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Leonardo Da vinci (1452-1519)

Leonardo Da vinci (1452-1519). By Alice Xu. Biography. Lionardo di ser Piedro da Vinci Leonardo, son of Piedro from Vinci) Birth date & year = April 15 th , 1452 Birth place = Vinci, Italy Raised by his stepmothers Child of a landlord & peasant girl Divorced & moved

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Leonardo Da vinci (1452-1519)

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  1. Leonardo Da vinci (1452-1519) By Alice Xu

  2. Biography • Lionardo di serPiedro da Vinci Leonardo, son of Piedro from Vinci) • Birth date & year = April 15th, 1452 • Birth place = Vinci, Italy • Raised by his stepmothers • Child of a landlord & peasant girl • Divorced & moved • Raised up by his father & his stepmothers

  3. Self portrait

  4. Renaissance man • Absolute genius • Painter, architect, musician, scientist, inventor, mathematician, anatomist, etc. • Most well known as an artist • Was not considered as others since he did not have any education

  5. Baptism of Christ

  6. Andrea del verrochio (1470-1475) • Renowned workshop in Florence ( age 15) • Helped his teacher to paint “Baptism of Christ” – the angel in the painting • Shocked his master Verrochio b/c he was much better than his master • 1477 at age 20, he started his own workshop = qualified as an artist

  7. Mona Lisa

  8. La Gioconda(1503-1519) • Mona means “noble” • Wife of Francesco del Giocondo = landowner • He painted on and off • Technique = oil painting on a poplar wood

  9. The Last Supper

  10. The last supper (1482-1498) • Mural painting for the Duke of Milan • Jesus in the middle announced that his 12 disciples would betray him • Reactions of disciples

  11. Vitruvian man

  12. Fact (1492- • Medium = pen & ink on paper, circle & square • Artists were interested in topographical anatomy • Proportion of man • Marcus Vitruvian Pollio = 1st century architect • Architecture should imitate nature in

  13. Understanding human bodies • Influenced by his teacher Verrocchio • Was given permission to dissect corpses by a hospital in Italy • Skeleton structure  organs • Created theories of how the human body functions • Impact on scientific world

  14. Study of horses

  15. Study of human bodies

  16. Mediums • Oil paints • Pencil • Fresco = watercolor on a wet plaster wall • Sculpted marble

  17. inventions • Glider • Helicopter • Parachute • Maps • Automobile car

  18. Glider

  19. Flying machine

  20. tank

  21. Quotes • [Understanding] The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding. • [Intelligence] Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not his intelligence; he is just using his memory. • [Anatomy] The human foot is a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art. • [Focus] He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind.

  22. Bibliography • IMAGES • http://www.leonardo-da-vinci-biography.com/images/vitruvian-man-large.jpg • http://www.kingsgalleries.com/leonardo-da-vinci/ • http://www.drawingsofleonardo.org/

  23. http://www.mos.org/leonardo/bio.html • http://library.thinkquest.org/J001159/famart.htm • http://www.leonardo-da-vinci-biography.com/vitruvian-man.html • http://voices.yahoo.com/leonardo-da-vinci-study-human-anatomy-151429.html

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