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Leonardo da Vinci

By omarl97
  • Apr 15, 1452

    birth

    birth
    Leonardo is born near the town Vinci, in a vilage of Anchiano. His parents, Ser Piero, a notary, and Caterina, a peasant woman, were unmarried, and the illegitimate Leonardo was raised by his father. He was also believed to be unworthy of an education, so he didn’t follow his fathers footsteps in becoming a notary.
  • Oct 15, 1465

    his learning begins

    his learning begins
    At the age of 15 Leonardo is sent to be an apprentice of Andrea De Verroccio. 5 years later he was accepted into painters' guild of Florence.
  • Jan 1, 1473

    earliest work

    earliest work
    This was leonardos first know art work the Feast of Santa Maria delle Neve.
  • Jan 1, 1481

    The Adoration of the Magi

    The Adoration of the Magi
    Leonardo was commissioned to start the painting, but it was never finished. This painting both symbolized different things for the different churches. This painting for some means that the king may have found Jesus by following the great star.
  • Feb 19, 1485

    first war tank

    first war tank
    It didn’t work Da Vinci’s tank would not have been able to move at all because the cranks were set in opposite directions. It is uncharacteristic of the clever man to make such an obvious error, indicating to some scholars that he either built this flaw into the design to protect it from being stolen or because he was a pacifist at heart and hated warfare.
  • Jan 1, 1495

    The Last Supper begins

    The Last Supper begins
    The painting was and is still in a church in Italy. It is said that Leonardo had a delay in his art because he could find the right face to a body and that he had someone complain about it so he wrote a letter explaining his delay and that if he couldn't find it he would paint the complainer on the body.
  • Jan 3, 1496

    flying machine

    flying machine
    Leonardo designed a multitude of mechanical devices, including parachutes, and studied the flight of birds as well as their structure. earlyer this centry the recreated his machine and it flew longer then the Wright Brothers flying machine .
  • Jan 1, 1503

    Mona Lisa

    Mona Lisa
    After so long of not painting he broke that and started painting the Mona Lisa Leonardo finished the Mona Lisa (LA GIOGONDA) when he finished this There was something about Lisa del Gioconda that moved Leonardo enough to begin painting again.
  • Jan 1, 1515

    lion

    lion
    Leonardo creates a mechanical lion for King Francis coronation. This was originally for pop Leo X but France reinvaded and took Leonardo’s creations with them.
  • May 2, 1519

    leonardo's death

    leonardo's death
    Leonardo dies in his bedroom in Cloux, France. The king was not there.