Leonardo Da Vinci's Accomplishments

Leonardo da Vinci was born on April 15 1452 in Tuscan hill town of Vinci in the Valley of Arno River. He was born as the illegitimate son of Messer Piero Fruosino da Antonio da Vinci and a peasant woman named Caterina. His first five years of his life he lived in hamlet of Anchiano, after that his father’s household in a small town of Vinci. Leonardo was very exceptional at a young child so his father would made sure to get him a proper education in reading, writing and arithmetic, but since he was a illegitimate child he made sure leonardo was taught all this in his home. Even though he was a genius he never went to a university. Instead during (1436-1488) at the age of 15 Leonardo went to Florence where he became a painter's apprentice under

After he finishes his apprenticeship he became an assistant of Verrocchio. He then make many paints while under the work of Verrocchio, the Baptism of Christ and the Annunciation, were some of the paintings he had made during his time their. Sometime during the year 1487 Leonardo left the workshop and started up his own studio. Then in 1481 he made the altarpiece called the Adoration of the Magi for a major church. He never finished the painting, due to him becoming a court artist to the duke of Milan. His job was to be the court painter and architecture advisor. After he became interested in geometry he began to neglect his job. With this job he began to create military weaponry for the duke such as an improve catapult that would shoot farther and aim better. While working under the duke of Milan, Leonardo had made two paintings that are well known throughout the world the first one was the “Virgin of the rocks”. This paint started a long line of nature base paintings by

He another architect called Donato Bramante that work under the duke would help create an innovative idea. This would help the change in early Renaissance to the High Renaissance in architecture. This would change the scale and grandeur of the geometry in the Renaissance structure. In 1499 Leonardo would leave Milan after the duke of Milan would be overthrown by the French. He would visit Venice and talk to the Senate about military projects that they want him to make. Then in Mantua he would plan to make a portrait of the Duchess of Mantua, Isabella d’Este. The drawing that survived tells that the Mona Lisa had been formulated form this. In 1500 Leonardo would to Florence and was treated as a great man. Artist of that generation were in excitement by his methods. Leonardo would affect how younger artist think. The monks would ask him to make a painting for them. He would make “The Virgin and the Child with St. Anne”. The large painting of the family of Christ would be able to view all to