LEONARDO DA VINCI

Leonardo da Vinci was born in the city of Vinci, near of Florencia. April 15, His mother’s name was Caterina and peasent. His father Sir Piero di Antonio was notary of Florenica

He was educated at home by his grandfather In 1469 he travels whit his father to Florence being entrusted to Andrea Berrocchio, the most important artist in Florence Leonardo da Vinci with the head of his teacher Andrea Verrocchio in «David and Goliath»

In its formative stages, the young also study human anatomy This research enabled him to know the exact physical proportions of people. Representing the human figure with amazing accuracy. Vitruvian Man

Of this period are the following paintings: The Annunciation,

Baptism of Chirst, 1472

Portrait of Ginebra Vencí, 1476

San Jeronimo, 1480

The Madonna of the cardation, 1480

At twenty years old, he was an independente master In 1482, he moved to Milan looking for new challenges. He stayed there 17 years, working in both artistic and scientific projects. During these years involved in discussions about building the Cathedrals of Milan and Pavia. Here are some of his outstanding works of those years

Virgin of the Rocks,

Santa Ana, the Virgin and Child with St. John the Baptist, Portrait of a Musician,

La belle ferronniere,

The Lord's Supper,

The Lady with an Ermine,

His most notable and well- known work is a portrait of the Mona Lisa or Gioconda, This picture has many curiosities, it is not known who is the model, it seems that follows you with his eyes, in the pupils of his eyes there are engraved letters and the key is in your smile

The paintings of Leonardo is very extensive and admired, but was a man ahead of his time in his eagerness to investigate was devoted to many things He was a painter, engineer, architect, physicist, biologist, philosopher, geometry, botanical, designer, inventor of games and cooking utensils, cartographer, garden designer, author of treatises on optics...

It was a great inventor, here are some of his sketches:

Today we still use many of the inventions of Leonardo Underwater compass bridge, diving He died on May 12, 1519, at age 67

Currently his legacy is distributed in various museums and private collection, which belongs to Bill Gates

Leonardo da Vinci was ahead of his time, is one of the most important characters in the story, has left us a great legacy, there are few that throughout history will be remembered as a Leonardo.