For my research paper I decided to write about a man who wasn't known as just an artist, but a writer, Mathematician, and an inventor, Leonardo da Vinci. I first heard of him back in middle school when we were shown a huge beautiful wooden portrait of “The Last Supper”, and beyond that, I’ve seen him as one of the most famous and influential artists of all time. In one of my favorite video games, Leonardo da Vinci was seen as a funny and adorable character to be around, he helped the main character a lot and through that I got to see some of his character around people and the things that he did such as his inventions like the flying machine that helped the main character, so I am happy that this research paper is giving me the chance to actually get to know him. Leonardo da Vinci, also known as the “Renaissance man”. He was born on …show more content…
For a while, Cesare Borgia, the illegitimate son of pope Alexander VI, made him the military engineer. He traveled outside the city for a while to get ideas on how to delay wartime to deny the enemy access to the sea. When he returned to Florence, he was assigned another commission called “The battle of Anghiari” which was to be twice as big as “The Last Supper”. But, after two years he decided to abandon it before he had a chance to finish it due to the fact it started to deteriorate as time passed by. However, as he was working on “The Battle of Anghiari”, he was also working on a private commission, that would be known as the most famous art piece of all times, the “Mona Lisa”. Till this day it is unknown who was the mysterious looking model. Some say it was the siblings who stood in as a model or even one of Leonardo’s apprentices dressed as a woman. However, whoever commissioned it never received it for da Vinci never completed it, it was a forever work in progress, as it was never perfect enough to seem complete in his eyes. After his passing, it was passed onto Salai, one of his