Drawings, Devices and Wings: teacher key

Leonardo da Vinci, grade 8 edition, written for 8th grade. Learn how Leonardo planned his work in drawings. See his court machines, flying designs and famous paintings, and read how his notebooks lasted.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. What did Leonardo do before beginning a painting?
   • He worked out his composition in a drawing (answer)
   • He built a flying machine
   • He moved to France
2. What did one of Leonardo's court designs have as a bell-ringer?
   • A mechanical man (answer)
   • A bird
   • A king
3. How would the pilot of Leonardo's ornithopter lie?
   • On his side
   • Face down (answer)
   • Standing up
4. Where was the Mona Lisa moved in 1966?
   • To the Louvre's largest room (answer)
   • To Milan
   • To the British Library
5. Why would a pilot of an ornithopter struggle to flap its wings?
   • People do not have enough muscle power and endurance (answer)
   • The wings were too small
   • The crank was painted
6. What are the Forster Codices?
   • Three volumes of Leonardo's notebooks at the V&A (answer)
   • Paintings in Milan
   • Water clocks

Words

• Renaissance: a time
• sfumato: a misty style
• ornithopter: flapping machine
• composition: how things fit