1. Leonardo da Vinci A true Renaissance man

2. A jack-of-all-trades A sculptor A painter A designer A scientist A visionary

3. Born in 1452 in Vinci about 60 miles from Florence At 15 he was taken to Florence to be an apprentice Apprentice: someone who lived with & worked for another for a specified period, in return for instruction in a trade or craft He learned painting, designing & sculpting under the master He spent long hours copying drawings to become familiar with the master's style He surpassed his master fairly quickly... An artist of rare ability! Legendary story.... At the age of 20, he opened his own workshop

4. Master of all trades: The Milan years The duke of Milan found an engineer, a painter, an architect and a sculptor in Leonardo Painted the "Last Supper" for a prior on the wall of a monastery (prior: person or officer in charge of a priory or monastery) Why did it take so long? Why has the fresco deteriorated?

5. Science, art & war Designed: a device that allowed a person to study an eclipse without damaging the eyes, the 1st parachute, a model city, and instruments. Studied math because he believed it was the foundation of art. Observed nature, drawing & recording

6. After Milan After France captured Milan in 1499, he moved to Mantua & then to Florence Painted the "Mona Lisa" Viewers are mesmerized by the gaze and smile. What was she thinking? Returned to Milan and turned science as well as art. Worked for Pope Leo X in Rome Moved to France to work for King Francis I

7. Renaissance man He only finished a dozen paintings & no sculpture Lots of detailed & accurate drawings of human body & mechanical devices 5,000 pages of sketches from notebooks He may not have been the best painter, sculptor, engineer or thinker of his time... But no one has ever combined all these skills into one calling! That makes him a true Renaissance man.