Leonardo da Vinci

This is thought to be a self-portrait by da Vinci.

Leonardo was an artist as well as a scientist and an

inventor.

He studied the world

around him.

He recorded his studies in

carefully illustrated

notebooks.

By studying his notebooks, we can see how

Leonardo used drawing as a

tool to develop his ideas.

500 years ago, Leonardo invented machines that only modern technology has been able

to realize, such as this tank.

During the Renaissance,

artists began to study the

body’s internal structure.

Leonardo used careful

controlled lines to capture the

structure of the human form.

Leonardo’s drawings from 500 years ago are the basis of

today’s scientific

illustrations.

Head of a Warrior – 1504From one his

many lost masterpieces.

Leonardo’s studies offer a glimpse of the

way he developed his

ideas on paper.

Here we see the final

masterpiece, The Virgin and Child with St. Anne.

Leonardo's horse is a sculpture never

completed by Leonardo da Vinci, which he managed to complete only a

model in clay.

Since the 1970s, two reproductions have been created. This one is in Italy.

This one is in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Portrait of Lisa Gherardini, wife of Francesco del Giocondo, Mona Lisa – 1503-1519