Leonardo da Vinci was a famous Renaissance man who inspired an evolution in science research, art, architecture, civil engineering, human anatomy, and many more. His explorations in each subject had helped him achieve many major accomplishments.
In art, his famous painting called the Mona Lisa is depicted of a young woman who is giving off a mysterious aura; her smile is there, but it looks like she's concealing some enormously interesting secret. da Vinci also painted the Virgin of the Rocks and The Last Supper. All of these famous artworks included details of the Renaissance era, like human emotions, realistic features, and three-dimensional details. Most of Leonardo da Vinci's paintings had religious themes.
-Virgin of the Rocks - The Last Supper
By 1495, started painting the Last Supper, which was one of the many best known works of his time. In 1504, he was back in Florence where he began his most prized masterpiece, the Mona Lisa.
da Vinci also studied birds' flight and tried to apply them to his own sketches and flying devices; which didn't really work but later helped in the aerodynamic procedure.
Leonardo also observed the relationship between the moon and our Earth; he realized the effect the moon has on our tides.
He worked as a military engineer to invent advanced and deadly weapons. He also worked as a civil, military engineer during the Second Italian War and mapmaker for Cesare Borgia, applying his knowledge of mechanics. He was a gentle man who loved animals and hated war, yet he worked as a military engineer to help invent advanced and deadly weapons. Such advancements that da Vinci made in weaponry included the armored car, which inspired the creation of the modern military tanks, and also cannons and giant crossbows.Leonardo da Vinci's work was written in mirror script, which you have to reflect in a mirror to decipher.
Comments (6)
tran said
at 12:49 pm on May 11, 2010
The italyish part is something I have no idea what to do with so.... yea. Sorry!
azizuddin said
at 8:22 am on May 12, 2010
It think you should keep it but reword it a bit. Like maybe , "Leonardo da Vinci's work was written in mirror script, meaning you will have to use a mirror to understand what it says," or you can keep it how it is (:
welzien said
at 8:53 am on May 12, 2010
hey guys what was that thing at the bottom that says [Leonardo da Vinci's work was written in mirror script, which you have to reflect in a mirror to decipher.] Shouldn't we delete that?????
welzien said
at 9:08 am on May 12, 2010
actually i think that should be in a paragraph above it because it kinda tells us what he was thinking so i like it what do you guys think???
tran said
at 1:04 pm on May 12, 2010
yea suree i got it!
awu said
at 11:30 am on May 14, 2010
Yea.. I was thinking that we could probably add some information about da Vinci's accomplishments in anatomy but ran out of time. Just wondering if anyone wouldn't mind inputting. The laptops are rally laggy...
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