Leonardo Da Vinci

By Alice R.

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His Life

Born April 15, 1452 in Vinci Italy. Died May 2, 1519 in Indre-et-Loire, France

Born to Ser Piero and CaterinaParents never marriedGrew up in Florence, ItalyApprenticed to Andrea del Verrocchio

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Personal Events

Born as an Illegitimate sonAccepted into painter’s guildWrote backwards left to right (needed a

mirror to read what he wrote)Lived in Vinci, Florence, Milan, France,

Venice, and BolongaConsidered “one of the greatest

painters of all time.”

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Historical Events

Renaissance period/ Golden Age of artFirst designs for helicopter seenColumbus sailed to America for the first

time

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Stylistic Traits

Portraits: many of his paintings included a single person, or a group of people

Religious paintings: many of his paintings focused on religion

Didn’t finish a lot of his projects: he was known for not finishing major projects, he’d grow bored and move on

Nature: Da Vinci usually incorporated some piece of nature into all of his masterpieces

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Portraits

Da Vinci focused on mainly painting people

His most famous portrait is the Mona Lisa, which can be found in the Louvre Museum in Paris , France

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Religious Paintings

Many of his paintings contained saints, angels, and Mary and baby Jesus

It was said that when Da Vinci was young and still apprenticed to Verrocchio, he painted an angel so beautiful and perfect that Verrocchio gave up painting

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Unfinished Works

Da Vinci was said to leave major projects unfinished

Even the Mona Lisa in incomplete (she has no eyebrows!)

It was said that he grew bored and stopped and started another painting

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Nature

Da Vinci was fascinated by natureMany of his painting either contained

plants or animals

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