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Author
Series
Robert Langdon novels volume 2
Language
English
Description
While in Paris on business, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon receives an urgent late-night phone call: the elderly curator of the Louvre has been murdered inside the museum. Near the body, police have found a baffling cipher. While working to solve the enigmatic riddle, Langdon is stunned to discover it leads to a trail of clues hidden in the works of Da Vinci--clues visible for all to see--yet ingeniously disguised by the painter. Langdon joins...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of the famous Leonardo Da Vinci portrait known as the Mona Lisa, including its 1911 theft from the Louvre in Paris, from the point of view of the subject of the painting. Includes an author's note with facts about the painting.
Author
Publisher
White Star Publishers
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Nowhere is the genius of Leonardo da Vinci more evident than in the famous Codex Atlanticus, which preserves his dazzling ideas on subjects ranging from war machines and musical instruments to human anatomy and powered flight. Now, here are the finest pages of the Codex, shown in high-quality photographs that allow us to see details previously admired only by scholars. Leonardo da Vinci's work emerges with all its peerless force in this beautiful...
7) Da Vinci
Author
Publisher
Childrens Press
Pub. Date
[1989]
Language
English
Description
Traces the life of the Renaissance artist and analyses some of his paintings.
Author
Series
Publisher
Carroll & Graf
Pub. Date
1996.
Language
English
Description
In 15th Century Italy, a courier carrying a fabulous necklace is killed and robbed. Subsequently, necklaces resembling it are seen on the throat of three aristocratic women. Sleuth Leonardo da Vinci and his friend, Niccolo, a dwarf with a photographic memory, are hired to determine which is the stolen one.
18) The Mona Lisa vanishes: a legendary painter, a shocking heist, and the birth of a global celebrity
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Language
English
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"On a hot August day in Paris, just over a century ago, a desperate guard burst into the office of the director of the Louvre and shouted, La Joconde, c'est partie! The Mona Lisa, she's gone! No one knew who was behind the heist. Was it an international gang of thieves? Was it an art-hungry American millionaire? Was it the young Spanish painter Pablo Picasso, who was about to remake the very art of painting? Travel back to an extraordinary period...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In the fascinating Great artist series, we investigate some of the best artists in history - examining their influence, style and what exactly made them so unique. In this double package we examine two giants of the Renaissance period - Leonardo da Vinci, genius scientist, inventor, engineer and artist, and his contemporary and equal Michelangelo.
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