Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci
LEONARDO DA VINCI
By Kevin Laurence
By Kevin Laurence
Ms. Deck Art 7/8
BIRTH AND DEATH DATES
•Leonardo
•Leonard
da Vinci was born in April 15-1452.
da Vinci died May 2-1519.
TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
•Leonardo
da Vinci attended worked at
Verroccio’s studio.
STYLE AND TECHNIQUES
•Leonardo’s
style of art was: drafts work, painting,
pointillism and sculpting. He would make all sorts of
art like people, bones, and places in the world.
•To make his paintings he used oil paint techniques
.Which is made out of paint pigment and linseed oil.
INTERESTING POINT 1
A interesting point about Leonardo da Vinci’s
greatest work of the 1940’s was ‘’The Last
Supper’’. The painting shows the last supper
Jesus and his disciples shared together.
INTERESTING POINT 2
A interesting point about Leonardo da Vinci is
that his work of the 16th century was surrounded
by “The Mona Lisa’’. He worked on this painting
for 4 years!!!! He carried this painting everywhere
he went for the remainder of his life.
INTERESTING POINT 3
•A
interesting point about Leonardo da Vinci is that
his trainer at Verroccio’s made sure that all of his
students new how to have depth in their drawings of
anatomy of the human body. He later became master
of topographic anatomy, drawing many bones
muscles and tendons.
WHAT APPEALS TO ME ABOUT
LEONARDO DA VINCI
What appeals to me about Leonardo da Vinci is
that his art has been seen all over the world and
wont be forgotten for a very long time, if ever!
WHAT APPEALS TO ME ABOUT
LEONARDO DA VINCI
What appeals to me about Leonardo da Vinci is
that he is not just a artist he is a inventor through
his artwork and journals. In the picture above
Leonardo da Vinci has invented a Automatic
Igniting Device for firearms.
WHAT APPEALS TO ME ABOUT
LEONARDO DA VINCI
What appeals to me about Leonardo da Vinci is that
he has a series of journals, that he wrote in almost
daily. The amazing thing about it is that he wrote
most of his journals in mirror script! Which means
he wrote in his journals from right to left. So that
when you looked in a mirror it was left to right.
WHAT APPEALS TO ME ABOUT
LEONARDO DA VINCI
What appeals to me about Leonardo da Vinci is
that when people discovered his inventions they
immediately tested them and they all seemed to
succeed and to this day are still used.
ONE OF LEONARDO DA VINCI’S ARTWORK
One of Leonardo da Vinci’s artwork is ‘’The Last
Supper’’. It is recognized all over the world! It
makes me feel that he felt the need to devote at
least one of his artworks to Jesus.
ONE OF LEONARDO DA VINCI’S ARTWORK
One of Leonardo da Vinci’s artwork is ‘’The Mona
Lisa’’. This artwork is also recognized all over the
world. In this artwork there is a girl with there
hands crossed . What I like about this artwork is the
lake and swamp in the background.
ONE OF LEONARDO DA VINCI’S ARTWORK
One of Leonardo da Vinci’s artwork is his ‘’Self
Portrait’’ It is done in pointillism. Legend has it
that it only look him a couple of hours to complete
this!! This artwork makes me feel that he knew he
was gonna need a picture of him for the future.
BIBLIOGRAPHY AND SOURCES
•http://biographydvd.com/leonardo-da-vinci-biography/
•http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_da_Vinci
•http://www.google.ca/images?um=1&hl=en&tbs=isch:1&&sa=
X&ei=bLIsTfq3GoW0sAOcqPD9BQ&ved=0CC4QBSgA&q=ver
rocchio%27s+studio&spell=1