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Book Detail
Leonardo's Horse |
Publication Information
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Author: Fritz, Jean |
Illustrator: Talbott, Hudson |
Title: Leonardo's Horse |
Date: 2001 |
Publisher: G. P. Putnam |
City: New York |
ISBN, paperback: 0-399-23576-0 |
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ABE/ABLE:
Yes |
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Young Adult:
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Picture:
Yes |
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General Information:
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Book Type(s):
biography and autobiography, true story
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HSE Descriptor(s):
language arts - reading
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Summary: |
Contemporary sculptors completed the horse that Leonardo da Vinci began but never finished. |
Teaching Ideas: |
Stanley's biography of Leonardo da Vinci supplements this book nicely. Learners may want to document with a matrix the contributions of Dent, Akamu, and Leonardo to the completed statue. Since most sculptors of large works follow the same practices today, the process of modeling, enlarging, casting, disassembling and reassembling would make a good discussion or writing topic on sequencing ideas. After reading the book, students may want to think about someone they find interesting, then determine what goals or projects this person did not accomplish that the student might want to take on. Look at these web sites for more information: www.leonet.it/comuni/vinci/; www.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/LeoHomePage.html; and www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/leonardo_da_vinci.html. |
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