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3. Why do we choose Leonardo da Vinci as our study? ★ The magic power of the novel Da Vinci Code novel Da Vinci Code ★ The Age of Genius --- Renaissance Man Renaissance Man ★ The “precognition” of our life our life

4. In the fifteenth century, Italy was not the unified country we know today. At that time the boot-shaped peninsula was divided into many small independent states. Naples in the south was ruled by a series of kings. Popes of the Roman Catholic Church ruled the middle section. To the north different families controlled the largest and wealthiest city-states of Florence, Milan, and Venice. They fought wars against each other and against smaller neighboring states to increase their power. In the fifteenth century, Italy was not the unified country we know today. At that time the boot-shaped peninsula was divided into many small independent states. Naples in the south was ruled by a series of kings. Popes of the Roman Catholic Church ruled the middle section. To the north different families controlled the largest and wealthiest city-states of Florence, Milan, and Venice. They fought wars against each other and against smaller neighboring states to increase their power. Historical Background

5. Naples

6. During the Renaissance, European artists began to study the model of nature more closely and to paint with the goal of greater realism. They learned to create lifelike people and animals, and they became skilled at creating the illusion of depth and distance on flat walls and canvases by using the techniques of linear perspective.

7. Basic Introuction of Leonardo da Vinci Back Back Birth name Birth name Born Born Died Died Field Fieldground Movement Movement Famous works Famous works

8. The beginning of his artistic life The beginning of his artistic life

9. Mona Lisa The Last Supper The Vitruvian man Other paintings

10. Painting style of Leonardo da Vinci

11. Big Detection ＜ ＜＜ －－－ Raphael’s MadonnaDaVinc’s monalisaLeonardo da Vinci

12. Painting style of Leonardo da Vinci

13. Mona Lisa ↙ ↘ hat

14. Body Ratio

15. Vitruvian man

16. Experiment time

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28. Anatomy Da Vinci used his knowledge of anatomy in his paintings. That's what made them so realistic and lifelike. Knowing the components of a human body helped Da Vinci paint such works as the Mona Lisa. Da Vinci used his knowledge of anatomy in his paintings. That's what made them so realistic and lifelike. Knowing the components of a human body helped Da Vinci paint such works as the Mona Lisa.

32. Leonardo’s flying machine

33. Leonardo’s note

34. Leonardo’s flying machine

35. Leonardo’s note

38. Leonardo’s skill

42. Is Leonardo a homosexuality? = John the Baptist Salai - The little devil

44. No one knows the true reason Leonardo used mirror writing, though several possibilities have been suggested: 1.He was trying to make it harder for people to read harder for people to read his notes and steal his his notes and steal his ideas. ideas. Why do you think Leonardo write in reverse?

45. 2.He was hiding his scientific ideas from the powerful ideas from the powerful Oman Catholic Church, Oman Catholic Church, whose teachings sometimes whose teachings sometimes disagreed with what disagreed with what Leonardo observed. Leonardo observed. Why do you think Leonardo write in reverse?

46. 3.Writing left handed from left to right was messy left to right was messy because the ink just put because the ink just put down would smear as his down would smear as his hand moved across it. hand moved across it. Leonardo chose to write in Leonardo chose to write in reverse because it reverse because it prevented smudging. prevented smudging. Why do you think Leonardo write in reverse?

47. Conclusions Who was Leonardo da Vinci? ★ He had a keen eye and quick mind that and quick mind that led him to make led him to make important scientific important scientific discoveries, yet he discoveries, yet he never published his never published his ideas. ideas.

48. Conclusions Who was Leonardo da Vinci? ★ He was a gentle vegetarian who vegetarian who loved animals and loved animals and despised war, yet he despised war, yet he worked as a military worked as a military engineer to invent engineer to invent advanced and advanced and deadly weapons. deadly weapons.

49. Conclusions Who was Leonardo da Vinci? ★ He was one of the greatest painters of greatest painters of the Italian Renaissance, the Italian Renaissance, yet he left only a yet he left only a handful of completed handful of completed paintings. paintings.