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What Are Leonardo Da Vinci's Accomplishments

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Leonardo da Vinci was the greatest masters of the Renaissance. He was a famous painter, sculptor, architect, engineer, musician, inventor, and scientist. No other man has been gifted in as many different ways as he was. Leonardo was born in the small town of Vinci, Tuscany. He was the son of a Florentine notary and a peasant girl. In the mid-1460S, Leonardo and his parents moved to Florence. He was then given the best education that Florence could possibly offer. He advanced both socially and intellectually. Leonardo’s extreme artistic talent took him to Verrocchio’s’ workshop in 1466. It was there that he met Botticelli and Ghirlandaio. While Leonardo was working alongside Verrocchio, he learned many things: painting altarpieces, and making …show more content…

He worked on the composition for a long time, but again, he did not finish his work. From 1495 to 1497, he worked very hard on his masterpiece, The Last Supper. While Leonardo stayed in Milan, he made many more paintings, theater designs, and even a model for the dome of the Milan Cathedral. His largest piece of work was the bronze monument to Francesco Sforza. However, when the Sforza family was chased out of Milan by French forces, the statue was left unfinished and ended up being destroyed by French archers who used it for target practice. In 1503, Leonardo was a member in a group of artists who would decide where the marble statue called The David should be located. Florentine Sculptor, Michelangelo, did the statue. Near the end of 1503, Leonardo began to think of a decoration for the great hall of the Palazzo Becchi. He was to paint the Battle of Angier, which was a Florentine victory in its war with Pisa. Leonardo made many ideas and sketches but he never actually finished the wall painting. During his stay in Florence, Leonardo painted more portraits, however only one survives still today. It is the Mona

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