Leonardo Da VinciLeonardo Da Vinci 1452-1519 1452-1519
Project by: Alex Gershanov, Steven Kraplin, Erik
Samuelsson, and Laura
"Leonardo da Vinci was like a man who awoke too early in the darkness, while the others were all still asleep"
His Early Years Born in Vinci, Tuscany, Italy (15th Apr.
1452) Born to Caterina (a peasant girl) and Ser
Piero da Vinci His father had 17 other children.
You can have no dominion greater or less than that over yourself. -Leonardo da Vinci
His early life cont.
While growing up Leonardo was fascinated by animals and insects. Throughout his life, he never stopped studying nature, anatomy, the movement of water, and the mechanics of flight.
Learning never exhausts the mind. -Leonardo da Vinci
His early life cont. Leonardo live in Tuscany until the age
of 14. He then moved to Florence where he
began an apprenticeship in the workshop of Andrea del Verrochio.It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment
rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.-Leonardo da Vinci
His early life cont.
His skill vastly surpassed those of his master and Verrocchio vowed never to paint again.
Da Vincis earliest known works are paintings of parts of his masters paintings.
In June 1472 he was listed in the red book of painters from Florence, ended his Where the spirit does not work with
the hand, there is no art. -Leonardo da Vinci
His careers
Besides painting and drawing, he also sang, danced, and played the lute.
His strength was legendary; he was said to be able to bend horseshoes with his bare hands.
I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.-Leonardo da Vinci
Fathers death
In 1504, his father Ser Piero died. Leonardo returned home only to find
that his half-siblings had cheated him out of his inheritance.
Within a few years, however, a favorite uncle passed away and left
Time stays long enough for anyone who will use it.-Leonardo da Vinci
Rome
Now with money with which to support himself, Leonardo went to Rome in 1513 to work for the Pope.
He stayed there until 1516, but it wasnt his favorite place to work; the Pope forbade the dissection of cadavers, which put a hasty damper
I have offended God and mankind because my work didn't reach the quality it should have. -Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo the Genius
Besides being a painter, Leonardo da Vinci was an inventor, a geologist, a botanist, and an astronomer.
He was also extremely Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.-Leonardo da Vinci
Fossils
Instead of the human anatomy, at that time Leonardo studied fossils.
We know now that they were Cenozoic mollusks.
The generally accepted theory of the time for why marine fossils were on land was that the biblical Great Flood had
Nature never breaks her own laws. -Leonardo da Vinci
Fossils cont. Leonardo was not satisfied
with this theory. Leonardo was a man of science. How, he said, could water
cover the entire planet for forty days and forty nights, Our life is made by the death of
others.-Leonardo da Vinci
Fossils cont. The conclusion he drew was virtually the
same was what we know to be true today: that the earth has reshaped itself, and areas that are now mountains and deserts were once underwater.
To draw this conclusion, he has to realize what most scientists of his time had not:
Although nature commences with reason and ends in experience it is necessary for us to do the opposite, that is to commence with experience and from this to proceed to investigate the reason. -Leonardo da Vinci
Superposition
He figured out what we call the theory of superposition.
This theory states that layers of sediments are arranged chronologically. The oldest sediments are at the bottom, the more recent ones are at the top.
Leonardo also figured about that
Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes! -Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo the Painter
Leonardo was a phenomenal artist, one of the best in the Renaissance period.
His works are scattered around every famous museum in the world.
Art is never finished, only abandoned.-Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo the Painter One of the most popular media of his
time was fresco. Leonardo didnt like fresco because
the nature of the medium requires the artist to work quickly; he preferred to take his time.
But fresco was in demand, so
There are three classes of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see.-Leonardo da Vinci
His WorksHis Works
Th e Mon a Lis aLeonardo Da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa on a piece of pine wood in the year 1506. Never in the history of Art has one painting been so admired. This is due largely to the enigmatic smile, which has caused much speculation. Some people have even suggested that it is a self-portrait.
-anonymous
Th e Mon a Lisa
The most famous painting by da Vinci is the Mona Lisa. This small, initially unremarkable painting is arguably the most recognizable painting of all time.
Begun around 1503, it is a portrait of Lisa del Giocondo, the young wife of a Florentine merchant.
Besides the fact that she has no eyebrows, Lisas most extraordinary feature is her enigmatic smile.
Actually, she isnt really
Th e Last Su ppe r
Considered by many to be Leonardos greatest painting, The Last Supper employs all of his anatomical work in the expressions of Christ and the Apostles. His skills didnt work to his advantage and even if the painting is so famous it has faded to a great degree.
He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards ship without a rudder and compass and never knows where he may cast. -Leonardo da Vinci
Virg in of th e Ro cks
One of his less famous but extremely beautiful paintings.
People react to fear, not love - they don't teach that in Sunday School, but it's true.-Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo the Inventor
Over the course of his life, he drew and blueprinted more than 130 inventions.
There included an armored car, a multi-barreled missile launcher, a life preserver, a parachute, different mechanical
For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return.-Leonardo Da Vinci
Leonardo the Inventor cont.
Leonardo always wanted to harness the power of water, being the only unlimited power source.
He built few of his inventions and many of them were just ideas and dreams.
Many of them used the idea of water as a power source. Water is the driving force of all
nature.-Leonardo da Vinci
The Armored Car Leonardo probably drew this model of a war
machine for a presentation to Ludovico il Moro, The Moor, Duke of Milan, around 1485. The drawing in the original manuscript therefore appears neat and well laid-out.
The armored car, like other inventions such as the scythed chariot, has a classical pedigree. Like other Renaissance artist-engineers, Leonardo looked to the classical world for inspiration. He would then go
The truth of things is the chief nutriment of superior intellects.-Leonardo da Vinci
The Armored Car cont.
Leonardos armored car contained many light cannons. These were arranged on a circular platform which was based on four wheels and provided a firing range of 360 degrees. The whole platform was surrounded by a conical cover with a sighting turret at the top. At the centre of the car, two cranks were used to set the machine in motion.
He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind.-Leonardo da Vinci
The Armored Car cont. The project is technically unrealizable and the
drawing also contains a mechanical error which prevents the car from functioning the cams as drawn would turn the wheels in opposing directions. But this is a demonstration piece, not a working drawing for technicians.
Many consider this armored car as the precursor to the modern tank.
I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death. -Leonardo da Vinci
The end of his days
In 1517, da Vinci was invited to France to become the Premier Painter, Engineer, and Architect to King Francis I.
Although by this time he was getting on in years and suffering a paralysis of his right hand, Leonardo was still able to draw and teach.
While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die. -Leonardo da Vinci
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