Leonardo Da Vinci Set

Build your own miniature flying machine, turntable bridge, 33-barrelled war gun, and Vitruvian Man-all based on the works of Leonardo da Vinci-with the card models in this set for readers 8 to 12. Just press out the pre-printed pieces and follow the simple visual instructions to assemble the models (no glue is required). Here too is a heavily illustrated biography of the artist by Barrington Barber (himself the author of numerous books on art and drawing), who explains Leonardo's brilliance as both artist and engineer, and reveals how those two talents are in fact closely related. The book includes color reproductions of both finished paintings and the drawings of art and invention found in the master's notebooks.