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Leonardo Da Vinci
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Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci was one of the greatest painters and sculptors of all time, and was also a man with a keen scientific mind (Leonardo). He was an Italian, born in the village of Vinci, in the Tuscan region of Italy, about five hundred years ago, on April 14, 1452. ... This was during the period called the Renaissance, or rebirth of learning and the arts (Leonardo). ... When Leonardo was eight years old he was made an apprentice (a student and helper) to a painter in the city of Florence (Island). ...
Very little is known about Leonardo’s work as a boy, except that he was found to be astonishly talented and had made a reputation before he was out of his teens. ... Unfortunately, almost nothing that is still in existence is known to surely to be the work of Leonardo during that period. ... At this point, he set up his own business and was famous for being a painter and a man of science (Leonardo). ... Leonardo used what he learned from nature and science to make his paintings look like a spitting image of reality. ... In 1472 he entered a painters union (Leonardo). ...
Sometime during the 1480s, Leonardo moved to Milan to do painting and sculpture for Duke Ludovico, ruler of Milan. Leonardo stayed in Milan almost twenty years. ... It is named “the Last Supper” and shows Jesus and his disciples at the table (Leonardo).
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Title: Leonardo Da Vinci
Words: 1112
Rating: None
Pages: 4.4
submitted by: ProNmouth2mouth
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