2. BACKGROUND INFORMATION
• Born: April 15, 1452 in Vinci, Italy
• Died: May 02, 1519 in Amboise,
France
• Apprentice to Andrea del Verrocchio
3. THE PAINTER
• Always experimented with new
paints and styles. Although not
always successful, his ingenuity
brought great interest and
innovation to other artists
• Most famous for the Mona Lisa
shown to the right and his Last
Supper painting
• Younger artists loved his
modern approach
4. THE ENGINEER
• Focused on military
• Designed and improved
upon catapults
• Developed system for
diverting rivers
• Main focus on motion
5. THE SCIENTIST
• Summoned to Milan for his
understanding of the
Human form
• His interest in the human
body spawned from the
artist in him. However he
produced some of the most
accurate layouts of the
human body
• Spent most of his later years
focusing on science
6. IMPACT
Po s i t ive s N e g a t ive s
Influenced many artists that followed No great affect on science
him, forever changing painting Some experimentation with different
Provided a new perspective on many paints failed and his work
religious depictions ex) The Three deteriorated over time
Magi Brought a more grim tone to
Brought in a new age of architecture paintings by utilizing dark less
transitioning from early to high obvious outlining (could be positive
reniassance also)
7. WORK CITED
"Leonardo da Vinci." Encyclopedia of World Biography. Detroit: Gale, 1998. Gale
World History In Context. Web. 7 Dec. 2011.
