Amazing & Extraordinary Facts: Leonardo Da Vinci - Cynthia Phillips

Amazing & Extraordinary Facts: Leonardo Da Vinci is a unique collection of surprising revelations and quirky stories about one of the most brilliantly talented people to have ever lived. From the Mona Lisa to The Last Supper, Leonardo Da Vinci's legacy has been some of the most intense, well-known and beautiful works of art from any historical period. This engaging volume reveals Da Vinci's phenomenal accomplishments, including mathematical discoveries, investigating the secrets of the human body, inventing a robot and even his plans to divert the entire Arno River! How long did the model have to pose for the Mona Lisa? What did happen to Christ's feet in the painting of The Last Supper? Who was Leonardo's greatest rival? What is the truth behind The Da Vinci Code? Discover the answers to these intriguing questions and many other amazing and extraordinary facts about the ultimate Renaissance man. stories about a wide range of topics which are guaranteed to inform, absorb and entertain in equal measure.