Leonardo Da Vinci Renaissance Project by Ashley DeLeo https://padlet.com/adeleo26_1_1/200ttp873ssqiqui en-us 2022-10-14 12:19:31 UTC 2025-11-02 09:12:28 UTC hello@padlet.com Early Life adeleo26_1_1 https://padlet.com/adeleo26_1_1/200ttp873ssqiqui/wish/2343154121 Leonardo Da Vinci was born on April 15, 1452 in Anchiano, Italy. He died on May 2, 1512 in Amboise, France Growing up his parents weren't together. He lived on his fathers family estate in a small town tuscan town of Vinci.

He was given the best education you could get in Florence. His father had enjoyed a high life in society, and when Leo was 15, his father introduced him to artist Andrea Del Vercocchio.

("Leonardo da Vinci." Britannica Academic,)]]> 2022-10-17 13:02:07 UTC https://padlet.com/adeleo26_1_1/200ttp873ssqiqui/wish/2343154121 Under the influence of Andrea Del Vercocchio adeleo26_1_1 https://padlet.com/adeleo26_1_1/200ttp873ssqiqui/wish/2343924181 Under the influence of Del Verrochio, Leo was trained with subjects including painting, sculpture, and technical-manual art. When he was 20 in 1472, he was accepted into painters guild of Florence, which he declined and continued to work in a teachers workshop for 5 more years. In 1478 he became an independent master. His first pieces were left unfinished or unexecuted. He served as a principal engineer and was an architect while in Milan in 1482.

("Leonardo Da Vinci." Funk & Wagnalls)]]> 2022-10-17 20:06:36 UTC https://padlet.com/adeleo26_1_1/200ttp873ssqiqui/wish/2343924181 Why was Leonardo important the Renaissance? adeleo26_1_1 https://padlet.com/adeleo26_1_1/200ttp873ssqiqui/wish/2343931686 2022-10-17 20:13:23 UTC https://padlet.com/adeleo26_1_1/200ttp873ssqiqui/wish/2343931686 Engineering Achievements adeleo26_1_1 https://padlet.com/adeleo26_1_1/200ttp873ssqiqui/wish/2343945846 He had practical and theoretical ideas. He built air conditioning systems, devised new methods of plumbing, designed canals, and helped develop a printing press.  His theoretical ideas included sketches of a machine gun, double hulled ship, man powered army tank. They also show sketches of a breathing mask and parachute.

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]]> 2022-10-17 20:25:51 UTC https://padlet.com/adeleo26_1_1/200ttp873ssqiqui/wish/2343945846 Science Achievements adeleo26_1_1 https://padlet.com/adeleo26_1_1/200ttp873ssqiqui/wish/2343957526 He discovered the arrangement of leaves on plants follows a certain pattern that exposes them to the maximum amount of sunlight. He also noted a number of rings on a tree trunk shows how long a tree lived. He was a pioneer in the study of human anatomy and his notebooks contained accurate drawings of organs and structures. 

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]]> 2022-10-17 20:35:59 UTC https://padlet.com/adeleo26_1_1/200ttp873ssqiqui/wish/2343957526 Paintings adeleo26_1_1 https://padlet.com/adeleo26_1_1/200ttp873ssqiqui/wish/2343976259 He produced a relatively small number of paintings, and many remains unfinished. He was a very extrodinary and innovative artist. During his early years his styles remained closely to Del Verrochios, but he gradually moved away from his teachers stiff, tight, somewhat rigid treatment of figures.

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]]> 2022-10-17 20:54:59 UTC https://padlet.com/adeleo26_1_1/200ttp873ssqiqui/wish/2343976259 "Mona Lisa" adeleo26_1_1 https://padlet.com/adeleo26_1_1/200ttp873ssqiqui/wish/2343989452 In 1503 he started the "Mona Lisa", which is his most famous work, and is quite possibly the most famous painting in the world. It is a portrait of a women who was probably the wife of Gioconda, a rich florentine merchant. It is known for it's mastery of technical innovations and the mysterious of the smiling subject.

It is the example of two techniques; sfumato and chiaroscuro of which Da Vinci was one of the first masters.  Sfumato is characterized by subtle transitions between between color areas, creating a smoky, hazy effect. it is evident in the gauzy robe warn by her or her smile. Chiaroscuro is the technique of modeling and defining forms that contrast light and shadow. The hands of the sitter represent it with modulations of light and shade. It is now in the Louvre in Paris.

("Leonardo Da Vinci." Issues & Controversies)]]> 2022-10-17 21:09:57 UTC https://padlet.com/adeleo26_1_1/200ttp873ssqiqui/wish/2343989452 "The Last Supper" adeleo26_1_1 https://padlet.com/adeleo26_1_1/200ttp873ssqiqui/wish/2343999930 His style innovations are even more apparent in "The Last Supper". He began this painting in 1495. It portrays the moment Jesus told his disciples "One of you shall betray me". Instead of showing the 12 apostles as individual figures, he grouped them in three's, isolating Jesus Christ, so he is the center point of the portrait.

He painted it with a mixture of oil and tempera, and he painted it on the wall of the refectory of a Dominican Monastery. The painting has been restored many times due to aging.

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]]> 2022-10-17 21:21:45 UTC https://padlet.com/adeleo26_1_1/200ttp873ssqiqui/wish/2343999930 Influence of Renaissance adeleo26_1_1 https://padlet.com/adeleo26_1_1/200ttp873ssqiqui/wish/2344004972 he was celebrated as a painter, sculptor, engineer, scientist, and architect. His innovations on the world of painting influenced the course of Italian art for more than a century after his death. His scientific studies, particularly in the field of anatomy, optics, and hydraulics, anticipated many of the developments of modern science.

("Leonardo Da Vinci." Issues & Controversies)]]> 2022-10-17 21:28:03 UTC https://padlet.com/adeleo26_1_1/200ttp873ssqiqui/wish/2344004972 Works Cited adeleo26_1_1 https://padlet.com/adeleo26_1_1/200ttp873ssqiqui/wish/2344029139 2022-10-17 21:59:15 UTC https://padlet.com/adeleo26_1_1/200ttp873ssqiqui/wish/2344029139