Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci

2007

Leonardo da Vinci was a painter , sculptor , poet , architect and engineer a multi-faced man of art , who established new , contradicting and simultaneously convincing , art patterns which impacted the development of art in Europe and beyond . During da Vinci 's lifetime his works defined ans shaped the Renaissance Era , and after his death they superceded any piece of art produced during the following centuries Harden gave Leonardo da Vinci famous nickname "The Renaissance Man while Freud pointed out that da Vinci was a man who awoke too early

in the darkness , while other were all still asleep ' From the critical point of view , da Vinci 's art was always surrounded by enigma of creation and meaning , which evidently illustrated with Mona Lisa artists ' ultimate and the most mysterious apogee

The illegitimate son of the notary Ser Piero da Vinci and a peasant woman called Caterina , Leonardo was born in 1452 in a small town called Anchiano , place located very close to the town of Vinci . From the early childhood , he demonstrated an extraordinary ability to master various disciplines . Having received a very rudimentary formal education , he served as an apprentice in the studio of Verrocchio (1435-1488 , where his first encounter with art is noted . In 1482 , introducing himself to Lodovico Sforza , Duke of Milan , Leonardo da Vinci presented himself as an engineer , a military arts inventor , and an architect . In particularly , he asserted in conclusion , likewise , I can execute sculpture in marble , bronze or terracotta and in painting no one can surpass me (da Vinci , 401

Leonardo moved to Milan where he was working on various projects including Il Cavallo and the Last Supper . When the city was conquered by Louis XII of France in 1499 , da Vinci started traveling from court to court throughout northern Italy where he was employed more as a military architect and engineer than as an artist . In 1516 , invited by King Francis I , who always had a tremendous amount of respect for the artist he went to the court of France at Amboise (Microsoft Encarta , 1996 Living in the isolated castle among beautiful French landscapes and being primarily involved in hydrological studies , da Vinci did not created any more paintings

An autodidact both conscious and proud of his difference from his contemporaries , Leonardo rejected authority in his artistic and scientific activities , preferring an independent exploration of the natural world . Aware that people criticized him for lacking a formal education , he wrote "They despise me , the inventor , but how much more are they to blame for not being inventors , but trumpeters and reciters of the works of others (da Vinci , 189 . In addition to making significant contributions in painting , sculpture , architecture mathematics , engineering , and military science , he explored disciplines as wide-ranging as anatomy , botany , geology , astronomy , hydraulics , and aerodynamics . The versatility and extent of his thought can be seen throughout his notebooks

Naturally , da Vinci 's approach to art creation was examined not only by his contemporaries . Modern scientific though also studies...