Andrea del Verrocchio

writing and math. He had a huge artistic ability so his father apprenticed him at the age 15 to the sculptor Andrea del Verrocchio. In his 20s Leonardo was painting many sculptures and the painters guild of Florence noticed his artwork and gave him a membership,…

Florence by the name of Andrea del Verrocchio. While working as an apprentice for del Verrocchio at his studio, da Vinci learned different techniques of painting and sculpture, as well as studying various types of mechanical art. At the age of 20, in 1472, da Vinci qualified to become a member of Florence’s guild of Saint Luke, but decided to continue working under del Verrocchio until he became an independent artist and opened up his own workshop in 1478. His working for del Verrocchio soon…

renaissance man. At the very young age of fourteen Leonardo Da Vinci began to apprentice with a man named Andrea Del Verrocchio. Andrea Del Verrocchio was a painter, sculptor, and goldsmith in Italy during the Italian Renaissance. Andrea Del Verrocchio is well known for his bronze sculpture known as Christ and Saint Thomas located at the Orsanmichele in Florence, Italy according to NGA -…

formal education beyond basic reading, writing and math, but his father appreciated his artistic talent . He had eleven other siblings.Later on, Leonardo worked in a workshop named Andrea Del Verrocchio as a teenager. He painted , made clay models and was a mechanic. One of his most famous paintings in Andrea Del Verrocchio is The Baptism Of Christ . Leonardo Da Vinci lived during a time of art, architecture, and scholarship (“Agosta:6”).European civilization had been reborn. Fourteenth Century…

he was artistic. He had interest in science, inventing, and painting. At the age of 14, he began an apprenticeship with artist Andrea del Verrocchio. He learned a great deal from Verrocchio about metalworking, carpentry, drawing, painting and sculpting. During his study with Verrocchio he worked on the painting “The Baptism of Christ” and his work impressed Verrocchio. At the age of 20, da Vinci became a master artist and started his own workshop. He was commissioned to paint…

Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo Da Vinci embodied the Renaissance Spirit by displaying humanism, having a passion for learning and had many different talents. The Renaissance was a period of rebirth.It brought back Roman and Greek ideas, and displayed more worldly thoughts. The birthplace of the renaissance was Florence, Italy which is actually where Leonardo Da Vinci lived for most of his life. He was the perfect renaissance man because he took part in so many different things. As you can see, he…

Welcome ladies and gentlemen! This is the Leonardo da Vinci art tour, but you already knew that since you had to pay and go through security and-- anyways, let’s move onto the tour! As we walk down to the Da Vinci area, I will first give basic background information about Leonardo da Vinci and then be taking questions. To get started, Leonardo is a Renaissance painter that painted some of the most famous works of art that the world ever saw. Not only that, but he was also an architect, engineer,…

started a new family. Da Vinci never had an advanced education, he was only tought basic math, reading, and writing. But at the age of 15 he was apprenticed by Andrea del Verrocchio due to his artist abilities. In 1472 he was offered a membership from the painters' guild of Florence, but he turned them down and stayed with del Verrocchio until 1478, when he became an…

Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo was born in Italy near the city of Florence, outside the city of Vinci. In the book “The life of Da Vinci,” the author states that, “His last name da Vinci means he’s from Vinci. Leonardo became the apprentice of a Andrea del Verrocchio, a leading painter in Florence”(smith 6). Leonardo da Vinci was many things. In “The complete works” it states that “He was a scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, painter, sculptor, architect, musician and writer.” (paragraph…

Leonardo da Vinci was motivated by a determination to express reality, in his life doing all that he could discover and create it. He had manuscript notebooks which contained notes, doodles, lists, and sketches of many accurate studies of the human body such as a fetus and a human skeleton. Da Vinci was an incredible Renaissance man who became a member of the Guild of Saint Luke, he was interested in carpentry, leather arts, metalworking, sculpting, and drawing with many diverse interests. He…