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Period: 1452 to 1519
Leonardo Da Vinci - an artist, architect, mathematician and scientist.
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Apr 15, 1452
born in Vinci near Florence.
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1466
His family moved to Florence, where he studied at Verrocchio's workshop.
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1475
The Baptism of Christ - His first painting in collaboration with Andrea del Verrocchio.
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1480
He was living with the Medici and working in the Garden of the Piazza San Marco in Florence, a Neo-Platonic academy of artists, poets and philosophers that the Medici had established.
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1482
He left Florence for Milan, where he made alot of paintings and drawing, but lost them all.
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1502
In Cesena, he entered the service of Cesare Borgia for whom he created a town plan of Imola and Chiana Valley and established him as a military architect and engineer.
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Jul 5, 1503
Leonardo painted the Mona Lisa or "la Gioconda", the laughing one.
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1505
He finishedThe Battle of Anghiari - a lost artwork...
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1514
He moved to Rome and made his scientific experiments in acoustics, astronomy, mechanics, mapmaking, optics, weapons and other branches of science.
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May 2, 1519
Leonardo died at Clos Lucé of recurrent stroke at the afe of 67.
