Biography Da Vinci

Quotes16 On the author a recognized genius, scientist, writer, inventor, artist, sculptor, engineer, musician. Leonardo da Vinci was born on April 15 in the small village of Ankian. He was an illegitimate child of a rich notary. However, Father Leonardo did not abandon his son, took the boy into his family and was engaged in his upbringing. Young da Vinci studied the art of painting and sculpture with the master Andrea Verrokroko, he was also interested in chemistry, work with metal and humanities.

The talented personality of the Renaissance was educated, the young artist worked on the paintings of his teacher. The talent of Leonardo da Vinci attracted the attention of the rich nobles. In the year, his patron of Lorenzo Medici, Da Vinci, in Milan, where he entered the court state as an engineer. Initially, the inventor worked on defensive devices and devices for the amusement of the yard.

For seventeen years at the court, da Vinci made sculptures, drew some famous paintings: “Madonna in the grotto”, “Lady with an ermine”, “Vitruvian man” and painted the wall of the refectory of the Dominican Monastery with the composition “Secret Office”. The artist was responsible for his works. He contributed to all spheres of art and science that he concerned. Da Vinci wanted to delve into the essence of all the things surrounding him and phenomena.

He understood the structure of the human body, the flights of insects and birds, the origin of natural phenomena. He kept diaries where he recorded his observations. In years, the artist worked in Florence in the service of the Duke of Cesare Borgia. This period of work was famous for the creation of the most famous picture of the "Jaconda". In the year, Leonardo da Vinci accepted the invitation of King Francis I and went to work in France.

The happiest and calm years of the scientist’s life passed there. He lived in the castle of Klo-Lus in Turen, trained students and was engaged in what was interested in.

The works of the picture of Leonardo da Vinci gained great fame than his inventions and books. Despite this, the master’s engineering projects are still alive: in Norway, a bridge was built according to its drawing, in France - a channel between Loire and Sonya. Leonardo da Vinci was one of the first to suggest a prototype of the tank, aircraft, self -propelled cart, spotlight, catapult, bicycle, parachute, mobile bridge and machine gun.

Today, fragmentary notes from his monographs and diaries are stored according to museums and private collections of different countries. However, thanks to scientists such as V. Zubov, many books by Leonardo da Vinci were translated into Russian and accessible to the domestic reader. The books of the great scientist are devoted to thoughts on physics and mathematics, anatomy and biology, astronomy and geology.

The Litres service presents the following publications: “Leonardo da Vinci.