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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