The Real “Da Vinci Code” Leonardo Da Vinci

Leonardo Da Vinci April 14, 1452 Vinci, Italy Inventor Artist Painter Sculptor Scientist Engineer

Verrocchio The Baptism of Christ 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

Mirror Writing ?sihT daeR uoY naC Da Vinci used a writing technique called Mirror Writing. Mirror Writing is writing the opposite way of what is normal for that language. For example, English mirror writing would be writing from right to left. Why did Da Vinci use this Mirror Writing? ?sihT daeR uoY naC .nam ecnassianer a fo elpmaxe taerg a si icniV ad odranoeL

Take out a sheet of paper. Can you write your name backwards? Mirror writing Take out a sheet of paper. Can you write your name backwards?