Leonardo Da Vinci Leonardo Da Vinci was born on April 15, 1452 in Anchiano, Republic of Florence, Italy. His father was a notary and landlord, and his mother was a peasant. Because of the mother’s social statues Da Vinci’s parents did not get married. Da Vinci was the only child that the couple shared. However, he had a total of seventeen step-brothers (History.com Staff. “Leonardo da Vinci.”). Shortly after his mother married an artisan, Leonardo was sent to live on his father’s family estate with his uncle and grandfather. In the estate he was tutored and comprehended reading, writing and arithmetic. As a child he did not take the study of Latin or advance mathematics serious until later on when he was 30 years old when he develeveloped …show more content…
His notebook was full of sketches of things for the future like bicycle, helicopters, and a machine to fly with wings that looked like a bat’s wings (“Inventors and Scientists: Leonardo da Vinci.”). During his stay the family requested that da Vinci made a brilliant 16-foot-tall equestrian statue, in bronze, to respect dynasty founder, Francesco Sforza. The artist took deliberate time and attention with the piece, twelve years, however; he was unsuccessful in completing the work. Leonardo once said, “ Art is never finished, only abandoned.” (“Leonardo da Vinci Quotes.”). He saw in art what others did not …show more content…
Some time around 1495 Ludovico Sforza appointed Leonardo to paint a 19 by 27 feet tempera and oil mural on plaster, for the refectory of the city’s Monastery of Santa Maria delle Grazie. The painting was based on an occasion in the Bible where Jesus invited his 12 apostles to his last dinner. Jesus said that the one to eat the last piece of bread was going to be the to betray him and so it happened. The piece of art took about three to complete, and it being well known for the different facial expression and body gestures in the painting (“Leonardo da Vinci.” Biography.com). Lastly, the most favorite Da Vinci’s painting is the Mona Lisa. This invention is the painting most talked about in the world. Indeed it is considered the most famous piece of art. The picture presents a half-body representation of the subject, with a removed scene unmistakable as a scenery. In spite of the fact that utilizing a apparently basic equation for representation, the expressive synthesis that Leonardo accomplished between sitter and scene has set this work in the rule of the most-popular and most-analyzed canvases of all