Leonard Da Vinci Early Childhood Leonardo was born April 15, 1452 in Tuscany, Italy. His parents never married, and not much is known about his mother.

Leonard Da Vinci

Early Childhood

Leonardo was born April 15, 1452 in Tuscany, Italy.His parents never married, and not much is known about his mother.

His father, Ser Piero, was a Public Notary. He had two brothers, Francesco and Violente.

At age 5, Leonardo went to live with his grandfather.

Contributions to Society

Renaissance painter, sculptor, musician, architect, engineer, mathematician, anatomist, scientist, philosopher

The Artist

Da Vinci’s most famous artistic works include The Mona Lisa, The Last Supper, and The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne.

The Engineer Well-known for inventing the bicycle, parachute and

helicopter, Da Vinci also invented the swing bridge, a dredger, rotating cranes, water turbines, a compass, ball bearings, armored cars, submarines, double-hull boats, underwater breathing devices, life buoys, swim fins and a canal system which is still in use today. These are only a few amazing inventions.

What Most People Don’t Know About DaVinci

• He invented the scissors.• He invented contact lenses.• He created the first textbook of

human anatomy.• He had a great singing voice.

“ Leonardo DaVinci was like a man who awoke too early in the darkness while the others were all still asleep”

– Sigmund Freud

Da Vinci’s Death

After being paralyzed on his right side for two years, in spring of 1519, DaVinci became quite ill for several weeks. He died on May 2 at the age of 67, and is now buried at the Chapel of St. Hubert.

Extras

Did you know that DaVinci wrote all of his notes in mirror writing? Instead of writing left to right, he wrote backwards. There are many theories about why he wrote this way, but no one knows for sure. Why do you think he did it? To try mirror writing for yourself, click the mirror.

If you would like to try your luck at figuring out some of DaVinci’s machines, click the robot.

Sourc

es • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuscany

• www.artchive.com

• www.google.com

• www.krausal.com/leonardo

• www.macchinedileonardo.com

• www. mos.org/sln/Leonardo

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Created by

Ellen Weber,Speech/Language Pathologist

6/14/07

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