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Research Paper On Leonardo Da Vinci

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Addison Folse
Mrs. Rezza
World History, period 4
November 26, 2017

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Leonardo da Vinci was born when his mother was not married, his parents were Florentine notary Ser Piero and a peasant with the name of Caterina. He was brought up by his father and stepmother. When he was five he moved to his father’s estate which was close to Vinci, the Tuscan town where he lived with his uncle and grandparents. He did not have a great education. He only new the basics, which were reading, writing, and math instruction. Even though he did not have a good education his artistic abilities were astonishing. When he was only fourteen, he began learning with the noted artist Andrea el Verrocchio. He learned a numerous number of things including technical skills like; metalworking, leather arts, carpentry, drawing, painting, and even sculpting. One of his earliest pieces was a pen-and-ink sketch of a landscape in the Arno valley, which was done in 1473. When he was twenty he was qualified for a membership to be a master artist and made his own workshop. He still worked with his teacher for an added five years. He ended up leaving Verrocchio’s studio in 1478n because he was offered his first independent commission for an altar piece for a chapel in Florence’s Palazzo Vecchio. He was asked to make two more commissions, but he left the city and abandoned both which he never completed.
Leonardo da Vinci was known as a painter, sculptor, architect, inventor, military engineer, and

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