Leonardo Da Vinci - Build inventions with LEGO bricks

Imagine you could travel on a time machine and go back to the year 1482, to the Milan of Ludovico Sforza known as "the Moor." You would find yourself in the workshop of the most innovative, dreamy, controversial and eclectic genius Italy has ever given birth to: Leonardo da Vinci, one of the greatest inventors in history! Some of his extraordinary inventions have been reproduced with LEGO® bricks and collected in this astonishing volume.These are models of various kinds that are a lot of fun to build and even more fun to play with.

A historical introduction on Leonardo da Vinci preludes the various chapters, each devoted to a different facet of his multifaceted personality: Leonardo engineer and military engineer, Leonardo scientist and scholar, Leonardo artist.... A handy "dictionary" analyzes the most common types of bricks and explains what they are and what they are called, how to recognize them, and how to find loose pieces.

Matters of interest:

Comprehensive instructions for making Leonardo's most exciting inventions with LEGO® bricks.

How to choose the right pieces to "translate" these extraordinary creations into the magical language of bricks.

All the basic information and lots of useful ideas for building new custom models.

QR Code to access multimedia content with video instructions and list in MS Excel® format (.xls) of the elements needed for each model.

Format: 22 × 28.6 cm

160 pages

Flexibound

Recommended reading age: +7

FRANCESCO FRANGIOJA is a well-known LEGO® enthusiast and builder. He rediscovered his passion in 2010 and immediately started collaborating with LEGO enthusiast communities (AFOL). He has a fondness for the playful-educational aspects of playing with LEGO bricks. With NuiNui, he has collaborated on several volumes dedicated to this magical world and published The LEGO® Master Builder, in which he reveals techniques for learning how to make objects of all kinds using bricks, Space Adventures. Build Amazing Robots and Spaceships with LEGO® Bricks, and The House in the City with LEGO® Bricks.