LEONARDO DE VINCI

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LEONARDO DE VINCI

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3/10/99

Early life in Florence

Leonardo was born on April 15, 1952, in the small Tuscan town of Vinci, near Florence. He was the son of a wealthy Florentine notary and a peasant woman. In the mid-1460's the family settled in Florence, where Leonardo was given the best education that Florence, the intellectual and artistic center of Italy, could offer. He rapidly advanced socially and intellectually. He was handsome, persuasive in conversation, and a fine musician and improviser. In 1466 he was apprenticed as a studio boy to Andrea Del Verrocchio, the leading Florentine painter and sculptor of his day. In Verrocchio's workshop Leonardo was introduced to many activities, from painting of altarpieces and panel pictures to the creation of large sculptural projects in marble and bronze. In 1472 he was entered in the painter's guild of Florence, and in 1476 he was still mentioned as Verrocchio's assistant. Leonardo de Vinci achieved the renaissance goal of doing many things and being excellent in all. He was curious about everything. He continually observed the world around him and recorded it in dozens of notebooks. Because he was fascinated by flight he was always observing birds in flight. He showed how he thought humans might use wings to fly. To understand the anatomy of the human body, he dissected corpses. He then used his knowledge to paint human figures more realistic. So much of Leonardo's work has been lost only 15 of his paintings survived. Including such masterpieces as The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa.

Search for Fame

In 1478 Leonardo became an independent master. His first commission, to paint an altarpiece for the chapel of the Palazzo Vecchio, the Florentine town hall, was never executed. His first large painting, The Adoration of the Magi was ordered in 1481 for the monastery of San Donato a Scopeto, in Florence, but was left unfinished. Other works ascribed to ...

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