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Leonardo’s Legacy
© 2004 Paula MacDonald. All rights reserved.
VINCI
Leonardo's Hometown
VISIT
Vinci is a small town placed at
the foot of "Monte Albano" in
the most wonderful place on
earth, the Tuscany in Italy.
Leo’s Renaissance Timeline
1452
1453
1469
1474
1482
1483
(April 15) Leonardo born in Vinci.
Ottoman Turks capture Constantinople, ending the
Byzantine Empire; end of the Hundred Years’ War
between England and France.
Leonardo moves to Florence, where Lorenzo “The
Magnificent” de Medici becomes ruler.
The first book is printed in English.
Leonardo publishes detailed sketches of the human body
Leonardo joins the Sforza court in Milan and paints
“Virgin of the Rocks.”
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Leo’s Renaissance Timeline
(continued)
1485 Henry VII defeats Richard III, ending the War of the
Roses and establishing the Tudor dynasty in England.
1492 Columbus discovers the New World; Spain pushes Moors
out of Europe after 800 years and expels Jews.
1496 Syphilis starts spreading throughout Europe.
1497 Leonardo paints “The Last Supper”; Vasco da Gama sails
around the Cape of Good Hope and to India.
1500 Leonardo returns to Florence; first Caesarian section
performed.
1502 The first watch is made.
1503 Leonardo paints “The Mona Lisa.”
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Leo’s Renaissance Timeline
(continued)
1506 Leonardo returns to Milan and begins compiling the
Codex Leicester.
1508 Michelangelo begins painting ceiling of Sistine Chapel.
1509 Europe launches African slave trade with the New World
1512 Copernicus writes that the Earth circles the sun.
1516 Leonardo moves to Amboise in France.
1517 Martin Luther nails his theses to church door, launching
the Protestant Reformation; coffee introduced in Europe.
1519 (May 2) Leonardo dies in Amboise; Magellan launches
first round-the-world voyage; Cortés conquers Mexico.
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The Scientist
Self-Portrait, c. 1513
Wing Studies
Weapons Engineer
Crossbow Machine
Machine Gun
Giant Crossbow
Magnificent Machines
Gears
Water Lifting Device
Spring-driven power source
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Leonardo's Programmable Automaton
A Reconstruction
Drawing, Leonardo da Vinci
Codex Atlanticus
f. 812 r [296 v-a]
By Mark Elling Rosheim
Transportation
Bicycle
Helicopter
Anatomy Studies
Skeleton
The Artist
Virgin & Child with St. Anne & John the Baptist
National Gallery, London.
Human Figure
Study for the Head of Leda, c. 1505-7
Proportions of Man, Academy, Venice.
Study of Arms and Hands, c. 1474
Charts of the Vitruvian Man
Chart of relation
between square
and circle
Module 8
p = 22/7
Progression
of squares
Paintings
Portrait of Cecilia Gallarani
(Lady with an Ermine), c. 1485
Czartoryski Museum at Cracow
Virgin of the Rocks,
Musée du Louvre, Paris
Perspective Studies
Perspective Study for "Adoration of the Magi“
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence.
Caesar’s Commission
Leonardo Takes Notes. . .
The Codex Leicester
One of his many notebooks
Mona Lisa
Based on Giorgio Vasari’s 17th century biography of Leonardo da
Vinci, many historians believe the painting is a portrait of Madam
Lisa Giocondo, the wife of a wealthy Florentine. Vasari gave the
painting the name Mona Lisa.
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Most Famous
At the Louvre, tourists crowd around
Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece hustling
to capture an image of the museum's
eternal superstar.
The Mona Lisa revolutionized painting.
WHY?
The pose itself broke tradition - previously, portraits were invariably full length.
Leonardo introduced the waist-up, hands-folded-on-lap approach, which allowed
for a much more intimate treatment. The pose was imitated immediately and
became fashionable for portraiture by such painters as Raphael.
The background is painted in a gradation of lights and colors, losing details in the
distance, instead of the traditional approach in which foreground and background
are equally distinct.
Mona herself is rendered with extraordinary vividness - one has a sense of viewing
the living woman. (The effortless realism of photography has perhaps diminished
our capacity to appreciate this.)
Leonardo displayed in this work a mastery of technique that was unknown at the
time, profoundly impressed his contemporaries, and has seldom been equaled since.
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Mona Quote
“She is older than the rocks among which she sits; like the vampire,
she has been dead many times and learned the secrets of the grave.”
Walter Pater - Studies in the History of the Renaissance (1873)
The Many Faces of Mona Lisa
Artist: Marcel Duchamp
Title: L. H. O. O. Q.
Date: 1919
Pencil on reproduction
Original Size: 7 ¾” x 4 1/8”
Avid Animal Lover
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The Last Supper, c. 1497
Statue of Leonardo da Vinci
“The Knowledge Giver”
By Seth Vandable.
Leonardo’s Tomb
500 Years Later. . .
His Legacy Lives on. . .
Resources
http://www.toskana.net/en/casanova/description
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/renaissance/
http://universalleonardo.org/
http://www.kausal.com/leonardo/taufeg.html
http://www.mos.org/leonardo/
http://www.lairweb.org.nz/leonardo/
http://www.kfki.hu/~arthp/html/l/leonardo/index.html
http://www.odranoel.de/eng/framesdeu/inhalt.htm
http://cgfa.acropolisinc.com/vinci/index.html
http://www.anthrobot.com/press/article_leo_programmable.php
http://www.davincilife.com/timeline.html