Leonardo Da Vinci

Leonardo Da Vinci

1. Early life

   • Born in a Vinci near Florence.
   • apprentice-Florence-aged14.
     • Verrochio Quit painting.
       • moved back to 1499 Florence

2. His Paintings

   • Milan-The Virgin on the Rocks
     • The Last Supper 1497
       • The Mona Lisa
         • Perspective turning a 2D painting into 3D painting
           • Sfumato means smoky to make skin seem soft

3. Other Interests

   • He had ideas for thing we see today
     • He also kept notes of his ideas
       • To keep his ideas secret he wrote backwards and he was left handed
   • astronomy
     • geology
       • botany
         • anatomy
           • this helped him paint more realistically

4. Later Life

   • 1513 back to Rome to work for the Pope
   • then moved to Paris 1519
   • died 1519 age 67
     • Never believing he achieved his full potentail.

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