Leonardo's horse /
Fritz, Jean.
Leonardo's horse / Jean Fritz ; illustrated by Hudson Talbott. - New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, c2001. - [48] p. : col. ill., col. map ; 30 cm.
Wilson's Children, July 2002 Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 2002 School Library Journal, September 2001 Booklist starred, October 2001 Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre, October 2001 Pub Weekly, September 2001 Kirkus Starred, September 2001 Horn Book, September 2001
Examines the life of Leonardo da Vinci, focusing on his unfinished sculpture of a huge horse he was commissioned to create for the Duke of Milan in the late 1400s, and discusses how the project was taken up by pilot Charlie Dent in 1977 and, after several setbacks, completed and presented as a gift to Milan in 1999.
4.3 K-3 Follett Library Resources
0399235760
00041550
Dent, Charles C.
Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519. Francesco Sforza.
Leonardo's horse (Milan, Italy)
Bronzes--United States.
Horses in art.
Sculpture--History.
NB1230 / .F75 2001
730/.92
Leonardo's horse / Jean Fritz ; illustrated by Hudson Talbott. - New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, c2001. - [48] p. : col. ill., col. map ; 30 cm.
Wilson's Children, July 2002 Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 2002 School Library Journal, September 2001 Booklist starred, October 2001 Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre, October 2001 Pub Weekly, September 2001 Kirkus Starred, September 2001 Horn Book, September 2001
Examines the life of Leonardo da Vinci, focusing on his unfinished sculpture of a huge horse he was commissioned to create for the Duke of Milan in the late 1400s, and discusses how the project was taken up by pilot Charlie Dent in 1977 and, after several setbacks, completed and presented as a gift to Milan in 1999.
4.3 K-3 Follett Library Resources
0399235760
00041550
Dent, Charles C.
Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519. Francesco Sforza.
Leonardo's horse (Milan, Italy)
Bronzes--United States.
Horses in art.
Sculpture--History.
NB1230 / .F75 2001
730/.92