Leonardo and his Multiple Intelligences

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Leonardo and his Multiple Intelligences

• Includes pictures and explanations of the
  Intelligences and examples of his intelligences.

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Naturalist Intelligence

• Leonardo da Vinci studied science by going out
  into nature
• Leonardos patrons increased in power like in a
  hierarchy (he went from the Duke of Milan, to the
  Pope, to Francis I.)

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Musical Intelligence

• He was offered a position as a musician in Milan
• He invented a mechanical drum as seen below.

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Logical/ Mathematical Intelligence

• Leonardo was good at problem solving and figuring
  out ways to make things work
• The notebooks that he kept for classifying his
  records were kept very neat and organized.

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Existential (Spiritual) Intelligence

• Leonardo was a great painter not only did he
  enjoy looking at art he enjoyed creating it also.
• He would go out into nature to receive
  inspiration for his work and to seek the truth.
• Also while observing nature he would ask
  questions about how things work and watch them to
  get his answers.

(Paddle Boat Model)
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Interpersonal Intelligence

• Leonardo created a school and was a teacher there
• As evidence of the Mona Lisa Leonardo worked with
  many other people

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Bodily-Kinesthetic Intelligence

• Leonardo was a sculptor and a painter
• He studied human anatomy and physiology
  (dissected things)

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Linguistic Intelligence

• Between 1490 and 1495 da Vinci recorded all of
  his studies in notebooks.
• Leonardo wrote in an Italian short hand which he
  invented himself
• He also lived in many places including Italy and
  France so he spoke multiple languages

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Intrapersonal Intelligence

• Leonardo wrote in his backwards shorthand to keep
  his works private so that other people could not
  read them
• He also created a self portrait

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Spatial Intelligence

• Leonardo enjoyed creating his own works of art.
  (Mona Lisa, The Last Supper)
• He studied town-planning and architecture
• He was given the post of Architect to the King

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• What was Leonardos greatest intelligence? Why?
• Leonardos greatest intelligence was Spatial
  intelligence because almost everything that he
  did had to do with creating something or making
  things work and he created many things. Another
  strong one was existential.
• What was da Vincis weakest intelligence? Why?
• Leonardos weakest intelligence was music because
  even though he used music and other things
  involved with it in his work it was not his most
  involved intelligence.

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Polymaths (Renaissance men)

• Polymaths / Renaissance men like Leonardo da
  Vinci may have been born with these intelligences
  but no matter what they were born with they had
  to work a great deal to make them greater. If da
  Vinci would not have continued doing his reports
  and exploring his philosophies he would not have
  been as great or as intelligent.

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Multiple intelligences as a reasonable
explanation?

• Multiple intelligences could be an explanation
  for their accomplishments but, they definitely
  had to work very hard and for a long time on the
  things that they have accomplished and multiple
  intelligences could have only helped.
• This theory is fairly valid but if there was one
  thing to change, it would be some of the criteria
  or making the categories more specific.