Leonardo Da Vinci

Student name : Ahmad Al-aql Number : 1007811

AR320 Dr. Farooq Mofti

Full Name : Leonardo Di Ser Piero Da Vinci Birth : Born on April 15 , 1452 in the town of Vinci, Italy. He was the son of a notary (Messer Piero) , and a peasant named Catrina. Filed Of Expertise: Leonardo was a painter , architect , sculptor , musician , biologist , engineer , inventor , cartographer , botanist , scientist , mathematician and an anatomist.

¡  Little is known about Leonardo’s early life, he spent his five years living with his mother, Catrina , after that he lived with his father , grandparents and uncle in Vinci.

¡  Leonardo received an informal education in Latin , Geometry and Mathematics

Leonardo’s childhood home

The baptism of Christ , By Verrocchio and Leonardo.

In the age of fourteen , Leonardo was apprenticed to the artist known as Verrocchio , whos workshop was the finest in Florence, Italy. Leonardo collaborated with Verrocchio and together they painted ‘’ The Baptism Of Christ’’ , Leonardo was so talented that he surpassed his teacher to the point Verrocchio put down his brush and never painted again.    

The Mona lisa Self Portrait Woman

Woman body Human Arm Fetus    

Crossbow     Parachute     Crane

Although Leonardo built or finished very little architectural work , he proposed designs for domed churches and buildings in various scales from chapels to palaces to cities. In 1487 Leonardo proposed a model for the design of the dome of the Milan cathedral.    Milan Cathedral dome model

sketch.

Drawing of a church.   Drawing of a building in Paris.  

Drawing of a stable in Paris.  

¡  ‘’ All his actions seem inspired and indeed everything he does clearly comes from God rather than human skill. Everyone acknowledged that this was true of Leonardo Da Vinci , an artist of outstanding physical beauty , who displayed infinite grace in everything that he did and who cultivated his genius so brilliantly that all problems he studied he solved with ease.’’

¡  -Giorgio Vasari Statue of Leonardo in Milan ,

Italy.

¡  Leonardo moved to live in France invited by the king of France Francis I , he gave him a house that was sometimes called “ cloux “ .

¡  Leonardo had no wife or children of his own , he lift all his belongings to his faithful friend and apprentice , Count Melzi , and his student Salai.

¡  He died in his house in France on May 2 , 1519.

Leonardo’s  house  in  France.