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Leonardo da Vinci
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Leonardo da Vinci (April 15, 1452 May 2,
1519) Leonardo da Vinci was an
Italian painter, sculptor, architect, engineer
and scientist. He was one of the greatest minds
of the Italian Renaissance, and his influence on
the painting of the following generations was
enormous. He is widely considered to be one of
the greatest painters of all time.
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BIOGRAPHY Leonardo da Vinci was born on April
15, 1452, near the village of Vinci about 25
miles west of Florence. He was the illegitimate
son of Ser Piero da Vinci, a prominent notary of
Florence. His mother, Caterina, was a peasant
girl. Leonardo grew up with his father in
Florence. Here, he started drawing and painting.
Leonardo was educated in the studio of the
renowned Florentine painter, Verrocchio. Much of
his earlier working life was spent in the service
of Ludovico il Moro in Milan. He later worked in
Rome, Bologna and Venice and spent his last years
in France, at the home awarded him by Francis I.
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Leonardo da Vinci was a genius he could write
one sentence with his right hand and a different
sentence with his left hand. He wrote from right
to left you needed a mirror to read his
handwriting. He invented scissors. He had many
talents. He made models and in his notebooks
there were plans for a tank, a helicopter and a
submarine. He made detailed drawings of human
anatomy which are still highly regarded today.
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Leonardo pioneered new painting
techniques in many of his pieces. One of them is
a colour shading technique called "Sfumato". It
is characterized by subtle, almost infinitesimal,
transitions between colour areas, creating an
atmospheric haze or smoky effect.
"Chiaroscuro" is the technique of modelling and
defining forms through contrasts of light and
shadow.
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Leonardo collaborated with Verrocchio on
his Baptism of Christ (1472 1475), painting the
young angel holding Jesus's robe in a manner that
was so far superior to his master's that
Verrocchio put down his brush and never painted
again.
Annunciation (14751480) is thought to be
Leonardo's earliest complete work.
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The Virgin of the Rocks (14831486)
demonstrates Leonardo's interest in nature. This
is one of the most beautiful Leonardo da Vinci
paintings that used the sfumato technique.
Leonardo's drawing of the Vitruvian Man
(1485) is regarded as a cultural icon. It is a
study of the proportions of the human body.
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Portrait of a Musician (1490) is one of the
rarest Leonardo da Vinci paintings as he used a
male subject instead of a female one that is so
characteristic of all his other paintings. The
picture depicts a musician holding a scroll of
paper, thought to contain notes of music.
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Leonardo's most famous painting of the
1490s is The Last Supper (1498) painted in
Milan. The painting represents the last meal
shared by Jesus with his disciples before his
capture and death. It shows specifically the
moment when Jesus has said "one of you will
betray me".
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Among the works created by Leonardo in the
16th century is the small portrait known as the
Mona Lisa or "la Gioconda (15031505/1507), the
laughing one. In the present era it is the most
famous painting in the world. Its fame rests on
the elusive smile on the woman's face.
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