Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Leonardo da Vinci

  • Leonardo drew the plans for the first armored car in 1485.

  • He also designed the cannon, a machine gun, gliders, turnspit for roasting meat, canal system to irrigate fields, and invented the parachute.

  • Leonardo Da Vinci and Michelangelo were not friends despite both being artists during this time.

  • Unusually for the era in which he lived, Leonardo Da Vinci was a vegetarian, for humanitarian reasons.

  • He was born April 15th, 1452 and passed on May 2, 1519.

  • described as the Renaissance Man and is considered to be one of the greatest painters of all time.

  • He was a polymath: sculptor, architect, musician, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist, and writer.

  •  He was considered an artist at 15.

  •  He was an apprentice for Verrocchico.

  •  in 1472 Leoarnado was accepted into the painters' guild of Florence.

  •  He spent 17 years in Milan.

  •  In France during his later years he painted little but did more scientific work.

  •  His most famous works are the Mona Lisa, The last Supper, The Virgin of the Rocks, and several anantomy drawings.
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