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Leonardo
daVinci
Leonardo daVinci
1452-1519
Family estate
Vinci, near Empoli
Childhood in Vinci
Personal Chronology
Goes to Florence
Apprentice (1469)
Studio of Verrocchio
Corporation of Painters
Member (1472)
Completes First Known Drawing
"La valle dell'Arno"
"The Arno Valley" (1473)
Personal Chronology
Paintings
"Baptism of Christ" (1475)
Paints an angel
Verrocchio's
"The Annunciation" (1477)
Portrait of Ginevra de'Benci (1478)
"San Gerolamo" (1481)
"The Adoration of the Magi" (1481)
"Virgin of the Rocks" (1483-6)
Personal Chronology
Leaves Florence for Milan (1482)
In the service of Ludovico Sforza
Explores Human Flight (1486)
Manuscripts
Anatomical Drawings
Personal Chronology
Designs Flying Machine (1492)
Works on Giant Equestrian Statue
Francesco Sforza (1493)
Personal Chronology
Studies Resistance of Arcades (1494)
Various Types
Paintings
Second "Virgin of the Rocks" (1494)
"The Last Supper" (1495)
"Madonna & Child with St. Anne"(1499)
Personal Chronology
Meets Luca Pacioli
Mathematician
Studies Euclid (1496)
Leaves Milan (1499)
Returns to Florence
Stops in
Mantu
Venice (1500)
Personal Chronology
Titled as a Military Engineer (1502)
Cesare Borgia
Designs War Machines (1502-3)
Draws Topographical Maps (1502-3)
Draws Studies
"The Battle of Anghiari" (1503-6)
Personal Chronology
Paints "Mona Lisa" (1504)
Studies Fluid Elements
Water, Air and Fire (1508)
Returns to Milan (1508)
Paints "St. Anne" (1509)
Personal Chronology
Anatomical Research (1510)
Goes to Rome
Seeks Patronage of Pope Leo X (15613)
Constructs Mechanical Lion
Francis I, King of France (1515)
Paints "Self-Portrait" (1515)
Personal Chronology
Goes to Court of Francis I, Amboise (1516)
Designs a Palace
Romorantin (1517)
Dies in Amboise
May 2, 1519.
da Vinci’s Weapons
Siege Defenses
 Idea for Pushing Away Enemy
Ladders When Defending a Fortress.
 Ever Built
No Evidence
Siege Defenses
Rotating Poles Sweep Attackers off
the Walls
Mech. Workings
Grain Mill
War Scythe
Chariot with Rotating Scythes
Wreak Havoc Among Opposing Lines
Often Did no Less Injury to Friends
Multi Barrel Gun
Leonardo's Equivalent of Machine Gun
Guns are Muzzle-Loading
Limited Fire Rate
da Vinci’s Flight
Flying Machine Wing
Mechanism
Wing Mechanism of a Flying
Machine.
Flying Machine Armature
Armature for Wing of Flying Machine
Testing Device
Lifting Power of an Artificial Wing.
Helicopter
To be Built of
Wood
Reeds &
Tafetta
Small Model
Paper
Spring Like Metal Shaft
daVinci’s Inventions
Sequins Making Device
Several illustrations of machines for
making gold sequins for clothes.
Spring Device
System for equalizing the release of a
spring.
Water Lifting Device
daVinci was involved in projects for
irrigation, drainage & digging canals.