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Fun Fact!
- He would add egg yolks to his oil paints, which created a new medium called egg tempera. This resulted in higher pigment content and added a barrier against painting discoloration.
3) Religion
Da Vinci was given the opportunity to join the Florence Painters' Guild in 1472 when he was twenty years old, but he stayed with Verrocchio until 1478, when he attained the status of independent master. He started painting The Adoration of the Magi, his first commission, for Florence's San Donato, a Scopeto monastery, around 1482.
Leonardo was born at a time when Europe was heavily dominated by Christianity, especially Catholicism. He was alive during the Renaissance, which was characterized by a comeback of interest in humanism, classical education, and art. He was brought up in a Catholic home, which had an impact on his outlook on life.
But there isn't much conclusive information available regarding his personal religious beliefs, as he had his own thoughts on religion. However, many of his artworks were projects commissioned by the church. And most of his most
famous works are of religious scenes.
Da Vinci was the ultimate trendsetter in the art world. He made “Chiaroscuro” a popular technique, which uses great contrast between light and shadow to define the three-dimensionality of objects. He also pioneered the technique of “Sfumato” which blends contours with delicate shading to create a hazy softness.
Contrary to what was common at the time, he didn’t paint halos over angels or use gold, azure, or other expensive “high status” colours within his paintings. Through the use of colour value, he alluded to “God’s omnipotence” within his paintings, mainly focusing on highlighting natural elements and backgrounds.
Da Vinci researched and documented so much on coloured illumination, shading, perspective and tonal value. Many of his discoveries still make up the foundation of applied
science within visual appearance.
He seems to have been the first writer to distinguish between brightness & lightness, chroma & colourfulness, and with hue, you have a three-dimensional conception of colour.
Fun Facts!
His apprentiship was under
Andrea del Verrocchio.
Del Verrocchio was taught by Donatello (the artist, not the Ninja Turtle)
Michelangelo was an artist in the same time period, and the two of them
had a competitive rivalry, which in turn some think influenced
their works
-Da Vinci liked to dissect corpses.
-He wrote his notes in reverse.
-One of his Notebooks Sold for $40 Million.
Reading, writing, and math were the standard elementary education that Leonardo da Vinci received at his father's home. In 1467, when he was fifteen years old, he started as an apprentice, picking up technical and mechanical talents as well as painting and sculpting.
He studied under a mathmetician named Fra Luca Pacioli.
Through expanding his knowledge of math, da Vinci applied this within his creations, both artworks and inventions. He was the master of perspective.
Leonardo da Vinci was born April 15, 1452, in Anchiano, near Vinci, in the Republic of Florence, Italy, and died May 2, 1519 in Cloux, France. He was a painter, draftsman, sculptor, architect, and engineer whose talent and intellect, maybe surpassing that of any other figure, represented the Renaissance humanist ideal. His paintings of the Last Supper and the Mona Lisa are two of the most well-known and important works of Renaissance art. His notes demonstrate a mechanical creativity and a spirit of scientific inquiry decades ahead of their times.
Da Vinci was notorious for not finishing his artworks, commissions and personal projects. His process was also very slow because he worked so meticulously. Ironically, for arguably the most famous painter, his legacy consists of less than 20 completed paintings.
Fun Facts!
- The Mona Lisa is the world's most visited & recognizable painting
Little is known about Leonardo's early life. When he was five years old he moved with his father, uncle and grandparents to the small town of Vinci. Albiera, a sixteen-year-old girl who loved Leonardo but passed away young, married his father, Ser Piero, after Leonardo was born.
In his older years, Leonardo only kept a journal of two childhood occurrences. One time a kite (a type of bird) came down from the sky and perched over his cradle, touching his face with its tail feathers, something he took to be an omen.
The second incident happened while mountaineering. He came upon a cave and was both afraid of the cave's darkness, and curious to see if there was anything inside. This mental image is similar to what he uses in some of his paintings, with heavy shadows and depth.
Leonardo's early life has been the topic of historical speculation. Vasari, the 16th-century chronicler of Renaissance artists, recounts how a local farmer begged Ser Piero to commission his brilliant son to paint a picture on a circular shield. In turn, Leonardo created a horrific picture of Medusa with snakes spitting fire, which Ser Piero sold to a Florentine art dealer, who then sold it to the Duke of Milan. Meanwhile, having earned a profit, Ser Piero purchased a plaque depicting a heart wounded by an arrow and delivered it to the peasant.
- Bill Gates bought Leonardo da Vinci's notebook.
-Da Vinci didn't go to school
Leonardo Da Vinci was the first person to conceptualize an airplane, a helicopter, a tank, a double hull, a calculator, concentrated solar power, and plate tectonics. He also advanced the studies of civil engineering, anatomy and optics. He was
so far ahead of his time it was unbelievable.
(Ayden & Grace)