1. Do Now Write in agenda Take out homework:
Pass to the center of the table
Have out:
Pen or pencil

2. Leonardo da Vinci
A True Renaissance Man

3. Early Life Leonardo was born in 1452 in Vinci
a town in the Republic of Florence

4. A Universal Man Renaissance Man
He was a:
painter
sculptor
engineer
musician
singer
mathematician
physicist
botanist
cartographer ,
geologist
geographer
poet
town planner
athlete
anatomist

5. A Universal Man
He seems to have not mastered Latin, the language of scholarship.
maybe he was simply too busy.

6. Professional Life
At the age of 14 he was apprenticed to the artist, Verrocchio
At the age of 20 he obtained the rank of master in the guild of artists and doctors of medicine

7. More on his development
In 1482 Lorenzo de’ Medici sent him to Milan bearing gifts of peace
Here he painted “The Last Supper”
In 1502 he was employed by Cesare Borgia as a military architect and engineer

8. Old Age and Death
In 1515 da Vinci was commissioned to make a mechanical lion that would walk forward
In 1519 he passed away in France

9. The Last Supper

10. Mona Lisa

11. The Mona Lisa (La Giaconda)
This oil on panel is his most famous work.
Begun in 1503, it was still in his possession when he died in France.
Salai sold it to the French King for 4,000 ecus, and so it now resides in the Louvre.

12. The Mona Lisa (La Giaconda)
The subject is Lisa Gherardini, wife of Francesco del Giocondo.
The pyramidic design is one often employed by Leonardo.
The ethereal landscape reveals his characteristic sfumato and the path reinforces the tendency of the eye to follow a triangular pattern.

13. The Mona Lisa (La Giaconda)
The enigmatic smile is most frequently commented on.
His capture of this transient expression displays unparalleled virtuosity.

14. The Mona Lisa (La Giaconda)
There is a hypothesis that this is actually not a direct portrait of a Florentine woman at all – or that da Vinci has placed elements of his own image in the portrait.

15. 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.
Perhaps he did so because he was left handed and found this easier.

16. Study of Horse (Journals)

17. Vitruvian Man

18. Studies of Embryos (Journal)

19. Self Portrait

20. Mirror Writing w/ Flying Machine

21. Miss Italy 1501 AD

22. In what ways did da Vinci express his genius?
Take a minute to discuss this with your neighbor.