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True Renaissance Man:
Painter, sculptor,
architect, musician,
scientist, writer,
inventor,
mathematician,
engineer.
LEONARDO DA VINCI
DA VINCI (OF / FROM VINCI)
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Born April 15, 1452 in Vinci, a small town outside of the city
state of Florence (Firenze).
Birth Name – Leonardo di Ser Piero - Illigitimate.
Born out of wedlock, his Father, Piero, was a notary and
Mother, Caterina, was a peasant. Became “da Vinci”
DA VINCI & VERROCCHIO
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Da Vinci’s father used his
position to get young
Leonardo in Andrea del
Verrocchio’s studio as an
artist’s apprentice.
Verrocchio taught Da Vinci
and they painted together.
The Baptism of Christ is said
to be the last painting
Verrocchio did because after
seeing Da Vinci’s angel in the
painting, Verrocchio believed
the apprentice had now
become the master, and
vowed never to paint again.
DA VINCI & VERROCCHIO
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Leonardo’s angel has softer
hair and and shows more
attention to detail than the
other figures in the work.
THE MEDICI – FLORENCE’S BANKING AND RULING FAMILY
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Left - Ponte Vecchio .
Above -Medici Corridor or walkway.
The Medici Family was also a patron to the arts.
Da Vinci worked for the Medici as an artist, but soon became tired of
Florence and its politics. Also he grew angry that a new artist was
emerging in Florence (Michelangelo) and decided to leave.
DA VINCI LEAVES FLORENCE
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Fed up with, his rival
and seeking new
possibilities,
Leonardo left
Florence in the
middle of an alter
painting, Adoration of
the Magi in 1481.
This was one of his
first commissions.
Leonardo once said
“Art is never finished,
only abandoned.”
ADORATION OF THE MAGI
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The passion found
in the on-lookers
faces in the painting
and the action
represented by their
body language
(Contrapposto) was
a direct influence of
Donatello to
Leonardo’s work.
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Left Image - Detail From
Adoration of the Magi
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Right Image – Donatello’s
David
ADORATION OF THE MAGI (STUDY)
DA VINCI RELOCATES NORTH TO MILAN
DA VINCI IN MILAN
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Italy was not a unified
country but separate
provinces or City-States.
DA VINCI IN MILAN
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Leonardo moved in 1483 north
to the city-state of Milan, to work
for the Duke of Milan, Ludovico
Sforza.
The Duke of Milan was military
minded. Milan was a warring citystate.
Leonardo loved to design
possible weapons for war. He
approached the Duke with his
designs.
Many of his engineering ideas
were colossal in size and ahead
of his time.
WAR MACHINE ENGINEER
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WAR MACHINE ENGINEER
Doing Da Vinci is a television
show on Discovery Networks that
attempt to create working versions
of his mechanical inventions.
OBSESSED WITH FLIGHT
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“For once you have tasted flight you will walk
the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for
there you have been and there you will long to
return.” – Leonardo Da Vinci
STUDIED THE HUMAN ANATOMY
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Leonardo would perform autopsies and create detailed
sketches of the human body.
STUDIED THE HUMAN ANATOMY
Vitruvian Man
HORSES AND DA VINCI’S LOST PAINTING
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Da Vinci was enamored with the
anatomy and musculature of Horses,
often sketching them in his notebooks.
HORSES AND DA VINCI’S LOST PAINTING
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Da Vinci’s “lost” fresco The
Battle of Anghiari is believed by
some to be still intact in a
hidden in a trapped
compartment behind another
painting in the Palazzo Vecchio
in Florence.
HORSES AND DA VINCI’S LOST PAINTING
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The Duke of Milan
commissioned Leonardo to
create a cast bronze sculpture
immortalizing his war horse.
The Sforza Equestrian
Monument was abandoned
shortly after the full size clay
model was revealed to the
Duke. The bronze was used to
make cannon balls, and
invading French soon destroyed
the clay sculpture.
This Replica stands 24 feet tall
in Milan
THE SFORZA EQUESTRIAN MONUMENT
THE SFORZA HORSE
TWO PAINTINGS / SAME SUBJECT
Madonna on
the Rocks
1483-1485
The Louvre,
Paris
Virgin on
the Rocks
1486-1490
1506-1508
National Gallery,
London
Confraternity on Immaculate Conception commissioned Leonardo and brothers
Ambrogio and Evangelista de' Predis to create altarpiece.
CIC refused to pay and Duke of Milan bought original. Thought to have been
stolen by Louis XII in 1499.
MADONNA ON THE ROCKS
 Displays atmospheric
perspective
Air particles obscure (make
less clear) objects in the
background, and make the
background look blue and hazy
Da Vinci discovered this
natural occurrence and used it
to show depth in his paintings
THE LAST SUPPER
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- Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper
1495-1497, S. Maria delle Grazie, Milan
Unique Groupings, expressions, and in 1-point perspective
 From 1978 to 1999,
Pinin Brambilla Barcilon
guided a major restoration
project to reverse the
damage caused by dirt,
pollution, and the
misguided 18th and 19th
century restoration
attempts
Chapel was bombed
during WWII.
THE MONA LISA
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Started in 1503 and
considered never finished and
was in his possession when he
died in France in 1517.
Thought to be a portrait of
Francesco del Giocondo, Lisa
Del Giocondo. “Ma Donna
Lisa” – Madam Lisa
in 1911 Louvre
employee Vincenzo Peruggia .
He gave the painting to the
Uffizi Galleries (National
Galleries of Italy). The Uffizi
returned the painting to the
Louvre in Paris in 1913.
Sfumato – using soft lighting
effects to make a smoky blend
of values and color. Prominent
painting technique during the
Renaissance.