Plasticine da Vinci. DohVinci, a set for creativity: description, types, composition and reviews
Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci is a man of Renaissance art, sculptor, inventor, painter, philosopher, writer, scientist, polymath (universal man).
The future genius was born as a result of a love affair between the noble Piero da Vinci and the girl Katerina (Katarina). According to the social norms of that time, the marriage union of these people was impossible due to the low birth of Leonardo's mother. After the birth of her first child, she was given in marriage to a potter, with whom Katerina lived the rest of her life. It is known that from her husband she gave birth to four daughters and a son.
Portrait of Leonardo da Vinci
The first-born Piero da Vinci lived with his mother for three years. Immediately after his birth, Leonardo's father married a rich representative of a noble family, but his legal wife was never able to give birth to an heir. Three years after the marriage, Piero took his son to him and took up his upbringing. Stepmother Leonardo died after 10 years, trying to give birth to an heir. Pierrot remarried, but was quickly widowed again. In total, Leonardo had four stepmothers, as well as 12 paternal half-siblings.
Creativity and inventions of da Vinci
The parent gave Leonardo as an apprentice to the Tuscan master Andrea Verrocchio. During his studies with a mentor, Piero's son learned not only the art of painting and sculpture. Young Leonardo studied the humanities and technical sciences, the skill of leather dressing, the basics of working with metal and chemical reagents. All this knowledge was useful to da Vinci in life.
Leonardo received confirmation of the qualifications of the master at the age of twenty, after which he continued to work under the supervision of Verrocchio. The young artist was involved in minor work on the paintings of his teacher, for example, he prescribed background landscapes and clothes of minor characters. Leonardo had his own workshop only in 1476.
Drawing "Vitruvian Man" by Leonardo da Vinci In 1482, da Vinci was sent by his patron Lorenzo de' Medici to Milan. During this period, the artist worked on two paintings that were never completed. In Milan, Duke Lodovico Sforza enrolled Leonardo in the court staff as an engineer. A high-ranking person was interested in defensive devices and devices for entertaining the court. Da Vinci had the opportunity to develop the talent of an architect and the ability of a mechanic. His inventions turned out to be an order of magnitude better than those offered by contemporaries.
The engineer stayed in Milan under the Duke of Sforza for about seventeen years. During this time, Leonardo painted the paintings “Madonna in the Grotto” and “Lady with an Ermine”, created his most famous drawing “Vitruvian Man”, made a clay model of the equestrian monument of Francesco Sforza, painted the wall of the refectory of the Dominican monastery with the composition “The Last Supper”, made a number of anatomical sketches and drawings of devices.
Leonardo's engineering talent was useful to him after returning to Florence in 1499. He got a job with Duke Cesare Borgia, who counted on da Vinci's ability to create military mechanisms. The engineer worked in Florence for about seven years, after which he returned to Milan again. By that time, he had already completed work on his most famous painting, which is now stored in the Louvre Museum.
The master's second Milan period lasted six years, after which he left for Rome. In 1516, Leonardo went to France, where he spent his last years. On the journey, the master took with him Francesco Melzi, a student and main heir to the artistic style of da Vinci.
Portrait of Francesco Melzi Despite the fact that Leonardo spent only four years in Rome, it is in this city that the museum named after him is located. In the three halls of the institution you can get acquainted with the devices built according to the drawings of Leonardo, look at copies of paintings, photos of diaries and manuscripts.
The Italian devoted most of his life to engineering and architectural projects. His inventions were both military and peaceful. Leonardo is known as a developer of tank prototypes, an aircraft, a self-propelled cart, a searchlight, a catapult, a bicycle, a parachute, a mobile bridge, a machine gun. Some drawings of the inventor still remain a mystery to researchers.
Drawings and sketches of some of the inventions of Leonardo da Vinci In 2009, the Discovery TV channel aired a series of films called Da Vinci Apparatus. Each of the ten episodes of the documentary series was dedicated to the construction and testing of mechanisms according to Leonardo's original drawings. The film's technicians tried to recreate the inventions of the Italian genius using materials from his era.
Personal life
The personal life of the master was kept by him in the strictest confidence. For entries in his diaries, Leonardo used a cipher, but even after decoding, the researchers received little reliable information. There is a version that da Vinci's unconventional orientation was the reason for the secrecy.
The basis of the theory that the artist loved men was the guesswork of researchers based on circumstantial facts. At a young age, the artist appeared in a case of sodomy, but it is not known for certain in what capacity. After this incident, the master became very secretive and stingy with comments about his personal life.
Possible lovers of Leonardo include some of his students, the most famous of which is Salai. The young man was endowed with an effeminate appearance and became a model for several paintings by da Vinci. The painting "John the Baptist" is one of the surviving works of Leonardo, for which Salai posed.
There is a version that "Mona Lisa" was also written from this sitter, dressed in a woman's dress. It should be noted that there is some physical similarity between the people depicted in the paintings "Mona Lisa" and "John the Baptist". It remains a fact that da Vinci bequeathed his artistic masterpiece to Salai.
Historians also rank Francesco Melzi as a possible beloved of Leonardo.
There is another version of the secret of the Italian's personal life. There is an opinion that Leonardo had a romantic relationship with Cecilia Gallerani, who, presumably, is depicted in the portrait "Lady with an Ermine". This woman was the favorite of the Duke of Milan, the owner of the literary salon, the patroness of the arts. She introduced the young artist to the circle of Milanese bohemia.
Fragment of the painting "Lady with Ermine" Among da Vinci's notes, a draft letter was found addressed to Cecilia, which began with the words: "My beloved goddess ...". Researchers suggest that the portrait of the "Lady with an Ermine" was painted with clear signs of unspent feelings for the woman depicted on it.
Some researchers believe that the great Italian did not know carnal love at all. Men and women were not physically attracted to him. In the context of this theory, it is assumed that Leonardo led the life of a monk who did not give birth to descendants, but left a great legacy.
Death and grave
Modern researchers have concluded that the probable cause of the artist's death is a stroke. Da Vinci died at the age of 67 in 1519. Thanks to the memoirs of contemporaries, it is known that by that time the artist was already suffering from partial paralysis. Leonardo could not move his right hand, as researchers believe, due to a stroke in 1517.
Despite the paralysis, the master continued an active creative life, resorting to the help of his student Francesco Melzi. Da Vinci's health was deteriorating, and by the end of 1519 it was already difficult for him to walk without assistance. This evidence is consistent with the theoretical diagnosis. Scientists believe that a second attack of cerebrovascular accident in 1519 ended the life of the famous Italian.
Monument to Leonardo da Vinci in Milan, Italy At the time of his death, the master was in the Clos Luce castle near the city of Amboise, where he lived for the last three years of his life. In accordance with Leonardo's will, his body was buried in the gallery of the church of Saint-Florentin.
Unfortunately, the master's grave was devastated during the Huguenot wars. The church, in which the Italian rested, was plundered, after which it fell into severe disrepair and was demolished by the new owner of the Amboise castle, Roger Ducos, in 1807.
After the destruction of the Saint-Florentin chapel, the remains from many graves from different years were mixed and buried in the garden. Beginning in the mid-nineteenth century, researchers made several attempts to identify the bones of Leonardo da Vinci. Innovators in this matter were guided by the lifetime description of the master and chose the most suitable fragments from the remains found. They have been studied for some time. The work was led by archaeologist Arsen Usse. He also found fragments of a tombstone, presumably from the grave of da Vinci, and a skeleton, in which some fragments were missing. These bones were reburied in the reconstructed tomb of the artist in the chapel of Saint Hubert on the grounds of the Château d'Amboise.
In 2010, a team of researchers led by Silvano Vincheti was about to exhume the remains of a Renaissance master. It was planned to identify the skeleton using genetic material taken from the graves of Leonardo's paternal relatives. Italian researchers failed to obtain permission from the owners of the castle to carry out the necessary work.
In the place where the Church of Saint-Florentin used to be, at the beginning of the last century, a granite monument was erected, marking the four hundredth anniversary of the death of the famous Italian. The reconstructed tomb of the engineer and the stone monument with his bust are among the most popular sights of Amboise.
Secrets of da Vinci paintings
Leonardo's work has occupied the minds of art historians, religious researchers, historians and the public for more than four hundred years. The works of the Italian artist became an inspiration for people of science and creativity. There are many theories that reveal the secrets of da Vinci's paintings. The most famous of them says that when writing his masterpieces, Leonardo used a special graphic code.
With the help of a device of several mirrors, the researchers managed to find out that the secret of the views of the characters from the paintings "La Gioconda" and "John the Baptist" lies in the fact that they are looking at a masked creature resembling an alien alien. The secret cipher in Leonardo's notes was also deciphered using an ordinary mirror.
Hoaxes around the work of the Italian genius led to the emergence of a number of works of art, the author of which was the writer. His novels have become bestsellers. In 2006, the film The Da Vinci Code was released, based on the work of the same name by Brown. The film was met with a wave of criticism from religious organizations, but set box office records in its first month of release.
Lost and unfinished works
Not all of the master's works have survived to our time. Works that have not survived include: a shield with a painting in the form of the head of Medusa, a sculpture of a horse for the Duke of Milan, a portrait of the Madonna with a spindle, the painting "Leda and the Swan" and the fresco "Battle of Anghiari".
Modern researchers know about some of the master's paintings thanks to the preserved copies and memoirs of da Vinci's contemporaries. For example, the fate of the original Leda and the Swan is still unknown. Historians believe that the painting may have been destroyed in the mid-seventeenth century on the orders of the Marquise de Maintenon, wife of Louis XIV. Sketches made by Leonardo's hand and several copies of the canvas made by different artists have survived to our time.
The painting depicted a young naked woman in the arms of a swan, at whose feet babies hatched from huge eggs play. When creating this masterpiece, the artist was inspired by a famous mythical story. It is interesting that the canvas based on the story of the copulation of Leda with Zeus, who took the form of a swan, was written not only by da Vinci.
Leonardo's lifetime rival also painted a picture dedicated to this ancient myth. The painting by Buonarotti suffered the same fate as the work of da Vinci. Paintings by Leonardo and Michelangelo simultaneously disappeared from the collection of the French royal house.
Among the unfinished works of the brilliant Italian, the painting "The Adoration of the Magi" stands out. The canvas was commissioned by the Augustinian monks in 1841, but remained unfinished due to the departure of the master to Milan. The customers found another artist, and Leonardo saw no reason to continue working on the painting.
Fragment of the painting “The Adoration of the Magi” Researchers believe that the composition of the canvas has no analogues in Italian painting. The painting depicts Mary with the newborn Jesus and the Magi, and behind the backs of the pilgrims are horse riders and the ruins of a pagan temple. There is an assumption that Leonardo depicted in the picture among the men who came to the son of God, and himself at the age of 29 years.
- Researcher of religious mysteries Lynn Picknett published the book Leonardo da Vinci and the Brotherhood of Zion in 2009, naming the famous Italian as one of the masters of a secret religious order.
- It is believed that da Vinci was a vegetarian. He wore clothes made of linen, neglecting outfits made of leather and natural silk.
- A team of researchers plans to isolate Leonardo's DNA from the surviving personal belongings of the master. Historians also claim they are close to finding da Vinci's maternal relatives.
- The Renaissance was the time when noble women in Italy were addressed with the words "my mistress", in Italian - "Madonna" (ma donna). In colloquial speech, the expression was reduced to "monna" (monna). This means that the name of the painting "Mona Lisa" can literally be translated as "Madame Lisa".
- Raphael Santi called da Vinci his teacher. He visited the studio of Leonardo in Florence, tried to adopt some features of his artistic style. Raphael Santi also called Michelangelo Buonarroti his teacher. The three artists mentioned are considered the main geniuses of the Renaissance.
- Australian enthusiasts have created the largest traveling exhibition of the inventions of the great architect. The exposition was developed with the participation of the Leonardo da Vinci Museum in Italy. The exhibition has already visited six continents. During its operation, five million visitors were able to see and touch the works of the most famous engineer of the Renaissance.
Leonardo da Vinci was born on April 15, 1452 in the small village of Anchiano LU, located near the town of Vinci (Vinci FI). He was the illegitimate son of a wealthy notary, Piero da Vinci, and a beautiful villager, Katarina. Shortly after this event, the notary married a girl of noble birth. They had no children, and Piero and his wife took a three-year-old child to their place.
Birth of an artist
The short period of childhood in the village is over. The notary Piero moved to Florence, where he apprenticed his son to Andrea del Veroccio, a famous Tuscan master. There, in addition to painting and sculpture, the future artist had the opportunity to learn the basics of mathematics and mechanics, anatomy, work with metals and plaster, and methods of leather dressing. The young man eagerly absorbed knowledge and later widely used it in his activities.
An interesting creative biography of the maestro belongs to the pen of his contemporary Giorgio Vasari. In Vasari's book "The Life of Leonardo" there is a brief story about how (Andrea del Verrocchio) attracted a student to fulfill the order "Baptism of Christ" (Battesimo di Cristo).
The angel, painted by Leonardo, so clearly demonstrated his superiority over the teacher that the latter threw away the brush in annoyance and never painted again.
The qualification of the master was awarded to him by the guild of St. Luke. Leonardo da Vinci spent the next year of his life in Florence. His first mature painting was The Adoration of the Magi (Adorazione dei Magi), commissioned for the monastery of San Donato.
Milan period (1482 - 1499)
Leonardo came to Milan as an envoy of peace from Lorenzo de Medici to Lodovico Sforza, nicknamed Moro. Here his work took a new direction. He was enrolled in the court staff, first as an engineer and only later as an artist.
The Duke of Milan, a cruel and narrow-minded man, was little interested in the creative component of Leonardo's personality. The ducal indifference worried the master even less. Interests converged in one. Moreau needed engineering devices for warfare and mechanical structures for the amusement of the court. Leonardo understood this like no one else. His mind did not doze, the master was sure that the possibilities of a person are endless. His ideas were close to the humanists of modern times, but largely incomprehensible to contemporaries.
Two important works belong to the same period - (Il Cenacolo) for the refectory of the monastery of Santa Maria della Grazie (Chiesa e Convento Domenicano di Santa Maria delle Grazie) and the painting "Lady with an Ermine" (Dama con l'ermellino).
The second is a portrait of Cecilia Gallerani, mistress of Duke Sforza. The biography of this woman is unusual. One of the most beautiful and learned ladies of the Renaissance, she was simple and kind, able to get along with people. An affair with a duke saved one of her brothers from prison. She had the most tender relationship with Leonardo, but, according to contemporaries and the opinion of most researchers, their brief relationship remained platonic.
A more common (and also not confirmed) version of the intimate relationship of the master with the students of Francesco Melzi (Francesco Melzi) and Salai (Salai). The artist preferred to keep the details of his personal life a deep secret.
Moro commissioned the equestrian statue of Francesco Sforza from the master. The necessary sketches were made and a clay model of the future monument was made. Further work was hampered by the French invasion of Milan. The artist left for Florence. Here he will return, but to another master - the French king Louis XII (Louis XII).
Again in Florence (1499 - 1506)
The return to Florence was marked by the entry into the service of the Duke of Cesare Borgia (Cesare Borgia) and the creation of the most famous canvas - "La Gioconda" (Gioconda). The new work involved frequent trips, the master traveled around Romagna, Tuscany and Umbria with various assignments. His main mission was reconnaissance and preparation of the area for hostilities by Cesare, who planned to subjugate the Papal States. Cesare Borgia was considered the greatest villain of the Christian world, but Leonardo admired his tenacity and remarkable talent as a commander. He argued that the Duke's vices were balanced by "equally great virtues". The ambitious plans of the great adventurer did not come true. Master in 1506 returned to Milan.
Later years (1506 - 1519)
The second Milan period lasted until 1512. The Maestro studied the structure of the human eye, worked on the monument to Giacomo Trivulzio (Gian Giacomo Trivulzio) and his own self-portrait. In 1512 the artist moved to Rome. Giovanni di Medici, son, was elected pope under the name of Leo X (Leo X). The pope's brother, Duke Giuliano di Medici, highly appreciated the work of his compatriot. After his death, the master accepted the invitation of King Francis I (François I) and left for France in 1516.
Francis proved to be the most generous and grateful patron. The maestro settled in the picturesque castle of Clos Lucé (Le Clos Lucé) in Touraine, where he had every opportunity to do what he was interested in. By royal commission, he designed a lion, from whose chest a bouquet of lilies opened. The French period was the happiest in his life. The king gave his engineer an annual annuity of 1,000 ecu and donated land with vineyards, providing him with a peaceful old age. The life of the maestro ended in 1519. He bequeathed his notes, instruments and estates to his students.
Paintings
Inventions and works
Most of the master's inventions were not created during his lifetime, remaining only in notes and drawings. An airplane, a bicycle, a parachute, a tank… He had a dream of flying, the scientist believed that a person can and should fly. He studied the behavior of birds and sketched wings of various shapes. His design for a two-lens telescope is surprisingly accurate, and his diaries include a brief note about the possibility of "seeing the Moon big."
As a military engineer, he was always in demand, the light bridges he invented and the wheel lock for the pistol were used everywhere. He dealt with the problems of urban planning and land reclamation, in 1509 he built the St. Christopher, as well as the Martezana irrigation canal. Duke Moreau rejected his "ideal city" project. A few centuries later, London was built on this project. In Norway there is a bridge built according to his drawing. In France, already being an old man, he designed a canal between the Loire and Saone.
Leonardo's diaries are written in easy, lively language and are interesting to read. His fables, parables and aphorisms speak of the versatility of a great mind.
The secret of genius
There were plenty of secrets in the life of the titan of the Renaissance. The main one opened relatively recently. But did it open? In 1950, a list of the Grand Masters of the Priory of Sion (Prieuré de Sion), a secret organization created in 1090 in Jerusalem, was published. According to the list, Leonardo da Vinci was the ninth of the Grand Masters of the Priory. His predecessor in this amazing post was Sandro Botticelli, and his successor was Constable Charles de Bourbon (Charles III de Bourbon). The main goal of the organization was to restore the Merovingian dynasty to the throne of France. The Priory considered the offspring of this kind to be the descendants of Jesus Christ.
The very existence of such an organization raises doubts among most historians. But such doubts could have been sown by members of the Priory who wished to continue their activities in secret.
If we accept this version as the truth, the master's habit of complete independence and the strange attraction to France for a Florentine become clear. Even Leonardo's writing style - left hand and right to left - can be interpreted as an imitation of Hebrew writing. This seems unlikely, but the scale of his personality allows us to make the most daring assumptions.
Stories about the Priory arouse the distrust of scientists, but enrich artistic creativity. The most striking example is the book by Dan Brown (Dan Brown) "The Da Vinci Code" (Da Vinci Code) and the film of the same name.
- At the age of 24, together with three Florentine youths was accused of sodomy. The company was acquitted for lack of evidence.
- Maestro was a vegetarian. People who consume animal food, he called "walking cemeteries."
- He shocked his contemporaries by the habit of carefully examining and drawing in detail the hanged. He considered the study of the structure of the human body to be the most important of his studies.
- It is believed that the maestro developed for Cesare Borgia tasteless and odorless poisons and wiretapping devices made of glass tubes.
- Television mini-series "The Life of Leonardo da Vinci"(La vita di Leonardo da Vinci) shot by Renato Castellani, received the Golden Globe Award.
- named after Leonardo da Vinci and is decorated with a huge statue depicting a master with a model helicopter in his hands.
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Leonardo da Vinci is a vivid example of a "universal man" who knew how to do everything and sought to study any issue to its foundation. I read published excerpts from his numerous notebooks (it is known about 7,000 sheets with entries in small, compact handwriting) and I was hooked by the phrase: "I saw a woman ..." and then in the smallest detail, how the light fell on her, the shades of skin color, air, the radiance of the eyes and the folds of the dress. I was surprised that I myself had never considered people like that, and then I was very interested in this man - an unusually observant, inquisitive, with an inexhaustible thirst to know the world.
"Describe the tongue of a woodpecker and the jaw of a crocodile." What's this? Biologist or ornithologist entry? No. This is Leonardo's entry.
This man was interested in everything - the laws of mechanics and questions of geology, the structure of man, animals and plants, and questions of the universe, and, finally, questions of perspective and composition, the image of plants, light, color, shadows, figure, faces, clothes. He needed a record about a woodpecker and a crocodile to comprehend the laws of mechanics. The fact is that the movement of the tongue of a woodpecker is extremely peculiar, and in a crocodile, according to old ideas, unlike other animals, the upper jaw is mobile.
"Nature has taken care of everything so that everywhere you find something to learn."
(Leonardo da Vinci)
How to teach children about Leonardo da Vinci
As usual, cartoons are very impressive in terms of the way they present compact information)
“And you, painter, learn to make your works in such a way that they attract their viewers to themselves and keep them with great surprise and delight.”- wrote Leonardo da Vinci and this statement applies to this painting of his.
Usually, the authors of articles about a genius describe in detail his inventions, but it is rarely mentioned that he was also an outwardly perfect person: tall, stately, handsome, endowed with remarkable physical strength. In addition, he was a great fashionista, musician and wonderful storyteller. The people followed him literally on the heels. Unfortunately, this portrait can only be compiled from the descriptions of contemporaries - the artist did not leave a self-portrait. That famous portrait of sanguine, which is referred to as a self-portrait on Wikipedia, is most likely not one: from the latest research on the artist’s work, it follows that this is a sketch of a portrait of one of the apostles. In addition to all of the above, he was kind (it is known, for example, that he bought birds in cages to release them into the wild), as well as a modest person: he believed that he had not completed a single thing.
Create like Leonardo da Vinci
- Legend of the Shield of Medusa.
They say that once a peasant friend asked Father Leonardo to find an artist to paint a round wooden shield. Ser Piero gave the shield to his son. Leonardo decided to portray the head of the Gorgon Medusa, and in order for the image of the monster to make the proper impression on the audience, he used lizards, snakes, grasshoppers, caterpillars, bats and "other creatures" as the nature "from a variety of which, combining them in different ways, he created a monster very disgusting and terrible, which poisoned with its breath and ignited the air. The result exceeded his expectations: when Leonardo showed the finished work to his father, he was frightened. The son told him: “This work serves the purpose for which it was made. So take it and give it away, for such is the action that is expected from works of art. Ser Piero did not give Leonardo's work to the peasant: he received another shield, bought from a junk dealer. The shield of Medusa was sold by Father Leonardo in Florence for a hundred ducats.
Try to draw such a frightening shield for enemies!
- We draw a portrait.
Let's create a background for the mysterious "Mona Lisa" or "La Gioconda". Before Leonardo, no one painted the background in portraits so carefully and in such a unique technique. This way of drawing, when a finished portrait is complemented, is very suitable for preschoolers: we still don’t get very good portraits, but fantasy usually doesn’t fail with backgrounds)
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Leonardo was very attached to his "La Gioconda" and did not part with it until his death, continuing to work on it and achieving perfection.
Only 12 completed paintings by Leonardo are known, but each of them has become a masterpiece of world painting. It is noteworthy that the master himself did not consider himself an artist, but called himself a musician, and later an engineer.
- "Even the smallest cat is a work of art."
We draw an animal in motion, we study the proportions of the body of animals. Leonardo was the best anatomist of those times. The animal can be fantastic.
It is known that Leonardo da Vinci had a good sense of humor. One day he took a live lizard, attached wings to it from the scales of the skin he had torn off from other lizards, and filled them with mercury composition so that they trembled when the lizard began to crawl. Then, having attached eyes, horns and a beard to the lizard, he tamed it and kept it in a box. From time to time he showed it to his friends, who, seeing such a monster, immediately took to their heels.
- We draw our invention.
| sketches of Leonardo |
Children's inventions, the drawings of which I saw: a pancake maker, an animal bridge, a trap for hooligans, a time machine ...
"Neither princes nor popes will force Leonardo to do what he finds boring or not beautiful enough." (Leonardo da Vinci)
- Meet the frescoes. fresco painting
- We get acquainted with Leonardo the writer: “I saw the paper that it was all covered with a dark line of ink, and began to grieve; and the ink proves to her that because of the words that are written on it, they save it.” (Tales, legends, parables of Leonardo da Vinci) Suitable for children, especially in free retelling, since the syllable is rather archaic: “Caterpillar” is about patience, “Bat and swallow”, “Mole” is about lies, etc.
super art project with fresco drawing
- Leonardo da Vinci was able to draw with his left hand and write with his right at the same time. Try it!
- Da Vinci encrypted his diaries. Amazingly, he could write from right to left. It was possible to read his notes only with the help of a mirror. Try to go to the mirror and read the word written from right to left! (print the words in advance for each child)
- He also came up with a special system of cryptography, often inscribing one line into another and widely using intricate graphic signs and symbols. It would be very useful for the guys to come up with their own cipher or to solve ready-made ciphers and puzzles.
- We invent like Leonardo.
Models available for children:
Leonardo was very successful as a military engineer. His drawings included both tanks and machine guns. Let's try with the guys to imagine how the cores and details of future metal tools are cast in molds.
"I know how to build very light and strong bridges, transportable in attack and retreat, protected from fire and projectiles." - wrote Leonardo da Vinci, presenting himself as a specialist experienced in the field of military engineering.
For example, the arch bridge was made from logs tied together with ropes. The result was two arches. In the middle of the bridge there was a wooden pavement, fixed on the crossbars. Such bridges could easily be built from available materials, could be transported using ropes, and were intended mainly for military purposes.
Knowing our love for Play DO, for the next daughter's birthday she was presented with Play-Doh Doh Vinci Color Mixer Set.
The box was pleasing to the eye, and even my hands began to itch.
Inside the box was the following
The idea was interesting according to the description, it was required to mix colors and then draw a picture with plasticine. Moreover, all the necessary devices were available.
The DohVinci Color Mixer set will brighten up your kids' lives with an author's rainbow. By mixing several paints, the child will be able to apply multi-colored patterns on a special stand or other objects. Even if a young designer has encountered such a device for the first time, he will quickly master the mixer, and a special gun will help to make the lines neat.
Play-Doh Set Doh Vinci Color Mixer in action.
- The first step is to remove the caps from the jars. To do this, insert them in the center, press and AP! cap removed.
This is probably the most interesting and thoughtful in this set, then the NIGHTMARE began!
- Then it was required to alternately squeeze colored plasticine into an empty jar.
It turned out to be not so easy to do even for an adult, I just keep quiet about the child. Plasticine was not stupidly squeezed out, it was necessary to apply considerable force to squeeze it out.
The purple stand is not fixed in any way and constantly flies off.
Together, we somehow squeeze out plasticine.
- Then we insert a jar with mixed colors into the gun and begin to "draw".
this is sooo uncomfortable, especially for a child! Plasticine does not stick and it turns out some kind of nonsense.
All desire has been repulsed! Creativity turns into torture!
Frustration and disappointment is guaranteed!
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