Andrea del Verrocchio

his father had many wives, Leonardo was still the only child. By the time he was fourteen, Leo became an apprentice for Andrea del Verrocchio; a famous artist in Italy. This is where young Leonardo learned the art of painting. He had soon got to the point where he painted one of the angels in Verrocchio’s religious commissions. By 1472, he completed his training with Verrocchio and went to look for work in Florence. (Plumb 223-225) Leonardo worked in Florence for about 8 to 9 years. During…

What makes Mona Lisa smile famous and what are the hidden secret behind its smile? Leonardo Da Vinci was born in April 15 1452, in Vinci, Italy .greatest of the “renaissance man” possessor of the curious mind and keep intellect, he studied law of science nature, which greatly informed his work as a painter, sculptor, architect, inventor, military engineer and draftsman. His ideas and body of work—which includes "Virgin of the Rocks," "The Last Supper" and "Mona Lisa"—have influenced countless…

a Florentine notary named Ser Piero. Leonardo had twelve half-siblings that were much younger than he was. Leonardo’s father remarried about 3 other times after being with his mother. At age of 14, Leonardo began an apprenticeship with artist Andrea del…

The statue of David has inspired many renowned artists throughout art history maintaining the continuity of the story of David and Goliath. Four of such artists are Donatello, Verrocchio, and Michelangelo during the Renaissance period; and Bernini in the Baroque period. Each transformation of David is rendered in a distinctly different sculpture of the same subject reflecting each of the artist’s own style and time period in comparison. The inspiration of the subject matter is David; the…

paintings, one of them being the “Mona Lisa.” Leonardo Da Vinci was born on April 15, 1452. He was the illegitimate child of a Florentine notary and was raised by his father until he was fifteen, when he had his first apprenticeship working Andrea del Verrocchio. Leonardo grew up in a village near Florence, Italy. Most of his life was spent in a small town, coincidentally named Vinci. In 1502 and 1503 Leonardo was a military engineer for Cesare Borgia in Florence where he was able to do weapons…

mathematic, literature, a small about of Latin and a small amount of science none of the teachers paid attention to many of his inventions or art but his father was very impressed by them and sent him to an apprenticeship in Florence with Andrea del Verrocchio. In this workshop/ apprenticeship he learnt how birds worked by doing numerous sketches and then they moved on to ideas of helicopters and other flighting machines. He kept drawing and did some traveling through Europe and he had 13000…

The Renaissance or the rebirth of European civilization was the period following the Middle Ages. When Greece and Rome classical world declined and a surge of interest in new ways of perceiving the world, revolutionized techniques in art, literature, politics, science among others innovations created the foundation for our modern advancements. According to history-world.org, the Renaissance also witnessed the discovery and exploration of new continents, the substitution of the Copernican for…

however he learned, like kids today he was taught. Da Vinci received no formal education beyond basic reading, writing and math, however he did what he could outside of school. Da Vinci began a lengthy apprenticeship with the noted artist Andrea Del Verrocchio in Florence. He learned a wide breadth of technical skills including metalworking, leather arts, carpentry, drawing, painting and sculpting. Da Vinci’s talents were recognizable from the start of his childhood as well as his…

Leonardo da Vinci created magnificent artwork that filled the world around him with life, making him one of the greatest Renaissance painters in history. He came to life April 15, 1452, in Tuscany, Italy. His father was Piero da Vinci, and his mother Caterina. They were not married, and Piero had affairs with multiple other women throughout his lifetime. Because of this, Leonardo had nearly fifteen half-siblings and four stepmothers. Every time he saw his mother, she was holding another baby.…

The Renaissance was a period of time after the Middle Ages in Europe recognized as the years between the 13th and 16th centuries. It is established as the bloom of philosophy, literature, and most importantly art. The renaissance was a movement that originated in Italy in the late 13th and early 14th centuries known and as the “Early Renaissance.” During this time Italian scholars and artists were seen as rebirthing the ethics and success of classical Roman culture; while others sought to…