Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Leonardo di Piero da Vinci: One of the Worlds Most Amazing People

Leonardo di Piero da Vinci, also known as Leonardo da Vinci, was one of the best painter's ever. Known everywhere for his paintings, Leonardo da Vinci was also an amazing inventor. He thought of helicopters, a tank, concentrated solar power, a calculator, and even the theory plate tectonics (Plate tectonics is a scientific theory which describes the large scale motions of Earth's lithosphere). He was also very interested in science. He studied the fields of anatomy, civil engineering, and botany. As for his paintings, Leonardo's most famous are Mona Lisa, Last Supper, and The Vitruvian Man.

Not much is known about Leonardo da Vinci's childhood. When Leonardo was fourteen, he was an apprentice to the artist Andrea di Cione, known as Verrocchio. There he was educated in the art of art. Many painters were apprenticed or associated with Verrocchio.

Leonardo lived in Ludovico il Moro in Milan, Venice, Rome, Bologna, Vinci in Florence, and France. His earliest known drawing was in 1473. Some people say Leonardo had ADHD. He had many signs of it. Leonardo loves planning drawings, but seemed to finishing painting it less enthusiastic. 

Some fun facts about Leonardo da Vinci are

  • Stingy with money

  •  Loved learning

  • Had journals filled with nothing but studies of different things like hand postures

  •  Drew three of the most famous paintings, Mona Lisa, The Last Supper, and The
    Viruvian Man

  • Name means Leonardo, (son) of (Mes)ser Piero from Vinci


Leonardo is one of the remarkable people Earth ever created. He was more than just a painter. He had ideas of things we use. Here is a list of good books on Leonardo.

  • Leonardo's Shadow by Christopher Grey
  • For beginners : Who was Leonardo da Vinci by Roberta Edwards, Illustrated by True Kelly
That's all for now. Soon I'll do a book review on Leonardo's Shadow. It's a great book.

6 comments:

  1. That's pretty cool- Leonardo De Vinci is pretty interesting. :)

    Saw your comment- thanks for including your blog link! (That means you aren't a stalker- I've had a few of those before, too. :P )

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  2. Thanks Angela for visiting my blog. Leonardo Da Vinci is really cool.

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  3. Wonderful Post, Annaxandria! It's up now on the Homeschooled Kids Carnival:

    http://www.worldstaracademy.com/2010/05/welcome-to-carnival.html

    There's a wonderful interactive website about Leonardo that I think you'd like. It's at:

    http://www.alifetimeofcolor.com/play/leonardo/

    You have a great looking blog!

    Ms. Tatiana
    www.worldstaracademy.com

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  4. Neat! I didn't kno Lenardo was stingy :)
    Katelyn

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  5. I didn't either! I think he was stingy because he was raised to be, but it's just a theory.

    Or maybe it's not..... I'll have to look into that.

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  6. Great post! And, I love your layout!!! It looks great. (By the way, I'm homeschooling my daughter whose name is Alexandra. I love your name!)

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