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Leonardo Da Vinci
Ariel Richardson
3/4/17

Early years

Leonardo Da Vinci was born April 15th, 1452 in a farm house. He was born in Anchiano, Tuscany which in now Italy. His full name was Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci. He was 5’8. His moms name was Caterina and his dads name was Ser Peiro. Da Vinci’s parents never got married but his mom got married another man while he was young. He has 17 half siblings, that’s a lot of kids. Their names were Bartolomeo da Vinci, Bernedetto Ser Piero, Giuliomo Ser Piero, Domenico Ser Piero, Guglielmo Ser Piero, Giovanni Ser Piero, Antonio Ser Piero, Lorenzo Ser Piero, Pandolfo Ser Piero, Magdalena di Ser Piero da Vinci, Violante di Ser Piero da Vinci, and Margherita di Ser Piero da Vinci. That’s …show more content…

The last supper was made when Jesus told them that one of them betrayed him. It’s known as a dramatic masterpiece. It was painted in Milan and took about 3 years to complete. The Mona Lisa was forever a work in process, as it was his attempt at perfection. Leonardo never parted from his paintings. Today The Mona Lisa hangs is a museum in Paris, France. . In 1482 he began to paint his first commissioned work called “the Adoration of the Magi” but never finished it. Leonardo worked on a 16 foot statue of equestrian for 12 years off and on. The Mona Lisa is the painting he is best known for. Her slight smile, the mysterious quality in her eyes and the quite shadowy feature. Leonardo worked with Verrocchio on The Baptism of Christ which the painting was of an angel holding the robe of Jesus. The pope of a church wanted da Vinci and some other people to paint the inside of the church. While they were painting the walls and ceiling Leonardo didn’t like the way they were painting so he ended up kicking everyone out of the church and started locking the doors so no one could disturb him while we was painting. The pope ended up making Leonardo mad so he hid little things in the paintings. In one of the paintings he hid a little kid flipping him off the way they did in Milan but it was on the ceiling so no one could really see it. He hid something with looked like a brain I can’t remember what …show more content…

Leonardo da Vinci escaped Milan when it was invaded by the French in 1499 and didn’t return to Milan until 1506. He left Italy for good in 1516 when he was offered him the title of Premier Painter, engineer, and architect. He worked for Sforza Clan as an engineer, painter, architect, designer of court festivals, and a sculptor. Leonardo died May 2, 1519 in Amboise, France. It’s been said that during his last years Francis had become one of his closest friend. He didn’t work with a lot of people. He worked alone and was always alone so I don’t think he had very many friends. He never really left his work. He did sometimes but he never left it for a long time. I guess it’s because his work was really valuable. His work is hanging in museums somewhere. His best work is The Mona Lisa and The last Supper. At least those are the main two that a lot of people talk

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