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Leonardo Da Vini was born in Vinci, Italy on April 15, 1452.
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Verrocchio served as a role model and teacher to Da Vinci.
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He was given the opportunity to study and learn under great artists such as Verrocchio and Michelangelo Buonarroti.
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He was arrested for sodomy, but the charges were later dropped.
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The method used in his painting turned out to be a mark in the development of art in the way the figures are represented in the painting.
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His sketches were unlike anything ever seen. Body parts were sketched in different angles to show grotesque images.
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He tried to apply a scientific method using mathematical laws on human anatomy.
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It is one of the most recognized paintings of the High Renaissance.
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He drew meticulous plans for a human-powered ornithopter (a wing-flapping device intended to fly).
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He was a notary and attorney who had, in all a total of 17 children.
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It is considered “the best known” painting in the world.
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He was Louis’ court painter and worked on a second version of Virgin School.
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This self-portrait exemplifies da Vinci as a man of wisdom since the long hair and beard were not common during the Renaissance era.
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The pointing motion of John up to the sky proposes the importance of salvation through baptism that John the Baptist represents.
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He died at the age of 67.
