Knowledge · Leonardo da Vinci
Léonard de Vinci et l’Image renversée
An upside-down image disappears when a door opens. Join Inès and Hugo to discover Leonardo da Vinci and investigate the strange image. Book in French.
The story
A mystery to solve
Amboise, 1517. In a small room beside Leonardo’s workshop, Inès and Hugo discover an upside-down tree appearing on a sheet. When Hugo opens the door, the image disappears. Is it a painting, a mirror or something else? Six illustrated missions connect the mystery to Leonardo’s life, artworks and ways of observing the world. The story and instructions are in French.
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What children practise
- Leonardo’s life and the Renaissance.
- Notebooks and mirror writing.
- The Mona Lisa and The Last Supper: different artworks and surfaces.
- Observing nature and the human body.
- Distinguishing observation, plans and things actually made.
- Light and the principle of the camera obscura.
Learning scope
About this edition
Explore Leonardo da Vinci’s life, major artworks, notebooks, observations of nature and the human body, projects and studies of light. Six illustrated missions follow a mystery in Amboise in 1517.
Source guidelines
- Musée du Louvre — Léonard de Vinci, biographie ↗
- Victoria and Albert Museum — Leonardo da Vinci’s notebooks ↗
- Musée du Louvre — Portrait de Lisa Gherardini, dit La Joconde ↗
- Musée du Louvre — La Joconde, exposition immersive ↗
- Museo del Cenacolo Vinciano — Ultima Cena ↗
- Royal Collection Trust — Leonardo’s Study of Anatomy ↗
- Museo Leonardiano — Experiments with the camera obscura ↗
- Max-Planck-Institut — Leonardo da Vinci, Camera obscura, vers 1508–1509 ↗
- Museo Galileo — La machine de la vision ↗
- Château de Chambord — La dernière œuvre de Léonard ? ↗
Formats and delivery
What does the digital PDF include?
35 pages in A4 + US Letter, with six missions and adult answers. Download the files through Gumroad and print them at home. This purchase does not include a physical book or shipping.
How is the printed book different?
The printed edition is a separate A5 colour paperback with 48 pages, ordered through Lulu. Its pagination differs from the PDF. Shipping charges and delivery estimates are confirmed by Lulu at checkout.
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