Leonardo daVinci
Do you know what an artist is? An artist is a person who practices any of the various creative arts; such as, a sculptor, novelist, poet, film-maker, architect, inventor, and painter. Well, there is one artist, his name is Leonardo daVinci; he was called the Renaissance Man. Leonardo daVinci was referred to as the Renaissance Man, because he was an architect, inventor, painter, and scholar of all things scientific. In the following paragraphs, you will read about how Leonardo became who he was, what important things he accomplished, and why what he did was important.
Leonardo da Vinci was born on April 15,1452. Leonardo was born in Anchiano, Tuscany, which is close to the town of Vinci. He recorded his earliest childhood
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Leonardo was an intelligent artist. When Leonardo was 21 years old he drew the Baptism of Christ. This drawing was completed on August 5, 1473, and was made with pen and ink. Leonardo was constantly coming up with ideas for new transportation and machines. He invented a cannon that was easy and light to move on the battlefield. He told the Duke of Milan that his invention of the tank would be “good for breaking the ranks”. Leonardos drawing of a flying machine shows it has wings that span around like motors of a modern helicopter. When Leonardo drew or painted, he made it look realistic by using perspective and proportion. Perspective is the art of drawing solid objects on a two-dimensional surface so as to give the right impression of their height, width, depth and position in relation to each other when viewed from a particular point. Proportion is the realistic size of parts of a whole elements within an object. Leonardo painted the Mona Lisa between 1503-1506. This painting is famous all around the world and is a great example of him using perspective and proportion. Between 1495-1498 Leonardo painted the Last Supper, which depicts the gathering in which Jesus told his disciples that one of them would betray him. This painting is also famous throughout the