The Universal ManThe Universal Man

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Leonardo’s Family TreeLeonardo’s Family Tree

Ser Guido di Ser Michele da Vinci

Giovanni Piero

Antonio Lucia

ViolanteFrancescoPiero

Lucrezia

Margherita

Francesca

Albiera

GiulanAntonio

2 Daughters 7 Sons Catarina

Leonardo’s Steps In LifeLeonardo’s Steps In Life

Born on April 15, 1452 Lived with Dad Piero Lived in Anchiano and

Vinci for 14 years

Anchiano/Vinci

Apprentice of Andrea del Verrocchio

Paints angel in “The Baptism of Christ”

Accused of homosexual affair 1478: Becomes independent

master Lived in Florence

1466-1481

Leonardo’s Steps In LifeLeonardo’s Steps In Life

Florence

Leonardo’s Steps In LifeLeonardo’s Steps In Life

Worked for duke of Milan, Ludovico Sforza

Supposed to work on war machines

Milan

Had apprentices in MilanLived in Milan 1482-1500

Leonardo’s Steps In LifeLeonardo’s Steps In Life

Lived in Florence, Milan, Venice,Rome, and Amboise

Consultant for architectural matters in Venice

In Rome under patronage of Pope Leo X

Died on May 2, 1519 in Amboise

1500-1516

Leonardo The ArtistLeonardo The Artist

Most famous work Mysterious smile and

woman Lots of attempts to steal

or even destroy it Today in Louvre, Paris

Mona Lisa (1502-1506)

Leonardo The ArtistLeonardo The Artist

Shows Christ surrounded by the apostles

Experimental use of oil on dry plaster That’s why deterioration went so fast Many attempts to restore it

The Last Supper (1495-1498)

Leonardo The ArtistLeonardo The Artist

Only known authentic self portrait

Today in Biblioteca Reale/Turin

Was 58 when he started

Self Portrait (1510-1513)

Leonardo The InventorLeonardo The Inventor

Designs of: Multi barrel gun Tank Crossbow machine Submarine

Military Machines

Leonardo The InventorLeonardo The Inventor

Designs of: Automobile Helicopter Flying machines

Transportation

Leonardo The InventorLeonardo The Inventor

Robot Water canals Water pumps Clocks Bridges

Also Designed

Leonardo The ScientistLeonardo The Scientist

Studies of heart, arms, legs, muscles, and an unborn baby

Most famous is “Vitruvian Man” Picture on the back of the

Italian 1-Euro coin

Anatomy

Leonardo The ScientistLeonardo The Scientist

Loved animals Became vegetarian

Horses were his favorites Lots of horse drawings Trained horses on

his own

Animals

Leonardo The ScientistLeonardo The ScientistOther Areas Of StudiesBotany Astronomy

Mathematics Geology

His Other OccupationsHis Other Occupations

Was consultant for architectural matters in Venice

Planned the “ideal city” Mostly plans for cathedrals

Architecture

His Other OccupationsHis Other Occupations

Plans of Imola, Arezza, and Arno

Very accurate plans In traditional style

Cartography

His Other OccupationsHis Other Occupations

Played number of musical instruments

Drew plans for many new instruments

Various flutes Improved instruments

Music

The Stream A mountain stream, forgetting that it owed its water to the rain and little

brooks, decided to swell until it became as big as a river.

So it began to dash itself violently against its banks, noisily tearing away soil and

stones in order to widen its bed.But when the rains stopped, the waters

shrank. The poor stream found itself caught among the stones it had torn from its banks, and was forced with much labor

to hew itself a new path down into the valley.

Moral: He who wants too much gets nothing.

His Other OccupationsHis Other Occupations

Wrote many short fables Some are still told in Tuscany

Fables

“Da Vinci.” CGFA. 1996. http://cgfa.sunsite.dk/vinci/ (04/05/2004)

“Das Leben Leonardo da Vincis.” Enzinger, Christoph. http://leo.skyar.com/biograph.htm (04/05/2004)

“Leonardo Da Vinci.” Kausal, Martin. 2003. http://www.kausal.com/leonardo/ (04/05/2004)

“Leonardo Da Vinci.” Kren, Emil + Marx, Daniel. Web Gallery Of Art. http://www.kfki.hu/~arthp/html/l/leonardo/ (04/05/2004)

“Leonardo Da Vinci.” Malyon, John. Artcyclopedia. 2003. http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/leonardo_da_vinci.html (04/05/2004)

BibliographyBibliography

“Leonardo Da Vinci Museum.” Pickrell, Jim. http://www.leonardo.net/gallery.html#start (04/05/2004)

“Leonardo Da Vinci, Scientist, Inventor, Artist.” http://www.mos.org/leonardo/ (04/05/2004)

“Leonardo, The Man, His Machines.” Maxine, Annabell. 2000. http://www.lairweb.org.nz/leonardo/index.html#stages (04/05/2004)