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In Vinci, a province of Florence in Italy. His parents weren't married so he was an illegitimate child.
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Leonardo Da Vinci was concidered one of the greatest Italian painters, well known for his masterpieces such as: Mona Lisa, Madonna of the Rocks, and The Last Supper. He was also a sculptor, scientist, inventor, mathematician, philosopher and alsovegetarian.
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Leonardo was apprenticed to him when he was 14 years old. He learned art from him and also worked in Verrocchio's workshop.
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Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni was born, he was thought to be Leonardo's greatest rival.
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Florentine court records show that Leonardo and three other young men were charged with sodomy(anal sex with someone
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Da Vinci designed machines like an eight barreled machine gun thing, an automatic igniting device for weapons, a huge crossbow and a machine for storming walls in wars to come.
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Leonardo designed his own boat.
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Da Vinci started to design new flying machines and he drew designs of an Ornithopter, Parachute and a Hang glider device.
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The Vitruvian Man is a well known drawing created by Leonardo da Vinci.It is accompanied by notes based on the work of a architect called Vitruvius. The drawing, shows a male figure in two positions with his arms and legs apart and simultaneously inside a circle and square.
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Gian Giacomo Caprotti da Oreno, nicknamed Salai ("The Little Unclean One"), entered Leonardo's household in 1490. He made a number of paintings and stayed with Leonardo for the next 30 years
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Charles VIII (8th) from France invaded Italy
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The painting shows the last meal shared by Jesus with his followers before his capture and death. It shows the moment (you will know if you have read the bible) when Jesus has said "one of you will betray me".
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'Also know as "La Gioconda" it is one of the few works Leonardo painted that survives today. It is also one of the most famous paintings in the world. It was not finished as Leonardo didn't paint eye brows.
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Leonardo got another student who's name was Count Francesco Melzi who was the son of a Lombard aristocrat and is considered to have been Leonardo's favourite student. He travelled to France with Leonardo, and remained with him until the his death.
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In Amboise, Touraine which is now called Indre-et-Loire, France, was where Leonardo Da Vinci died of old age.
