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Apr 15, 1452
Birth
"Leonardo Da Vinci was born in April 15, 1452, Anchiano, near Vinci, Republic of Florence [now Italy]"
("Leonardo Da Vinci" Encyclopedia Britannica).
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Jan 1, 1462
Relationship
"He was most likely homosexual... Leonardo called on of his presumed lovers, an unruly young pupil, by the nickname 'Salai,' meaning 'little devil'."
(Brown).
Boyfriend: Salai (companion from age 10, for 26 years)
("Leonardo Da Vinci" NNDB).
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Jan 1, 1472
Independent
"In 1472 Leonardo was accepted into the painters guild of Florence, but he remained in his teacher's for five more years, after which time he worked independently in Florence until 1481."
("Leonardo Da Vinci" Encyclopaedia Britannica).
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Jan 1, 1495
Paintings
"His Last Supper (1495-98) and Mona Lisa (c.1503-06) are amond the most widely popular and influential paintings of the Renaissance."
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Jul 9, 1504
Parents
"Father: Ser Piero da Vinci (public notary, d. 9-Jul-1504)
Mother: Caterina (Peasant girl,d. 1495)" ("Leonardo Da Vinci" NNDB).
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Jan 1, 1515
Scandal
"Leonardo dissected human cadavers.... In his effforts to understand the human body, he drew intricate, groundbreakinfg sketches of the skull... He planed to collect this drawings into a book... An asssiciate denounced him to the pope, who ordered the artist to desist... The book was never published..."
(Brown).
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May 2, 1519
Death
"Leonardo Da Vinci died in may 2, 1519, Cloux [now Clos-Luce], France. For an unspecified reason. He remains burried in Monastery of St. Florentine, Amboise,France"
("Leonardo Da Vinci" NNBD).
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Stolen Painting
"Leonardo's Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre in 1911. The painting was found two years later in the false bottom of a trunk in Florence. While the painting was missing, six forgeries turned up in the United States, each one selling for a high price."
("Langley 60"),
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Drawing
"In 2001, Leonardo's drawing Horse and Rider ( dated 1481-82) sold for $11.4 million ar an auction at Christie's in London. It was bought by an anonymous telephone bidder and is the only one of Leonardo's sketches still privately owned."
('' Langley 60").
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Notebook
"In 1994, on of Leonardo's notebooks, the Codex Leicester, was bought by Bull Gaters, chairman of the Microsoft Corporation, for $30 million."
("Langley 60").
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Symbol 1 Eagle
"It signifies inspiration....victory...pride"
Leonardo Da Vinci had a lot of inspiration because he was an innovator. He was victorious because he was successful on his drawings and paintings.
("Eagle" Dictionary Of Symbolism).
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Symbol 2 Key
" The key is the mechanism of the powers of opening and closing, and denotes liberation knowledge, mystery, and initation."
Leonardo Da Vinci had alot of knowledge he had alot of paintings and wanted to discover alot of stuff for example the body parts of a human. Also he had alot of mysterys in his life, his death was unknown,
("Key" Dictionary Of Symbolism).
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Work Cited Page
Leonardo da Vinci." Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online School Edition.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 2011. Web. 8 Dec. 2011.
http://www.school.eb.com/eb/article-9108470. (Brown, Sarah Price. "Leonardo's Code Ruffled Plenty of Church Feathers. "Dallas Morning News (Dallas, TX). 22 May 2006: n.p. SIRS Issues Researcher. Web 30 Nov 2011). "Key." Dictionary Of Symbolism. Web. 30 Nov. 2011. http://www.umich.edu/~umfandsf/symbolismproject/symbolism.html/K/key.html -
Work Cited Page
"Leonardo Da Vinci." NNDB: Tracking the Entire World. Web. 30 Nov. 2011. http://www.nndb.com/people/813/000029726/. "Eagle." Dictionary Of Symbolism. Web. 30 Nov. 2011. http://www.umich.edu/~umfandsf/symbolismproject/symbolism.html/E/eagle.html. Langley, Andrew. Preface. Da Vinci and His times. London: DK, 2006. 60. Web. 30 Nov. 2011.
