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The Life and Works of
Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci was known as one of the greatest artistic and scientific minds of the Italian Renaissance. ... ” Leonardo produced designs ranging from early tanks and submarines to the revolutionary “flying machine. ... ”
Leonardo da Vinci was born on April 15, 1452, in the town of Vinci, Italy. He was the illegitimate son of Piero da Vinci, a Florentine notary, and a young peasant woman know only as Caterina. Leonardo was raised by his father, and exhibited a considerable artistic talent at an early age (People of the Renaissance, 2002). Leonardo’s childhood is somewhat of a mystery. ... Leonardo’s illegitimate status, however, would have barred him from pursuing a career as a notary, the profession of Ser Piero, his father. Therefore, Leonardo was sent to learn a completely different trade in an artist’s workshop. ...
These conditions which where intended to limit Leonardo’s professional prospects were exactly those responsible for his arrival at Andrea del Verrocchi’s workshop at age fifteen. There Leonardo began his formal training. ... Leonardo received formal training in painting and sculpture as an apprentice to Verrocchio. ... In 1472, Leonardo was accepted into the painters’ guild, which marked the end of his apprenticeship, after only three years of training. ...
Leonardo set up his own studio in Florence in 1478, and was commissioned to paint an altarpiece for a local church. The work was titled “Adoration of the Magi” this work reveals some of Leonardo’s new ideas, which include composition, realistic depictions of nature, and technical methods. ... Leonardo’s intention was to present the Adoration as he envisioned the moment in his mind’s eye. ...
Leonardo began the process of preparing this piece by thinking about and drawing the overall design of the painting. ... These drawings show clear differences between Leonardo’s preliminary plans and the final design. ...
In an early version, Leonardo followed the 14th and 15th century practice of using architectural forms to define and divide sections within scene.
Approximate Word count = 1653
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