Where are you going for vacation? Are you flying? Well you probably wouldn't be able to fly if it wasn’t for Leonardo Da Vinci. From 1400 to 1600 The Renaissance was happening because of the Black Death. Leo was “The Renaissance Man” because he studied everything from engineering to botany to art. Leonardo Da Vinci explored all sciences and arts. He studied the human body, planes and machines. He discovered that bodies move because of joints, and that you could fall and live using a parachute. Leo continued to design machines and paint, eventually finding a possible way to fly. The duke of Milan had heard and decided to exchange Leo a place to stay for Leo to paint and design war machines for him so Milan could win wars.
Leonardo was born in a small village called Vinci (hence Da Vinci) outside of Florence, Italy. His exact birthdate is April 15 of 1452. Leo has many accomplishments but his best included the “Mona Lisa” and “The Last Supper” Leonardo said “ Art is never finished, only abandoned” because he believed that you never really finish a piece of art because you can always add more. Him and Verrocchio collabed a painting called “The Baptism of Christ”
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Leo and others had started the scientific and artistic revolution as a result of the black death. Soon later Leo opened his own studio. Leo Discovered and used plenty of new techniques to make his paintings different. though some paintings were ruined because of certain techniques went bad. Leonardo said “ Poor is the pupil who does not surpass his master” meaning that a student who does not do better in the end compared to his teacher did not try hard enough. He thinks that every student should try their