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Leonardo Da Vinci's Accomplishments

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Leonardo da Vinci was born out of wedlock on April 15, 1452 in present-day Italy in a little farmhouse nestled among the undulating hills of Tuscany outside of a village called Anchiano, to a very respected Florentine notary Ser Piero da Vinci and a young peasant woman named Caterina. Leonardo artistic talents were evident from an early age he was taught little formal education like basic reading, writing and mathematics instruction. In 1467 at the age of 15 Leonardo was sent to work for Andrea De Verrocchio as an apprentice in Florence where he was taught a wide variety of technical skills such as painting, drawling, metalworking, leather arts, carpentry and sculpting. At the early age of 20 Leonardo was accepted into the Florence guide of painter. …show more content…

While live in Milan, duke Ludovico Sforza asked da Vinci to paint The Last Supper around the year of 1495 on the back wall in the dining hall of the Milan’s Santa Marie delle Grazie. This masterpiece took Leonardo 3 years to finish marking it to be 1498 to shows us the moment of when Jesus told the 12 disciples that one of them whom had gathered with him for the Passover dinner would soon betray him just before he was caught and crucified. Leonardo painted this moment to reveals the reactions of the 12-discipled face as they were told this information. This work of art that da Vinci painted if bound one of my top favorite works of art that he as

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