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Illustrated biography of the guy who did it all - he was a painter, inventor, engineer, pageant director, sculptor, musician. He observed nature, studied the human body, drew maps and designed weapons. (Chapter book)
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Illustrated biography of Michelangelo, from his apprenticeship learning to paint as a teenager in Florence, creating magnificent sculpture of David (in the Academia), church projects for the Medici, designing walls to defend Florence, and also painting Sistine Chapel in Rome. (Chapter book)
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Illustrated biography of Galileo, astronomer, mathematician, artist, musician, rebel teacher at the University of Pisa, inventor of the telescope, punishment and house arrest by the Inquisition for his theory that the earth revolves around the sun. (Chapter book)
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Good introduction to five Italian Renaissance artists and their enduring legacy – Botticelli, Michaelangelo, Raphael, Leonardo da Vinci, and Titian, with history projects and looking closely at paintings. Good for older kids. (Illustrated chapter book)
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Explore the works of five Renaissance inventors, including three Italians – Leonardo da Vinci, Leon Battista Alberti, Galileo Galilei, with hands on projects to make, experiments to do. (Illustrated chapter book)
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Learn about two innovative men from Florence – Filippo Brunelleschi, who designed the dome for the Florence Cathedral (Duomo), and Niccolo Machiavelli, philosopher who wrote about Renaissance politics, plus history projects. (Illustrated chapter book)
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