![]() ![]() Leonardo's earliest known work is a drawing in pen and ink of the Arno River valley. Even after his father set him up in his own workshop, Leonardo still enjoyed working at Verrocchio's workshop. In about 1472, when he was twenty, Leonardo joined the Guild of St Luke, an organization of artists and doctors of medicine. It is believed that he used Leonardo as his model. Verrocchio made a bronze statue of David at this time. When the painting is examined closely, it is possible to see that many other parts of the picture, such as the rocks, the brown stream and the background may have been painted by Leonardo as well. Vasari said that Leonardo painted the angel so beautifully that Verrocchio put down his brush and never painted again. He gave Leonardo the job of painting one of the angels holding Jesus' robe on the left side of the picture. Verrocchio was painting a large picture of the Baptism of Christ. Giorgio Vasari tells an interesting story from this time in Leonardo's life. These artists were all a few years older than Leonardo. Some of them later became famous: Ghirlandaio, Perugino and Botticelli. Many other painters trained there, or often visited. Leonardo was not the only young painter at Verrocchio's workshop. Cite error: A tag is missing the closing (see the help page). Messer Piero took his son's painting to Florence and sold it to an art dealer. He says that Leonardo painted a round wooden shield with a picture of snakes spitting fire. He tells many interesting stories about how clever Leonardo was. Giorgio Vasari wrote about Leonardo's life shortly after his death. His first major painting was the Adoration of the Magi, and his last major painting was The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne, painted when he was about 66 or 67 years old. Leonardo started painting major works when he was about 29 or 30 years old. He was terrified that some great monster might be hiding there, but he was also very excited and wanted to find out what was inside. Leonardo's other important memory was when he found a cave while exploring in the mountains. He remembered that when he was lying outside in his cradle, a large bird flew from the sky and hovered over him. When Leonardo grew up, he only wrote down two memories from his childhood. After that, he lived in Vinci with his father, his father's new wife Albiera, his grandparents, and uncle Francesco. Leonardo spent his first five years living in a farmhouse with his mother. Leonardo's full name was "Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci", which means "Leonardo, the son of Messer (Mister) Piero da Vinci". His father later took custody of Leonardo, and his mother remarried and had 5 more children. She may have been a slave from the Middle East, or from China. His father was a Notary, Ser Piero da Vinci. His grandfather, Antonio da Vinci, wrote down the details of the birth. Leonardo was born on the 15th of April, 1452, in the Tuscan hill town of Vinci, in the valley of the Arno River. Life Childhood, 1452–1466 Leonardo's earliest known drawing, the Arno Valley, 1473. ![]() A simple video presentation of Leonardo da Vinci. Some of his ideas were a helicopter, a tank, a calculator, a parachute, a robot, a telephone, evolution, and solar power. He kept notebooks with notes and drawings of these ideas. Leonardo often thought of new inventions. Two of his paintings are among the best-known in the world: the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper. In his last years, he lived in a expensive home given to him by the King of France. He spent most of his life working for rich Italian noblemen. He was trained to be an artist by the sculptor and painter Verrocchio. Leonardo was born in Vinci, a small town near Florence, Italy. The art historian Helen Gardner said that no one has ever been quite like him because he was interested in so many things that he seems to have had the mind of a giant, and yet what he was like as a person is still a mystery. ![]() He was very good at studying, as well as designing and making all sorts of inventions. Leonardo wanted to know everything about nature, and wanted to know how everything worked. He was also a scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, sculptor, architect, botanist, musician, and writer. Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (15 April 1452 – ) was an Italian polymath who lived during the Renaissance.
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