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=4th Period - Leonardo da Vinci=

By:Matt Oldham



Date of birth:April 15,1452

Location of birth:Village of Vinci,near Florence in central Italy

Parents’ names:Ser Piero Da Vinci (father) Caterina (mother)

Family background:Father was a legal specialist, mother was a peasant.Leonardo became an apprentice in the late 1460's for Andrea Del verrochio.Caterina was never married to Ser Piero.Leonardo was a illegitamate son of Ser Piero and Caterina.

Date of death:May 2,1519

Location of death/grave:church of Saint Valentine at Amboise,France

Education:He was home schooled where he studied reading, writing, and arithimetic.He was an apprentice for Andrea Del Verrochio in the late 1460's for several years.Leonardo did not study Latin as much ,he also didn't apply himself into higher education like math and geometry until he was 30 years old



Career:Apprentice for Andrea Del Verrochio in the late 1460's for several years .He also became court artist for Ludovica Sforza, the duke of milan .Leonardo also served the the duke, and had these duties ,he was a military engineer.Leonardo also built fortresses and artillery.When he was a sculptor he created a monument of the duke's father mounted on a horse ,he also got hired by the Florentine government to decorate the walls

Legacy:Leonardo Da Vinci was a famous painter ,many of his paintings are still famous today .Some of his paintings are the Mona Lisa, the last supper, Madonna of the rocks and the Baptism of Christ.He also created models of airplanes.

Additional/Interesting information: Leonardo was interested in Mechanics.leonardo planned to write books on many subjects such as the flight of birds and human movement, but never completed any of them.Leonardo studied anatomy, astronomy, botany, geology,geometry, and optics.He wrote in mirror writing which is writing right to left backwards.He painted the mona lisa in 1503,he painted the last supper in 1498.He also designed bridges, guns, costumes, and scientific inventions.While in france he became paralyed.Several of his painting were not finished.



Sources Cited (Leonardo da Vinci – 4th Period)

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