The Real “Da Vinci Code”

Leonardo Da Vinci

Leonardo Da Vinci

April 14, 1452 Vinci, Italy Inventor Artist

Painter Sculptor Scientist Engineer

Life…

At the age of 15 Da Vinci was taken in by Verrocchio for an apprenticeship.

Went to Milan in 1482 and worked for the Duke. It was here where he reached his heights as a scientist and artist.

Verrocchio The Baptism of Christ

Did you know?

Only 19 or 20 paintings have survived

Most of his work is incomplete

The Last Supper

The Last Supper

It is a depiction of Jesus and the Last Supper

Da Vinci was not actually there… he used models that were carefully selected that posed for the

painting

It took Da Vinci seven years to finish the painting

Mona Lisa

Most famous painting Louvre, Paris A portrait of a lady

against the Alpine Landscape

Who is she? Smile or Frown?

Human Body

Explored in great detail whatever he worked on

Did a lot of exploration of the human body that led to many medical advances.

Nature Drawings

Explain the world around him

Ornithopter—The flight of the Bird

Research

Writing from right to left

Hebrew and Arabic are right to left

Hungarian is top to bottom alternating left to right and right to left

Chinese and Japanese is written right to left and top to bottom

Can you write backwards?

Think of your favorite quote, write it on a separate sheet of

paper….