Leonardo Da Vinci. What did Leonardo Da Vinci do in Italy from 1452 to 1519? Leonardo Da Vinci was an artist, inventor, and scientist. Some of his famous most works include The Last Supper, The Vitruvian Man, Lady with an Ermine, and the well known Mona Lisa. He is considered the perfect example of a Renaissance man. As a child Leonardo did not spend much time with his father and no time with his mother that he barely met. Leonardo was born an illegitimate child because his father and mother were not married. When he was older he spent most if not all of his time with his uncle, Francesco, his uncle, who was a "scientist-farmer"type gladly took him in. Francesco was overflowing with practical knowledge and was always doing experiments with different crops. Leonardo grew up with nature, and he spent many hours …show more content…
Francesco loved nature, and he passed his love down to his nephew Leonardo. There are stories that young Leonardo carried a drawing pad everywhere he went, and he constantly drew and sculpted models out of clay. It was also said he collected everything from flowers and pieces of wood to animals alive or dead! As a child and a teen Leonardo did not have much formal schooling. Some historians think that maybe his grandparents hired a private teacher or he might have been taught by the parish priest, all we know and are sure of is that he learned basic math using roman numerals and an abacus and how read and write in Italian. No one even had the thought occur to them to teach him Latin language of the scholars. Leonardo got older being illegitimate was a lasting "black mark Peiro thought art would be one of the better careers for his illegitimate son. Peiro had some connections with other artists one of which was Andrea del Verrocchio, a leading sculptor at the time. Piero helped Leonardo become his apprentice. At Verrocchio's workshop apprentices worked in teams and rarely signed their