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    th the laws of science and nature, which greatly informed his work as a painter, sculptor, inventor and draftsman. At the age of 14, Da Vinci became an apprentice to an artist named Verrocchio as a painter. LDV was under Verrocchio’s apprenticeship for six years, where he constantly expanded his knowledge further and began sculpting, leather arts, metal works, carpentry and more. By the age of 20, he became qualified as a master artist, and created his own workshop. During the years of 1482 to 1499

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    People from around the globe easily recognize the phenomenal work of Leonardo da Vinci. Perhaps the most famous of all his work is the Mona Lisa, with an impressive six million annual visitors. Incidentally, there is an abundance of works by Leonardo da Vinci that the majority of people have yet to even hear about. Admittedly, these works were not created with the intent of being seen outside the artist’s studio, but rather to aid in his critical thinking process. These works are mostly comprised

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    1452 in the town of Anchiano, near the town of Vinci. His father was Ser Piero, a legal official and attorney, and Leonardo's mother was Caterina, a peasant girl (Stanley). Around 1466 he possessed himself to the main Florentine painter and artist, Andrea del Verrocchio, as a studio boy. As a kid Leonardo had a crucial seeing on how machines functioned which acquainted him with an incredible ability of thinking. In the investigation to discover the basic capacity of a machine he connected standards

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    Who was a better inventor LeoNardo Da Vinci or Thomas Edison? It has been long debated on who was a better inventor, Leonardo Da Vinci or Thomas Edison? Thomas Edison might have been a leading inventor in his time, because he created the light bulb but that was really his main achievement. Leonardo Da Vinci was better because he had more inventions, better known for his work, and he was specialized in many lines of inventing. Now you really need to think Thomas Edison was responsible for some

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    different spots to influence his fantasy to work out as expected. Leonardo began off as a collaborator, yet transformed into a pioneer and a craftsman later in his life. After Leonardo turned 15, his dad chose to take him to a renowned craftsman named Andrea del Verrocchio. A significant number of the painted assembling of Verrocchio's workshop wound up noticeably executed by method for his faculty. Concurring with Vasari, Leonardo cooperated with Verrocchio on his sanctification of Christ, demonstrating

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    At the age of 14, da Vinci moved to Florence where he began an apprenticeship with artist Andrea del Verrocchio. Under the watchful eye of Verrocchio, da Vinci learned an array of technical skills including sculpting, painting, drawing, leather arts, carpentry, and metalworking. At the age of 20, da Vinci qualified as a master artist in Florence’s

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    Leonardo da Vinci. Born Vinci, Italy in the year of 1452, Da Vinci was born into a respected family of the community. Early on in his life, his artistic talents were evident and he was sent to Florence to be an apprentice to the respected artist Andrea del Verrocchio. Under the guidance of Verrocchio, Da Vinci acquired a variety of skills which he would later master. Da Vinci learned skills such as metalworking, sculpting and carpentry. Equipped with a wide

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    For the most part of future generations, there is a part of our people, where just being just an inventor, or just an artist. Two of which are Leonardo Da Vinci, and Thomas Alva Edison, they both excelled the impossible by becoming great inventors, but the question is, who is greater? These two were both highly skilled inventors, but da Vinci’s achievements make him the greatest out of the two. Leonardo Da Vinci was born April 15, 1452, he was known as a ‘Renaissance man’, giving the idea of managing

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    Leonardo Da Vinci grew up in Florence where at the age of twenty he was accepted into the Florences Guild of St. Luke as a master artist. This was just the beginning for Leonardo for he would later be recognized as one of the greatest artists, engineers, and scientist of all time. Throughout his life Leonardo explored all of these fields and through this he encountered many important discoveries. He was able to exchange some of these discoveries through his paintings as he popularized and created

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    years on and he died on May 2, 1519 in Clos Lucé, Amboise, France. Da Vinci had no formal education beyond basic reading, writing, and math, but his father liked his artistic abilities and apprenticed him at around 15 to the a sculptor and painter Andrea del Verrocchio of Florence. When he was 20, in 1472, the painters’ guild of Florence offered Da Vinci a membership, but he decided to remain with Verrocchio until he became an independent

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