Leonard Da Vinci

Early Childhood
Leonardo was born April 15, 1452
in Tuscany, Italy.

His parents never married, and not much is

known about his mother.

His father, Ser Piero, was a Public Notary.

He had two brothers, Francesco and Violente.

At age 5, Leonardo went to live with his

grandfather.
 Contributions to
Society
Renaissance
painter, sculptor,
musician, architect,
engineer,
mathematician,
anatomist,
scientist,
philosopher
The Artist
Da Vinci’s most
famous artistic
works include The
Mona Lisa, The
Last Supper, and
The Virgin and
Child with Saint
Anne.
 The Engineer
Well-known for inventing the bicycle, parachute and
helicopter, Da Vinci also invented the swing bridge, a
dredger, rotating cranes, water turbines, a compass,
ball bearings, armored cars, submarines, double-hull
boats, underwater breathing devices, life buoys, swim
fins and a canal system which is still in use today.
These are only a few amazing inventions.
 What Most People Don’t Know About
DaVinci

• He invented the scissors.

• He invented contact lenses.
• He created the first textbook of
human anatomy.
• He had a great singing voice.

“ Leonardo DaVinci was like a man who

awoke too early in the darkness while
the others were all still asleep”

– Sigmund Freud
Da Vinci’s After being paralyzed
Death on his right side for two
years, in spring of 1519,
DaVinci became quite ill
for several weeks. He
died on May 2 at the
age of 67, and is now
buried at the Chapel of
St. Hubert.
 Extras
Did you know that DaVinci wrote all of his notes
in mirror writing? Instead of writing left to
right, he wrote backwards. There are many
theories about why he wrote this way, but no
one knows for sure. Why do you think he did it?
To try mirror writing for yourself, click the
mirror.
If you would like to try your luck at
figuring out some of DaVinci’s machines,
click the robot.
 The End FINIS
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuscany
Sources
• www.artchive.com

• www.google.com

• www.krausal.com/leonardo

• www.macchinedileonardo.com

• www. mos.org/sln/Leonardo
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