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period filled with art, such as, architecture, painting, and sculpting. It is arguably so that the main men leading the high Renaissance craze were Leonardo Da Vinci and Michelangelo. Two rivals, two artists and two of the most important men in history. Both men had an enormous impact on the world as we know it. In fact Leonardo Da Vinci is also known as the classic Renaissance man, a man who has many trades, talents and skills. Both men can be considered a Renaissance man and constantly battled…

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…

growth. The education throughout the community grew out the roof. It grew with libraries and academies that helped allowed more research to be found. Leonardo da Vinci was the archetypal Renaissance; he represented the human values of periods in his artwork. Leonardo da Vinci was born on April 15, 1452 and died on May 2, 1519. He was born in Vinci that is found in Arno River’s lower valley. Although that’s where he was born his hometown was in the territory of the Republic of Florence. He lived…

Legendary Beard Fact: Leonardo Da Vinci is one of the few artists never to leave behind a self portrait, but in every image executed by other, his magnificent flowing beard takes center stage. Leonardo Da Vinci was the bastard son of wealthy and well-respected lawyer Messer Piero Fruosinio de Antonio da Vinci and a peasant woman named Caterina. The birth took place on April 14, 1542 inn the hill town of Vinci in the Republic of Florence. He received virtually no formal education, until he was…

Who would of thought that a country boy would become one of the greatest mind of history? Being born during the Italian Renaissance, a time of great revival and revived interest in cultural arts. Leonardo Da Vinci born on April 15,1452, had achieved many talents and accomplishments throughout his life. Being a mastermind at heart, Leonardo had many jobs: painter, sculptor, inventor, engineer, writer, architect, and a scientist. Leonardo was truly the most enlightened figure of his time.…

Leonardo da Vinci (April 15, 1452-May 2, 1519) was an Italian polymath, having been a scientist, engineer, mathematician, painter, sculptor, architect, writer, etc. Leonard da Vinci was born as the illegitimate son of Piero da Vinci and a peasant girl named Caterina in Vinci, Italy, just outside of Florence. Leonardo was educated by Verrocchio, a Florentine painter. He is often considered to be one of the greatest painters of all-time. Leonardo da Vinci has frequently been described as the model…

Leonardo Da Vinci was a painter, inventor, mathematician, and writer during the Renaissance. Some of his most popular works of art include the Mona Lisa, The Last Supper, Vitruvian Man, Lady with an Ermine, and Self-portrait. As his works of art grew in popularity so did his actual style of art. One example would be his famous painting, the Mona Lisa. The Mona Lisa is described as having a foggy background. This style of painting is called Sfumato. Leonardo painted a number of pieces using this…

about who might have influenced Leonardo da Vinci will make us question everything we thought we knew. The similarity between the Eve in Flemish painter Jan Van Eyck’s The Ghent Altarpiece (1432) and Mona Lisa (1503) is astounding. Is it possible that Italians were the ones who actually got inspired by the manifestations of the Northern Renaissance? The truth still remains a mystery. However, art historians are working hard to find a connection between Da Vinci and Eyck. The continuing exchange…

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 one else allowing him to create a revolution of his own. Da Vinci, a legendary inventor, artist, and teacher, revolutionized how humanity as a whole…

There are many famous artworks that hold historic significance and meaning in our society. One of the most interesting painting that intrigues me from the SmARThistory links from Khan Academy is The Last Supper by Leonardo Da Vinci made from 1495-1498. The painting was made using oil paint, fresco, and tempura in Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan. The artwork illustrates Jesus and his twelve apostles sitting at a table, where he tell reveals that one of them will betray him and his apostles’…