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Leonardo da Vinci Facts
Leonardo Da Vinci was an Italian artist who dabbled in lots of subjects and who especially enjoyed painting. His most famous pieces of art include the portrait of Mona Lisa and the Last Supper painting.
EARLY LIFE
★ Leonardo was born on April 15, 1452 in Vinci, Italy. ★ He displayed great artistic talent from the age of 5, and impressed
many people with his drawings, paintings, and his creativity in general.
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Leonardo da Vinci Facts★ He lived in his mother’s home in
Anchiano for the first five years of his childhood.
★ Beginning in 1457, he lived in Vinci with his father, who was a wealthy notary.
★ He lived during the Italian Renaissance, which was a period of cultural change, where the times changed from Medieval to Early Modern Europe.
Leonardo’s childhood home in Anchiano
★ When he was 14, Leonardo became an apprentice to a famous artist named Andrea del Verrocchio.
★ He impressed del Verrocchio with his talent, and it was even said that Leonardo created and developed his own paints.
★ When he was an apprentice, Leonardo learned a lot about drawing, painting, and other art forms, and also about metalworking, plaster casting, leather working, and much more.
★ Leonardo kept lots of journals of his sketches - some of which included mock-ups of machines, anatomy, instruments, and pieces of architecture.
APPRENTICE TO ANDREA DEL VERROCCHIO
“The Baptism of Christ”by Verrocchio and da Vinci
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Leonardo da Vinci Facts★ Although Leonardo was accepted into the painter’s guild in
Florence in 1472, he continued to apprentice with del Verrocchio because he admired him and his talent so much.
MASTER ARTIST
★ His desire to learn and grow as an artist was matched by his desire to understand how things worked.
★ Leonardo was known to have drawn calculators, war machines, hang gliders, buildings, war vehicles, bridges, weapons, tanks, submarines, human limbs, helicopters, pumps, bridges, muscles, skeletons, boats, instruments, flying machines, and much more.
★ Leonardo was employed to design and construct various projects for different people.
“Virgin of the Rocks”by Leonardo da Vinci
Below is a list of some of the projects Leonardo was commissioned to complete:
★ The Adoration of the Magi (painting)
★ An altarpiece for the chapel of St. Bernard
LIST OF PROJECTS
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Leonardo da Vinci Facts★ The Virgin of the Rocks (painting)
★ The Last Supper (painting)
★ A silver lyre that’s shaped like a horse’s head
★ Designs for a dome for the Milan Cathedral
★ A model for an equestrian event
★ Defense mechanisms as a military architectfor troops in the Second Italian War.
“The Adoration of the Magi”by Leonardo da Vinci
★ He also spent a lot of his time observing birds and their flight patterns.
★ Leonardo was also interested in the human body, and became an expert in its anatomy. As a result, he drew hundreds of pictures to explain his thoughts about the subject.
★ He drew The Vitruvian Man, which was meant to represent the connection between proportions of the human body and geometry.
★ One of his most famous paintings, The Last Supper, was completed in 1498, and depicts Jesus and his disciples before his capture and death. It is said to depict the moment Jesus predicted that one of his disciples would betray him, and the reaction it sparked.
★ Perhaps his most famous painting, The Mona Lisa, shows a woman looking out at the viewer with a controversial, and much discussed, smile on her face. Her facial expressions have been interpreted differently by many people for hundreds of years.
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Leonardo da Vinci Facts★ Flying was something Leonardo took an avid interest in, and he often
sketched mock-ups of helicopters and hang-gliders.
★ In his journals, there is evidence that he enjoyed drawing inventions - some of which were practical, and some that were not.
★ During his life, Leonardo was highly valued as a civil engineer. He even drew out a system of moveable barricades to protect Venice from attack during the Second Italian War of 1499.
★ In his later years, Leonardo lived at the Vatican.
★ Raphael and Michelangelo, two other famous artists, were working at the Vatican at that time as well.
★ Leonardo Da Vinci died on May 2, 1519. ★ It has been said that the King of France actually held Leonardo in his
arms when he died; although some people think this is just a made-up story.
★ Today, Leonardo is known around the world as a famous painter, but also as one of the most multi-talented individuals who ever lived.
Flying machine design by da Vinci
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Name: ______________
Complete the Leonardo da Vinci crossword puzzle by supplying the answers to the clues.
Leonardo Crossword
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5 What Leonardo recorded his sketches
and observations in6 Leonardo worked as
one of these with Andrea del Verrocchio
7 The country Leonardo was born in
8 Leonardo was respected for being a
great civil ____________
ACROSS1 The __________ of the Magi2 It was said that the King of _______ was with Leonardo when he died3 Something Leonardo was very interested in (hint: something to do with planes)4 One of Leonardo's most famous paintings was The Last _________
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Recall what you have learned about Leonardo da Vinci’s life and works, then complete the missing details below.
Biography Blanks
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Leonardo Da Vinci lived during the Italian ____________ which was a period of cultural change. He kept lots of __________ where he wrote ideas, sketched, and observed the world around him. One of the paintings Leonardo created was called “The Virgin of the _________”. Leonard’s painting, called ____________________ shows Jesus and his disciples sitting at a table. In his later years, Leonardo lived at the ___________. It has been said that the King of ________ was with Leonardo when he died. Leonardo Da Vinci died on May 2, _______. His most famous work, The ____________ can be found at the Louvre in Paris.
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Cut up the cards on the next page. You should have 10 in total. Shuffle them up, then lay them face down on a table. The first player picks up a card, then another. If the painting and the title are a match, you get a point, and you get to take another turn. If they are not a match put them back face down. Your partner then gets to try and find a match. Continue until all the cards are matched up.
Painting Memory Match
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CARDS
Painting Memory Match
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The Annunciation
TheLast
Supper
TheMonaLisa
AdorationOf TheMagi
VirginOf TheRocks
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Compile your knowledge of Leonardo da Vinci by making a map of ideas and concepts supplied with supporting descriptions.
Map of Ideas
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What is depicted in the painting? _____________________________________________
What can you infer from her facial expression? ___________________________________________________________________________
How is the Mona Lisa relevant to the time when it was painted? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa is the most visited creation of art in the world. Study the painting by answering the guide questions.
Mona Lisa Analysis
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Leonardo da Vinci was not only a painter, but a designer of flying machines. Your task is to design a machine that could transport people, animals, or things through the sky. Be sure to give your invention a name and label each part.
Design a Flying Machine
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INVENTION NAME
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Can you write a sentence about Leonardo Da Vinci based on each letter in the word “Leonardo”? e.g. L is for legendary artist, R is for renaissance man!
Leonardo Acrostics
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LEONARDO
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Name: ______________
If you were given a chance to sit down with Leonardo da Vinci for a one-on-one interview, what would you ask him? Jot down 5 questions you would ask Leonardo Da Vinci if he were alive today.
Interview with Da Vinci
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Name: ______________
Draw your own interpretations of Leonardo da Vinci’s works.
My Own Versions
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The Adoration of the Magi Mona Lisa
The Last Supper Virgin of the Rocks
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Name: ______________
Where are the following works of da Vinci located? Research their locations, then write the answers on the spaces provided.
Locate Leonardo’s Legacy
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