Leonardo+Da+Vinci

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= The Past  =

Leonardo was illiterate, meaning that he couldn't read or write. His father was Ser Piero who was a notary. His mother was a peasant named Caterina. He was born on April 15, 1452 in Vinci, Italy. [|Map of where Da Vinci was born] Leonardo's parents eventually split up and he stayed with his father. His mother moved and remarried. In the end Leonardo had 17 half brothers and sisters between his parents. When Da Vinci was 15 his father had him be an apprentice for the art workshop of Andrea del Verrochio. Da Vinci's big break was when Verrochio let him paint the two angels in the bottom left hand corner of this painting.

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= = From then on Da Vinci was famous for his paintings. In 1519 Leonardo Dies in the chateau of Cloux. Some of the main paintings that he was known for are.

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The Mona Lisa
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Da Vinci died on May 2, 1519 = Influences on the Future =

Da Vinci was one of the first scientists to study the human body and make sketches. A lot of the knowledge that he wrote down and drew helped future scientists/doctors develop ideas about the body. He was the first person to come up with the idea of people flying.

^^^ Da Vinci's airplane ^^^ Da Vinci also invented the scissors. His notebooks are filled with sketches of flying machines, army tanks, scuba gear and other fantastic devices centuries ahead of their time. He even designed a robot: an armored knight that could sit up, wave its arms, and move its head while opening and closing an anatomically correct jaw. Da Vinci was one of the first people to study the phases of the moon.

The Da Vinci Code
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