The Bicycle 1
The Bicycle 2
The Bicycle 3
Fun Facts
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In 1997 who was believed to have "debunked" the drawings truth?
A German researcher named Hans-Erhard Lessing
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what time period did leonardo live in
the renaissance
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It was only after these pages were peeled apart that the bicycle sketch _____ on the back of a sheet previously hidden from view.
appeared
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where is the mona lisa
france
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Who do people believe to have drawn it?
modern restorer
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Why is the bicycle drawing considered weird?
It contains features that are impossible for the late 15th century.
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What is an example of why the drawing was considered weird?
It is scribbly
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what does renaissance mean
rebirth
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Who drew the bicycle?
We don't know
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How did this mysterious person get access to the journal?
They got access during a high security restoration project in the 1960s.
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Who do we know that did not draw the drawing?
Leonardo Da Vinci
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what became really good in the renaissance?
art
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What is different about the bicycle compared to the other drawings Leonardo Da Vinci made?
It is scribbly
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An art historian, named Carlo Pedretti, saw the pages in 1961 and only saw what?
He saw two circles and some curved lines, but no completed bicycle.
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What was the name of the a material that was not available in the time of the Renaissance, used to draw the drawing?
graphite pencil
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what is this painting?
the mona lisa
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Who was believed to have completed the doodle in the 1960s?
modern restorer
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The restorers were tasked with doing what?
separating the original notes that had been glued together to restore it
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Why is scribbly an example?
It lacks the expert line work of Leonardo’s steady hand.
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Who painted the Mona Lisa?
Leonardo Da Vinci