Leonardo da Vinci, was born on April, 15, 1452 Anchiano, near
Vinci,Republic of Florence Italy-died May 2,1519, in France he was a Italian artists , an engineer and scientist. Leonardo
da Vinci was an important artist and scholar of the Italian Renaissance who is
best- known for his two paintings “The Last Super” and “Mona Lisa.”
Early Years
Leonardo da Vinci, was born on April 15, 1452 Anchiano,
Florence Italy. Leonardo was conceived out of wedlock, his father was a well-respected
notary, and his mother was a young peasant woman, his father Ser Piero raised him,
as well his stepmothers. By the age of 14, Leonardo da Vinci started out his artist’s
apprenticeship at the studio of Andrea del Verrpcchio (1435-1488) For six years
he would learn a range of skills including goldsmith ,carpentry, sculpting, drawing,
painting. By the age of 20, Leonardo had qualified as a master artist in the
Guild of Saint Luke. At the age of 26, he was an expert painter and established
his own workshop. After a decade as an artist, Leonardo wrote to several wealth
men to help finance his projects.
Accomplishments
In 1482, The Lorenzo de’ Medici accepted and commissioned da
Vinci to create a silver lyre and bring it to Ludovico il Moro, the Duke of Milan,
as a gesture of peace. Leonardo wrote Ludovico a letter that described how his artistic
and engineering talents and how he would be of great use to Ludovico’s court. His
letter was successful and from (1482-1499), Leonardo was commissioned to work
on a vast amount of projects. It was during this time Leonardo painted “The
Last Supper.”
Leonardo’s most well-known painting and maybe the most
famous painting the “Mona Lisa “was privately commissioned and was completed
sometime between 1505 and 1507. Some people have said she was a pregnant woman,
and some people believe that she was not a woman but actually, a man dressed to
look like a woman. Based on accounts from an early biographer, says the Mona
Lisa is a picture of Lisa, Gioconda, the real-life wife of a merchant but that
has yet to be proven. “The Mona Lisa” was never delivered to its commissioner;
da Vinci had kept until the end of his life. Today you will find the “Mona Lisa
“ hanging up in the Louvre Museum in Pairs, France, it is secured behind
bulletproof glass, and is known as a priceless national treasure.
Da Vinci has been referred as a genius and a Renaissance
Man. His talents go far beyond artistic works, like many leaders of Renaissance
humanism; he saw no need to divide science and art. His observations and
inventions were record in his notebook pages. His notebooks reveal a spirt of scientific
inquiry and mechanical inventiveness that where centuries ahead of their time.
One of Da Vinci last commissioned work was of a mechanical
lion that could walk and open its chest to reveal a bouquet of lilies. Leonardo
died in Amboise, France, on May 2, 1519 Da Vinci assistant Francesco Melzi,
became the principal heir and executor of his estate.
For more information on Da Vinci check out these links
Museum of Science - http://legacy.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/
Interesting blog, it reminds me of Leonardo da Vinci , quote: "Details make perfection, and perfection is not a detail. For instance, experience shows us that the air must have darkness beyond it and yet it appears blue."
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