The Real “Da Vinci Code”
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The Real “Da Vinci Code”
Leonardo Da Vinci
Leonardo Da Vinci
April 14, 1452 Vinci, Italy Inventor Artist
Painter Sculptor Scientist Engineer
Life…
At the age of 15 Da Vinci was taken in by Verrocchio for an apprenticeship.
Went to Milan in 1482 and worked for the Duke. It was here where he reached his heights as a scientist and artist.
Verrocchio The Baptism of Christ
Did you know?
Only 19 or 20 paintings have survived
Most of his work is incomplete
The Last Supper
The Last Supper
It is a depiction of Jesus and the Last Supper
Da Vinci was not actually there… he used models that were carefully selected that posed for the
painting
It took Da Vinci seven years to finish the painting
Mona Lisa
Most famous painting Louvre, Paris A portrait of a lady
against the Alpine Landscape
Who is she? Smile or Frown?
Human Body
Explored in great detail whatever he worked on
Did a lot of exploration of the human body that led to many medical advances.
Nature Drawings
Explain the world around him
Ornithopter—The flight of the Bird
Research
Writing from right to left
Hebrew and Arabic are right to left
Hungarian is top to bottom alternating left to right and right to left
Chinese and Japanese is written right to left and top to bottom
Can you write backwards?
Think of your favorite quote, write it on a separate sheet of
paper….