Leonard Da Vinci was an Italian painter, sculptor, architect and military engineer born in 1452 in the Tuscan hill, a town in Vinci. Da Vinci is known and still remembered for his great works that revolved around art (Cunningham, et al. 283). He was reportedly the illegitimate son of a lawyer known as Messer Piero Fruosino di Antonio da Vinci. He left for Milan 1480 having stayed shortly in Florence. He is reported to have moved from place to place after his migration to Milan. However, Leonardo is rarely cited as “the genius of Renaissance” since he only left a few of his works that he is remembered with to-date. He was very curious and intellectual that led him into his in-depth inquiry into the laws of Science and nature (Cunningham, et al. 284). Leonardo had lived in a momentous period during which paintings were very crucial as they the only tool of memory that would be passed from generation to generation. Leonardo was supposedly interested in art work, however, not much of his work is known since only a dozen of it still exists. Partly because he had varied interests, therefore, not earmarked as a prolific painter. Some of his great works included Mona Lisa, The Last Supper and the Vitruvian Man, all in which he propounded his …show more content…
He was commissioned several times to paint particular events in history by most important men of his time. In 1515, Leonard was honored by the new French monarch and given the title “Premier Painter and Engineer and Architect to the King” (Cunningham, et al. 284). Previously, Leonardo had been commissioned by the French and Italian Authorities to paint for them. Courtesy of his paintings, he was offered a job in the Italian military where he worked as a military engineer. Da Vinci was also offered a residence in Chateau de Cloux, contiguous to the King’s summer palace as an appreciation to his great works of