1. Leonardo da Vinci Born in small town in Tuscany –Outside of Vinci (near Florence) 1452-1519 Called the genius of the Renaissance –Art –Inventions –Scientific discoveries –Fortifications, assault weaponry –Constant experimentation Struggled with patronage

2. Andrea del Verrocchio and Leonardo da Vinci. The Baptism of Christ. c.1472-1475. Oil and tempera on wood. Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy

3. Head of a Woman Classic da Vinci techniques: soft features averted eyes nodding head graceful, smooth lines curved edges

4. Leonardo da Vinci. Madonna with the Carnation. c.1475. Oil on wood. Alte Pinakothek, Munich, Germany. 1.Foreground: Chiaroscuro to create three dimensional space through light and shadow. 2.Background: Sfumato, or smoking, to create sense of distance. Also cool tones in the far distance.

5. Leonardo da Vinci. Portrait of Cecilia Gallerani (Lady with an Ermine). c.1490. Oil on wood. Czartorychi Muzeum, Cracow, Poland. Leonardo wrote a letter to the ruler of Milan, Duke Ludovico Sforza, in which he recommended himself as a military inventor and engineer. He claimed that he could make bridges 'indestructible by fire and battle', and 'chariots, safe and unassailable'. To this he added at the end that he was also an architect, a sculptor and a painter. 1482-1499 with Sforza

6. LEONARDO’S NOTEBOOK –Flying machines –Submarines –Turbines –Elevators –Ideal cities –Anatomy (close to discovering the circulation path of blood) –Geology –Botany

7. Leonardo da Vinci. The Neck and Shoulder of a Man. c.1509-1510. Pen and ink on paper. Windsor Castle, Windsor, UK.

8. Leonardo da Vinci. The Foetus in the Womb. c.1510- 1512. Pen and ink with wash over black chalk and red chalk on paper. Windsor Castle, Windsor, UK.

9. Leonardo da Vinci. Head Measured, and Horsemen. c.1490 and 1504. Pen, ink and red chalk on paper. Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice, Italy.

10. LEONARDO’S Inventions GIANT CROSSBOW MULTI- BARRELLED MACHINE GUN TANK OR ARMOURED CAR

11. Leonardo da Vinci. Battle Cart with Mobile Scythes. c. 1485. Pen and ink with wash on paper. Biblioteca Reale, Turin, Italy.

12. PARACHUTE

14. Leonardo da Vinci. The Proportions of the Human Figure (Vitruvian Man). 1490. Pen, ink and watercolor over metalpoint. Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice,Italy.

15. da Vinci’s drive to understand who we are and why… Roman architect Vitruvius proclaimed that the planning of temples must be based on the perfect proportions of the human body. The face from the top of the forehead to the chin is a tenth of a person’s height as is the palm of the hand from the wrist to the top of the middle finger