Transcript Leonardo da Vinci - St Flannan's College History

Leonardo da Vinci
1452 to 1519
1452 to 1519
What people say about da Vinci
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The most talented person ever to have lived.
One of the greatest minds in history.
The embodiment of the Renaissance man
A man before his time.
One of the most versatile geniuses in history.
His curiosity makes him a symbol of the
Renaissance spirit.
• His mind and personality seem to us
superhuman.
Da Vinci’s talents
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Painter
Musician
Sculptor
Architect
Musician
Engineer
Mathematician
inventor
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Anatomist
Geologist
Botanist
Writer
Early Life
• Born in Vinci, near Florence in 1452.
• Born out of wedlock to a lawyer father and a
peasant (illegitimate)
• His real is name is Lionardo di ser Piero da
Vinci (Leonardo son of Piero from Vinci)
• Very little is known of his early life.
• At the age of 14 he was apprenticed to a
Florentine painter Verrocchio
Apprenticeship to Verrocchio
• Da Vinci worked with his master on his
painting of the Baptism of Christ.
• It was said that his contribution was so
superior to his master’s that Verrocchio put
down his brush and never painted again.
• By 1472 aged 20 da Vinci qualified as a master
in the guild of artists in Florence.
Verrocchio’s Baptism of Christ
Da Vinci’s contribution to
his master’s painting
Adoration of the Magi
The
Mona
Lisa
30 inches
tall and 20
inches
wide.
Mona Lisa in the Louvre, Paris
The Last Supper
Leonardo chose to capture the moment just after Christ tells his apostles that one of
them will betray him, and at the institution of the Eucharist. The effect of his
statement causes a visible response, in the form of a wave of emotion among the
apostles.
The Virgin of the Rocks
The Virgin and Child with St Anne and John the Baptist
Vitruvian Man
Self Portrait
John the Baptist
Madonna Litta
Head of a Woman
Leonardo’s notebooks
• Written in mirror writing.
• Books record his fascination with nature and his
genius for invention.
• In many places the pen seems to race along,
struggling to keep up with the pace of his mind.
• Most of the notebooks are housed in museums
around the world
• http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?r
ef=Arundel_MS_263
• Bill Gates bought one of his notebooks for $30.8
million in 1994 – the most expensive book ever.
• Leonardo’s Mirror
Writing
Da Vinci – anatomical drawings
Da Vinci - Inventions
helicopter
parachute
tank