Transcript M. C. Escher

Leonardo da Vinci
“Renaissance Man”
painter, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist,
mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist,
geologist, cartographer, botanist and writer
Leonardo
da Vinci
1452–1519
Leonardo
painted to
pay the bills,
but his true
love was
science. One
of his best
known
paintings is
the Mona
Lisa
The Last Supper
Leonardo da Vinci's Notebooks
Hydraulic Machines
Machine to grind convex
lenses
Leonardo purposefully
left parts of his designs
off his notebooks to
prevent plagiarism. He
also wrote notes and
directions backwards so
that the reader had to
hold a mirror to his
writing to read what was
written. While some
believe that this was
another way to prevent
plagiarism, others
suggest that he wrote
this way because he was
left handed and didn't
want the ink to smear as
he moved his hand
across the paper.
Observations on human anatomy
written in mirror script
Viola organista- first bowed keyboard
instrument to ever have been invented
Arial Screw-considered to be an early design for a
helicopter.
Flying Machine Based on Bat Wings Design
Modern Model of
da Vinci Flying Machine
Many of Leonardo's designs have been built within the last 25
years to test their validity. Not all worked, but some were viable
designs centuries before that concept was ever “invented.”
Leonardo's “Tank” Design
Modern Model of
da Vinci's Tank