1452-1519

Focuses on 100 key, broadly chronological milestones that cover a range of topics across Leonardo's many fields of discipline: painting, anatomical studies, his progressive engagement with a range of sciences, and more.

Contains a selection of sketches, diagrams, and notebook writings by Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, and inventor Leonard da Vinci; and offers insight into his theories and observations as well as his role in period art, town planning, science, philosophy, and other venues.

Investigating the murder of a Louvre curator, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon and French cryptologist Sophie Neveu find clues painted into a Da Vinci work, inadvertently uncovering a plot involving the Holy Grail and the secret society known as the Priory of Sion.

"August, 1911: The Mona Lisa is stolen by Vincent Peruggia. Exactly what happens in the two years before its recovery is a mystery. Many replicas of the Mona Lisa exist, and more than one historian has wondered if the painting now in the Louvre is a fake, switched in 1911. Present day: art professor Luke Perrone digs for the truth behind his most famous ancestor: Peruggia. His search attracts an Interpol detective with something to prove and an unfamiliar but curiously helpful woman. Soon, Luke tumbles deep into the world of art and forgery, a land of obsession and danger"--Provided by publisher.

A biography in comic format of Leonardo da Vinci, discussing his life and achievements.

"How did Leonardo, a painter of very few works who died in obscurity in France, become the internationally renowned icon he is today? This book unravels this mystery by diving into the art, literature, science, and politics of Europe from the Renaissance through today. Gives context to both Leonardo and his accomplishments; explores why Leonardo's fame vastly overshadowed that of his contemporaries and disciples; and ultimately reveals why despite finishing very few works, his celebrity has survived, even thrived, through five centuries of history"--OCLC.

"[A biography] of Leonardo da Vinci, the artist, inventor, and engineer of the Italian Renaissance"--Provided by publisher.

Explores the life of artist, inventor, and scientist, Leonardo da Vinci.

Presents the life and accomplishments of the famous artist, scientist, engineer, and inventor.

"... gather[s] and analyse[s] evidence from numerous areas of da Vinci's life that scholars have hesitated to speculate about-- particularly his sexuality, his personal relationships, the genesis of his most famous pictures, and his mysterious final days"--Back of dust jacket.