Lunar Eclipse Museum of the Arts
Leonardo da Vinci
Paintings
Many of Leonardo's paintings are well known and are very famous today. It is not known how many painting he did because many have been lost, destroyed, left unfinished, some have just been newly discovered as his. After some finger print that are matches on found on another painting (The Lady with the Ermine) many more paintings, that were thought to be other, are now claimed to be Leonardo da Vinci works.
Mona Lisa
Mona Lisa is actually a painting of Lisa Gherardini, the wife of Francesco del Giocondo. The painting was most likely started in 1503 but finished later on.
Annunciation
This art work was thought to be painted with oil and tempera paint on wood, between 1472 to 1475. Annunciation represents the Archangel Gabriel visiting Mary. No one is sure who all worked on it with Leonard, but it is thought to be a few artists that attended a workshop with Andre del Verrocchio, Leonardo's master.
St. John the Baptist
This oil painting on walnut is thought to be Leonardo's last work. It was painted between 1513 to 1516, and it is 69 x 57 cm.
Drawings
While most of Leonardo da Vinci's drawing are lesser known some of the human anatomy studies were very important for science and art studies today. Most of these studies are sketches with notes about what was discovered or references for future studies.
Vitruvian Man, Study of Proportions
Flower Study
Human Skeleton Study
Sculpture
There are no fully completed sculpture that are for sure done by Leonardo. There are some sculptures some think of to be Leonardo's work but with no proof we are left with two sculptures; an unfinished horse with out it's rider (1482), and a wax horse sculpture with its rider (1508-pictured below), Leonardo died before the model was made into a metal cast.
Inventions
Leonardo da Vinci thought of many invention ideas way ahead of his time. Although many were never made past the model stage, and some never got past the drawing, they have influenced many inventors and engineers much past his time.
Robotic Knight
Leonardo was very interested about human anatomy, he figured out a lot about how the human body works, the muscle pulls up the bone. So, he figured he could make a machine that did the same thing, and he did though it did not survive. There are rumors that it could sit, walk, move its jaw, and its arms could move as well. Mark Rosheim, an engineer for NASA, built a model using Leonardo's notes then innovated space inventions to make them work better.
Ideal City
Leonardo thought of this city to minimize disease spread through cities and towns. It had three levels and an innovation similar to plumbing now but back then which would have been a huge step forward, that is, if he had convinced someone to fund it, since no one would this city remained only a drawing.
Flying Machine
Leonardo loved nature and studied many plants and animals. Somewhere along the way most likely birds which gave him the idea, what if humans could fly? This may have made it to a mode,l with a pull handle to propel you farther up in the air, but it most likely wouldn't have had enough power to get you in the air. You would most likely have to jump off a high elevated cliff or building, which many people probably weren't to excited to try.
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