LEONARDO DA VINCI

by MICHAEL O’ SHEA

LEONARDO DA VINCI

Leonardo Da Vinci was one of the greatest artists of the Renaissence

Leonardo was born in 1452 in Vinci,Florence

His talent was first recognised by his father when he painted a remarkable monster on a piece of wood.

Leonardo had many talents such as sculpting,philosphy,science yet he was most famous for his paintings.

Leonardo had many famous Patrons but the best known ones would be Lorenzo di Medici and Ludovico Sforza.

Leonardo painted a lot of paintings some are hardly known of while others are under 24-hour protection.

Leonardo was taught to paint by Andrea del Verrochio.

His first real painting was one of an angel in the corner of one of Verrochio’s paintings

Verrochio taught Leonardo was such a good artist that he stopped painting for ever.

THE MONA LISA

The Mona Lisa is one of Leonardo’s most famous

paintings .It is a painting of the wife of Francesco del Giocondo

THE LAST SUPPER

The Last Supper is a painting done on a wall in Santa Maria Delle Grazie.It was flaked badly as Leonardo used a paint mixed with water.Later the monks cut a hole through the bottom of it

ST JOHN IN THE WILDERNESS

This is a painting based on something similiar to Leonardo da Vinci’s.

Technique of Da Vinci In the Mona Lisa Da Vinci is showing

humanism in the way that there is nothing special about person except that it is of the governers wife

You can also see his likeliness of shade as under her neck you can see it is dark and like a shadow.

In the Last Supper Da Vinci is going back to religious events.

FLIGHT

Da Vinci also had great ideas on flight. Here is some of his plans

SCIENCE

Leonardo was also interested in science and his main interest was the study of anatomy

Anatomy is the study of the human body

Leonardo actually admitted to dissecting 30 human corpses.

DEATH

Leonardo da Vinci’s amazing life finally ended while he was in France.