Leonardo DaVinci
"Gods true Work of Art"
Background
- At the age of 14, Leonardo was apprenticed to Andrea Di Cione.
- DaVinci was very smart and was quick at arithmetic and music.
- Leonardo's approach to art originated from using tradition, rather than rebelling against it.
Achievements
- Mastering in architectery , engineering, muscisian, scientist, and inventor. Also being very successful at it.
- The Mona Lisa was the most famous painting from DaVinci, following that, was the 2nd best painting , which was The Last Supper.
- Sketches in his notebook may have been the prodessor or influence to the modern day flying machine we have today.
The Most famous painting
Link
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/01/080115-AP-monalisa.html
2nd most famous painting
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3rd most famous painting- Virtuvian Man
Link
http://leonardodavinci.stanford.edu/submissions/clabaugh/history/leonardo.html
Impact on Today
Also Da Vinci's notebook with all his sketches, notes of astronomy, the sun, and the sky, sold for over a record $30 million dollars.
Leonardo's Interesting Facts
- Da Vinci lived to be 67 years old, which was really rare for a person in this time to live past 30-40 years old.
- Michelangelo mocked Da Vinci about his unfinished statues, and these incidents often lead and caused a rift or rivalry between the two.
- Leonardo had more than 142 quotes he had said himself, that influenced artist and people in this world today.
- Link- http://www.davinciposter.com/index_files/Page1119.htm
Projects Citations
DaVinci, Leonardo Di Ser Piero. "Portrait of a Man in Red Chalk." Www.dailymail.co.uk.com. Associated Newspapers Ltd., 8 Jan. 2014. Web. 9 Mar. 2014. <http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/article-1227210/Contact-Us.html>.
Langley, Andrew. Leonardo and His Times. Vol. 1. New York: Dorling Kindersley, 1999. Print.
"Leonardo DaVinci." Merriam Webster's Biographical Dictionary. Springfield,MA: Merriam-Webster, 1995. N. pag. Biography in Context. Web. 10 Mar. 2014. <http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/bic1/ReferenceDetailsPage/ReferenceDetailsWindow?failOverType=&query=&prodId=BIC1&windowstate=normal&contentModules=&mode=view&displayGroupName=Reference&dviSelectedPage=&limiter=&u=libe79362&currPage=&disableHighlighting=true&displayGroups=&sortBy=&source=&zid=&search_within_results=&p=BIC1&action=e&catId=&activityType=&scanId=&documentId=GALE%7CK1680133098>.
"20 Things You Didn't Know about Leonardo DaVinci." Discover. Kalmback, 28 May 2006. Web. 10 Mar. 2014. <http://discovermagazine.com/2006/may/10-da-vinci#.Ux8Paj9dXmu>.