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Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci. Nick Tarpley Period 2. Leonardo da Vinci was born on April 15, 1452. Born in Vinci, Florence Illigitimate son of Ser Piero and peasant girl Catarina His nationality was Italian. What he did. Painter Architect Scientist Engineer Anatomist

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Leonardo da Vinci

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  1. Leonardo da Vinci Nick Tarpley Period 2

  2. Leonardo da Vinci was born on April 15, 1452. • Born in Vinci,Florence • Illigitimate son of Ser Piero and peasant girl Catarina • His nationality was Italian

  3. What he did • Painter • Architect • Scientist • Engineer • Anatomist • Cartographer • Writer • Sculptor • Musician • Mathematician • Inventor • Geologist • Botanist

  4. The Mona Lisa “Golden Rectangles” His most famous painting is full of Golden Rectangles. In the spirit of mathematics in art, it is also worth mentioning that the overall shape of her, is a triangle with her arms as the base and her head as the tip.

  5. "The Vetruavin Man" (The Man in Action) His famous study of the proportions of man, is also full of Golden Rectangles.

  6. Golden Rectangles • It is believed that Leonardo, as a mathematician, purposefully made this painting line up with Golden Rectangles in this fashion in order to further the incorporation of mathematics into art.

  7. He contribute to PSSA using geometry. • Most significant contribution to geometry involves his discovery of the Divine Proportion or the Golden Ratio. • I think he was a good mathematician

  8. References • http://library.thinkquest.org/27890/applications6.html • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_da_Vinci

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