Squaring the Circle
Solid Geometry
Knots & Rosettes
Mechanics
GLOSSARY
Helicopter
Worm Gears
Parachute
Feature Painting: The Virgin and Child with St. Anne and the Young St. John the Baptist
Hydraulic Saw
Viola Organista
Diving Suit
Self-Propelled Cart
Civil Engineering
GLOSSARY
The Ideal City
Ecclesiastical Architecture
Cartography & Canals
Bridges
Casting the Sforza Horse
Feature Painting: The Battle of Anghiari
The Stage
Industrial Machines
Military Engineering
GLOSSARY
Fortresses
Spectacular Siege Machines
Tank
Cannons & Springalds
Ballistic Studies
Naval Warfare
Feature Painting: Mona Lisa
Dismountable Cannons & Devices
Nature
GLOSSARY
The Prime Mover
The Body of the Earth
Feature Painting: Virgin of the Rocks
Macrocosm & Microcosm
Necessity & Experience
Water
The Vortex
Forces of Nature
Anatomy & Anatomical Studies
GLOSSARY
Dissection & Visualization
The Body Machine
The Fluids of the Body
Searching for the Soul
Man & Animals
Feature Painting: Annunciation
Anthropometry
The Origin of Life
Resources
Notes on Contributors
Acknowledgments

The bestselling 30-Second... series takes a revolutionary approach to learning about those subjects you feel you should really understand. Each title selects a popular topic and dissects it into the 50 most significant ideas at its heart. Every idea, no matter how complex, is explained in 300 words and one picture, all digestible in 30 seconds. 30-Second Leonardo da Vinci uses this unique approach to grapple with the truly diverse thoughts of the ultimate Renaissance Man. Artist, anatomist, sculptor, inventor, architect, cartographer, mathematician, musician, botanist, geologist the word polymath does not quite do Leonardo justice. The painter of the Mona Lisa and conceptualizer of the helicopter seems like a Renaissance superhero. Here, the worlds leading Leonardo scholars present an instant and expert guide to the breadth and brilliance of his greatest innovations.

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