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    the village of Anchiano in what is now Italy. Leonardo da Vinci most likely spent most of his time with his uncle, Francesco, instead of his two unmarried parents. At the age of 15, Leonardo da Vinci became the apprentice of the artist Andrea del Verrocchio. Andrea del Verrocchio

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    work as a sculptor and a painter. He mostly did painting's and sculpting in his artwork's because they were the only style's for art that he used. One of Leonardo's famous painting is the Mona Lisa and it was published 1503. The Painting is Lisa Del Giaconda and it is thought that Leonardo painted this for her for the birth of new son and a new home. In the painting Da Vinci used sfumato techniques, cosmic ink and with a cotton wood panel as the surface. The Mona Lisa today is located at the

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    and mother Caterina was a peasant girl. Soon after his birth Piero Da Vinci took custody of Leonardo because his mother left and married another man in a nearby town. At the age of 15 his father got him an apprenticeship with a renowned artist Andrea Del Verrochio in Florence, who did such painting as “Madonna and Child” and “Saint Monica”; however he was most famous for his bronze status of the day. Leonardo quickly took to his talent and showed it at a young age. His

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    Over 500 years ago, a man named Leonardo da Vinci was born. He was very important to history. He invented numerous things. The things that he invented were advanced for his time. He was a master engineer, architect, painter, inventor, and sculptor. Since he was all of these things, he became known as a “renaissance man”. He was even mentioned in my history book because of his many talents (”Leonardo Da Vinci”, “Leonardo da Vinci: A Genius Before His Time”, Mazour). Leonardo Da Vinci was born in

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    Jude Aquila Lambert Ms Vered Solomon Individuals and societies 3rd August 2017 Expository essay The Job Description of an Archaeologist is to examine artefacts and history that range from prehistoric to modern times. Archaeologists gain information by excavating areas of interest. When finding bones and things that people used in the past it gives them valuable information. Archelogy is important because it helps us widen our understanding. The qualities and skills that are needed by an Archaeologist

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    visual representation of the young hero. The two main obstacles were discovering how to portray the body committing the act, and also rendering the spirit of the act itself. Among the artists who tried to recreate this story visually were Andrea del Castagno and Andrea del Verrocchio. Castagno introduced his form of the David through painting. The piece was entitled David with the Head of Goliath, and was originally used as a parade shield. It differed from common parade shields, which were decorated

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    In 1506 Leonardo da Vinci back to the city of Milan to work with the French rulers who avian taken possession of the city and which Leonardo da Vinci fled the country, that da Vinci met an aristocrat student named Francesco Melzi, who would become the inseparable companion of da Vinci. During his stay in Milan Leonardo da Vinci could not make any paint job, then his scientific studies was devoted. But in 1499 Leonardo da Vinci was sought to perform work to sculpt a statue to place on top of a grave

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    Leonardo Da Vinci was a man ahead of his time more than anybody else. He looked at the world differently than most men did. Leonardo is mostly famous for his artistic abilities, but that's not the beginning of what he did. Leonardo was an inventor, a scientist, and a writer, he loved to learn to understand the world where he lived and understand it for his art. Here's everything we know about this great mind. Leonardo didn't have the greatest childhood bout with his childhood we wouldn't have

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    with his father when his parents separated after he was born. He was also surrounded by scholarly texts and rich painting traditions from his hometown. Da Vinci as he got older, around the age of 15, went to Florence to be an apprentice at the Andrea del Verrocchio workshop. Ever since Da Vinci was young he showed many signs of a great genius, showing his artistic abilities by his artwork that was created by the workshop. He was so talented he left the workshop in 1477 and in 1482 to enter the service

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    Both of the assignments, Standing in the Shoes of Michelangelo and Leonardo, were interesting and fascinating in their processes. One of the easiest aspects of Standing in the shoes of Leonardo would be the process of determining what to portray, since the template of the linear perspective was used as a guide and helped through the entire process. However, the difficult aspect of Standing in the Shoes of Leonardo would be making a distinguishable atmospheric perspective since the process requires

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