Leonardo Da Vinci

Birth of Leonardo Da Vinci

Apr 15, 1452

he was born in Amboise on 1452, He was at the same time painter, anatomist, architect, paleontologist, 3 artist, botanist, scientist, writer, sculptor, philosopher, engineer, inventor, musician, poet and urban planner. He died accompanied by Francesco Melzi, whom he bequeathed his projects, designs and paintings

Leonardo in Florencia

1466

Leonardo's youth was developed in a house in Florence on whose walls hung the works of those artists and the contemporaries of Donatello, Masaccio (whose figurative and realistic frescoes are impregnated with emotion) and Lorenzo Ghiberti (whose Doors of Paradise show a great compositional complexity, combining work as an architect with dedication to detail).

Formation of her carrera

1469

The young Leonardo was a lover of nature, who watched with great curiosity. He drew cartoons and practiced specular writing in Tuscan dialect,After spending his childhood in his hometown, Leonardo studied with the famous Florentine painter Andrea de Verrocchio.

Leonardo and his friends

1470

Leonardo da Vinci had many friends who enjoyed recognition in their respective fields or had an important influence in his time. For example, the mathematician Luca Pacioli, with whom he collaborated in a book, Cesar Borgia, at whose service he spent two years, Lorenzo de Médici or the doctor Marcantonio della Torre. He met Nicolás Maquiavelo, with whom he had a close friendship, and his rival Miguel Ángel.

His first works

1471

His first important works were created in Milan at the service of Duke Ludovico Sforza. He then worked in Rome, Bologna and Venice, and spent the last years of his life in France, at the invitation of King Francis I.

Renaissance humanism

1475

Renaissance humanism sees no mutually exclusive polarities between science and the arts. Leonardo's studies in engineering sciences are as impressive and innovative as his artistic work, and were recorded in his diaries and notebooks, comprising 13,000 pages of text and drawings, associating art and natural philosophy (precedent of modern science) .

First pctures

1478

The first work of Leonardo that is known is a part of the Baptism of Christ of Verrocchio and his students. Another painting that seems to date from this period, is The Annunciation. One of them is small, 59 centimeters long and 14 centimeters high. It is a "predella" to go at the base of a large composition, in this case a painting by Lorenzo di Credi from which it has been separated. The other is a much larger job, 217 centimeters long

Decade Works (1480)

1480

In the 1480s, Leonardo received two large commissions and began to work for another work that was equally of great importance in terms of composition. Unfortunately, two of the works were never completed, and the third was submitted to a negotiation process for finalization and payment. One of these paintings was that of San Jerónimo.

Decade of (1490)

1490

Between 1495 and 1498 Leonardo paints The Last Supper, which represents the last meal shared by Jesus with his disciples; It was executed directly on a wall of the convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan. He worked from dawn to dusk without stopping to eat, to stop doing so for the next three or four days, 38 which ran into the incomprehension of the prior of the convent.

Military engineer

1499

In March 1499, Leonardo worked as an architect and military engineer for the Venetians who wanted to build protections in their city For this reason, he developed systems to defend the city from a possible Naval attack by the Turks and, among his proposals ,highlights the invention of a type of underwater diving suit with a rudimentary helmet

Decade of (1500)

1500

Between 1503 and 1506 he worked on a small portrait, La Gioconda, probably the most famous painting in Western painting. The work depicts Lisa Gherardini, wife of Francesco del Giocondo. It was a picture very dear to Leonardo and that he had with him until his death. Its current appearance is deceptive due to a thick layer of darkened varnishes, whose elimination is being delayed due to the risks involved.

Return to Milan

1504

In 1504, he returned to work in Milan which, at that time, was under the control of Maximilian Sforza thanks to the support of the Swiss mercenaries. Many of the students and those interested in painting met or worked with Leonardo in Milan;

He is homosexual

1510

For what we know about his life seems to have been reserved about his most intimate relationships. Almost contemporary biographer Vasari described two beautiful young men as Leonardo's 'beloved' at various points in his life.8 In the twentieth century biographers made more explicit reference to Leonardo's homosexuality, 9 although others concluded that much of his life was celibate.

French

1516

In 1516 he went to France with his assistant, the painter Francesco Melzi, and perhaps also with Salai; 37 his new patron and protector, the King of France Francisco I, installed them in the house where he lived as a child, Castle of Clos-Lucé, near the castle of Amboise. He was the "first painter, first engineer and first architect of the king", 12 and received a pension of 10,000 escudos.

His death

1519

The Italian painter Leonardo da Vinci died in Amboise (France) on May 2, 1519, at 67 years of age, due to natural causes. He was born on April 15, 1452, in Vinci (Florence, Italy).
Leonardo Da Vinci, ill for several months, wrote his will on April 23, 1519 in front of a notary of Amboise. He asked a priest to receive the confession and the extreme anointing.