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Early Life Leonardo was born in Vinci, a short distance from Florence. His father married four times and had 11 children – but Leonardo was 20 before the 2 nd child was born The village of Vinci Free Science Videos for Kids

Training His father apprenticed him to Andrea del Verrocchio (True Eyes) in Florence. Leonardo was likely the model for Verocchio’s David. Free Science Videos for Kids

A Young Master By the age of 20 he surpassed his master, painting The Baptism of Christ in It is rumored that Verrochio never painted again after this. Free Science Videos for Kids

A Young Master By 1474 he had his own workshop, producing The Adoration of the Magi, which artists studied from his time onward. Preliminary Sketch for the painting The Adoration of the Magi Free Science Videos for Kids

A Genius Man There was little that Leonardo did not excel at. He was a painter, a sculptor, an engineer, a musician, a singer, a mathematician, a physicist, a botanist, an anatomist, a cartographer, a geologist, a geographer, a poet, a town planner and an athlete. Free Science Videos for Kids

A Universal Man He always wanted to write a treatise on painting (like Alberti), but never did. He seems to have not mastered Latin, the language of scholarship. - or perhaps he was simply too busy. Free Science Videos for Kids

Mona Lisa Leonardo Da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa on a piece of pine wood in the year Never in the history of Art has one painting been so admired. This is due largely to the enigmatic smile, which has caused much speculation. Some people have even suggested that it is a self-portrait. Free Science Videos for Kids

The Last Supper Considered by many to be Leonardo’s greatest painting, The Last Supper employs all of his anatomical work in the expressions of Christ and the Apostles. Free Science Videos for Kids

The Notebooks Leonardo kept notes on everything. Around 5,000 pages still exist. However, he used mirror-writing to ensure privacy while and after he wrote. More mundanely, perhaps he did so because he was left handed and found this easier. Free Science Videos for Kids

The Codes Leonardo wrote in Italian using a special kind of shorthand that he invented himself. People who study his notebooks have long been puzzled by something else, however. He usually used "mirror writing," starting at the right side of the page and moving to the left. Only when he was writing something intended for other people did he write in the normal direction. Free Science Videos for Kids

Poor Completion Record He had a reputation for not completing works. Involved in so many things, he could not manage his time. When given the commission for the Virgin of the Rocks, he promised it within 7 months but did not deliver it until 25 years later. Free Science Videos for Kids

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