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Leonardo da Vinci
1452-1519

Leonardo da Vinci's Background Life

Leonardo's early life was full of adventure and great times. His mother (Caterina) and father (Ser Piero) where very different people; his mother was a peasant girl and his father was in first class. Leonardo was born on April 15th, 1452, between 10 o'clock and 11 o'clock .His father was already in an arranged marriage with a girl named Albiera. Leonardo's life as a young child, he lived with his grandfather (Antonio). Throughout his life Leonardo was a country boy. His uncle Francesco took him traveling through the countryside of Tuscany, he got to look at the fields and crops. He went to school when he stayed with his uncle. He learned how to read and to write, he went to a school called abaco. Then he moved to Florence to live with his father and his new stepmother (Francesca) who then got married to Leonardo's father. Leonardo's education stopped in Florence.

His art life stared in Florence. When he got there his father realized that his son had an amazing talent; art. His father's friend, (Andrea del Verrocchio) was an artist and was Leonardo's inspiration for some different art. He worked in Andrea's workshop with some other artist like him. Andrea taught him an original Italian art called, chiaroscuro.

Leonardo was also a very good at mathematics and science. He also designed many artistic inventions in his notebook that has helped us invent and add onto his works. He has drawn a canon, studied nature and the human body, sculpted many things, and he studied math plus many more great achievements. he has done some other great things in his past life that has helped us today.

Leonardo's Art

A List of Leonardo's Achievements in Math and Science

·         Mona Lisa

·         Last Supper

·         Madonna of the Yarnwinder

·         Ginevra

·         Baptism of Christ

·         Leda and the Sun

·         Clay horse (Sforza Horse)

·         Lady with an Ermine

·         Madonna Litta

·         Self portrait

Adoration of the Magi

Portrait of a Musician

·         Sketches Robotics

·         Draw Cannon

·         Designed Machine Gun

·         Drawing of Apparatus for Scaling Wall

·         Glider

·         Studies of Flowing Water

·         Bicycle

·         Parachute

·         Studied Nature

·         Helicopter

·         Drawing of the Skull

·         Flexible Wing

·         Human Power for a Plane

·         Double Crane

·         Giant Crossbow

Leonardo's Contributes to the Renaissance

Leonardo's Influences on Us Today

Leonardo's work contributed to the Renaissance period by his inventions, creations and art works. Although, Leonardo, did have some troubling times with his free thoughts, when he lived in Florence, Italy; he overcame it and worked through it. He contributed to math, science, and astronomy. He made people interested in his studies and worked with others who were influenced by him. Leonardo also influenced people to use different artworks like charcoal or using a unique kind of paint or ink, such as red chalk. This is how Leonardo contributed to the Renaissance.

Leonardo has influenced us today by taking his inventions and repairing them with new parts and then manufacturing them. If we didn't find Leonardo's great works we would have maybe not have cannons or helicopters. We would also not be influenced by his paintings and the enjoyment and education of them. He also studied the body, nature, math, and he had amazing thoughts of his creations. He worked with others to make new advances in counting numbers. He made our world today a more achieved place in art, astronomy, technology, science, and math.