Leonardo Da Vinci The Origins Of A Universal Man

Leonardo Da Vinci is one of the greatest men that history has produced. The contributions that he made in the fields art, science, and to humanity which are still make him one of the most important men in history. Leonardo Da Vinci was born on April 15, 1452 in a little village in Vinci between the Tuscan cities of Empoli and Pistoia. Da Vinci's father Ser Piero d’ Antonia was a notary and Da Vinci's mother was a woman from Anchiano named Caterina (Santi 3). Leonardo was an illegitimate child, but despite this Da Vinci’s father took custody. Leonardo was treated with affection in his father’s house where he was reared and educated. Leonardo had a large source of many different scholarly texts owned by his family and friends which he had access to growing up in his father’s house (Santi 3).

After the death of Leonardo’s grandfather the following year the family moved to Florence, Italy (Santi 3). Because of the amazing artistic gifts that Leonardo exhibited as a boy led his father to send him to study with one of the most versatile and sought after Florentine art masters of the time named Andrea Verrocchio (Wallace 11-13). While with Verrocchio Leonardo was in

While Leonardo was with the Duke of Milan he reached new heights with in his scientific studies and his artistic achievements (Wasserman 10). The Duke kept Leonardo busy designing elaborate court festivals, painting, and sculpting. Also, during that time Leonardo did work on designing buildings, machinery, and weapons. He produced many studies during this time including nature, flying machines, geometry, mechanics, and architecture (Wasserman 10). Leonardo spent a great deal of his time while he was in Milan working on military plans and working on engineering projects, such as plans for urban-renewal (Stokstad 688). During this time he invented many thing like table lamps, locks for chest, folding furniture, and a therapeutic armchair just to name a few (Bramly 219). Because of these woks and other studies that Leonardo did are some of the reasons why Leonardo is a true Renaissance man.

After he finished the Sforza equestrian monument Leonardo was busy with commission for building and especially painting. During this time he began one of his most famous painting “The Last Supper” which was panted in the dinning hall of the Monastery of Santa Maria delle Grazie (Wesserman10). Leonardo decides that he would reject the fresco style normally used for painting on walls. Leonardo wanted to work slowly so he devised an experimental technique for his painting. He decided to work directly on dry intonaco with oil and tempera paint (Stokstad 688). “The Last Supper” took on some of Leonardo's mathematical and scientific studies. Leonardo used one-point liner perspective to organize “The Last Supper” painting (Rathus 386). He also used the geometry that he had learned and incorporated it into the painting to determine the views of the characters of the painting (Wasserman 15). He painted “The Last Supper” in 1495 and 1498, and is still holding up pretty well, but has been left in poor condition because of the years of decay. Leonardo was all was compelled to do new thing usually leaving many of his works unfinished as a result he only completed a few of his works of art in his whole life “The Last Supper” included.

In 1482, Leonardo wrote the Duke of Milan telling him that he had designed plans to build bridges that where strong and very light, and easy to carry. Also, he told him that he had plans to build machine that could destroy fortress, cannons that where easy to transport, covered chariots, and other machines. In the last two sentences of his letter noted that he was a skilled painter and sculpture and would under take any art work that he need done (Wallace 54). Leonardo left Florence and abandoned the commission that he had there, and went to enter the services of the Duke of Milan.

Leonardo then moved to France before he died in May 9, 1519. Before he died he came up with many scientific and theoretical projects. He un

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