Andrea del Verrocchio

connection with paintings started in small age of 15 years. As living with his father he had an excess to scholarly texts and paintings owned by his father’s family. Therefore seeing this, his father apprenticed him to the renowned workshop of Andrea Del Verrocchio in Florence filled with new energy…

Leonardo Da Vinci was born April 15, 1452, in Anchiano, Italy. When Leonardo was a child, he received little formal education but his artistic talents were evident from an early age. Around 14, da Vinci began an apprenticeship with the artist Andrea del Verrocchio in Florence. He learned a lot of different technical skills including metalworking, leather arts, carpentry, drawing, painting and sculpting. At 20, da Vinci qualified for membership as a master artist in Florence’s Guild of Saint…

father, grandparents and uncle where he could have a better life. Despite moving around, Leonardo showed unusual and extraordinary gifts at an early age. At the age of 14 he was sent to study in the studio of a sculptor and painter named Andrea del Verrocchio as an apprentice. This was a location in the middle of Florence, one of the centers…

There are many inventors in golden ages that they made great achievements Such as: 1: Aljazeri 2: Abas Ibn Frnas 3: Mariam Alesterlabi 4: Ibn Alhitham 5: Abu Alkasm Alzahrawi *Aljazeri: He was an Arab Muslim polymath, mathematician, inventor, engineer, and artist. He had born in 1136. He invent engineer tools, also he converted the circular movement to the straight movement device. He invents the machine that tells the time. We until now still use his invention in our industry, because it…

Leonardo da Vinci created masterpieces of art and sculpture. Equally remarkable, his aggregate achievements in engineering, mathematics, anatomy, geology, physics, music, military technology, aeronautics, and a wide range of other fields, not only stood without peer in his own time, but were strikingly prescient for the distant future. He recorded his forward-looking ideas in thousands of notebook pages, known as codices. He produced one codex entirely on flight in 1505-1506, the Codex on the…

Renaissance period. His parents had him out-of-wedlock. He was raised primarily by his father and his stepmother. Though he obtained no formal education, he would eventually go on to apprentice under the famous painter Verrocchio. During the six years Leonardo would spend with Verrocchio, he would obtain some new skills such as metal work, carpentry, leather work, drawing and sculpting. In 1472, at the tender age of 20, he would receive a membership into the painter’s guild in Florence. Ten…

What do Leonardo Da Vinci, Bill Clinton, and I all have in common? Active participation in procrastination—a practice frowned upon in today’s society, but not even Noah of the Ark could have prepared for the imposing amount of water on my already heavily-saturated carpets. You would think that a mini ocean within one's bedroom would lead to a rotten seed. On the contrary, delaying the much-needed waterproofing of our house gave root to and was the direct catalyst for the independent adult I am…

One of the most influential and well known people in the history of humanity was a man who combined invention, art, nature, and science together in a way that would revolutionize how life and creation were perceived by everyone. Leonardo Da Vinci was responsible for these contemporary contributions that changed art and science for ever. Hundreds of revolutions had occurred before his time, however the way he perceived the world allowed him to experience life in a very different way from every…

The discovery of King Tut's tomb, was the greatest archaeological find of the twentieth century, due to its relative completeness and lack of looting. In Carter gives a very detailed account of how the he and his team went about finding, preserving, and cataloging all of the wonderful treasures found in the tomb. He begins with describing the initial process of preserving any fragile pieces first, and then photographing everything for later reference. Carter then goes on to describe how they…

Leonardo Da Vinci was an interesting man he had an average life span from April 15th 1452 to May 2nd 1519. He was the first known person to create plans for machine guns, tanks and a helicopter. He was considered the first Renaissance man (basically good at all skills). He lived in Vinci and later in his life he moved from Florence and Milan (back and forth). At the age of 14 he began apprenticeship and learned skills like metal work, leather art, carpentry, painting and sculpting. At 20 he…