Leonardo da Vinci was born on April 15, 1452 in Vinci, Italy.

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Leonardo da Vinci was born on April 15, 1452 in
Vinci, Italy.

• While growing up Leonardo was fascinated by
  animals and insects. Throughout his long life, he
  never stopped studying nature-plants, anatomy,
  the movement of water, the mechanics of
  flight-and applying his observations to his art.

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An Artist and a Scientist

• Leonardo was an artist in the High Renaissance.
• A style of art developed in
• Italy in the late 15th, chiefly
• characterized by an
• emphasis on draftsmanship,
• centralized compositions, and
• the illusion of sculptural
• volume in painting.

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We shall describe this mechanical structure of
man by means of diagrams

• Leonardo raised the study of the structure of
  man to a science. He sought to illustrate the
  inner structure of man. His drawings were so
  accurate that they are still used to illustrate
  anatomy texts today.

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Animal Studies

• Leonardo was often impatient with men, but he had
  a special fondness for animals. His lively
  sketches of cats are drawn with great affection.
  Look carefully for the cat that became a dragon.

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Man and God

• At first Leonardo intended to learn about the
  human body so that he could paint it more
  realistically. But soon he began to hope that it
  would bring him to the answer to the riddle of
  creation.

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Anatomical Study

• Leonardo often watched doctors perform autopsies
  so that he could study human anatomy. He later
  began dissections on his own and carefully
  sketched everything that he saw.

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The Inventor

• Leonardo modeled his flying machines after his
  studies of bird wings. And though he failed at
  actually taking air, his careful and inventive
  researches in aerodynamics made him a forerunner
  of modern flight.

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Mona Lisa

• Leonardo Da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa on a
  piece of pine wood in the year 1506. Never in the
  history of Art has one painting been so admired.
  This is due largely to the enigmatic smile, which
  has caused much speculation. Some people have
  even suggested that it is a self-portrait.

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The Last Supper

• Considered by many to be Leonardos greatest
  painting, The Last Supper employs all of his
  anatomical work in the expressions of Christ and
  the Apostles.

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The Codes

• Leonardo wrote in Italian using a special kind of
  shorthand that he invented himself. People who
  study his notebooks have long been puzzled by
  something else, however. He usually used "mirror
  writing," starting at the right side of the page
  and moving to the left. Only when he was writing
  something intended for other people did he write
  in the normal direction.

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An Artistic and Scientific Search for the True
Picture of Man and his Universe

• "Leonardo da Vinci was like a man who awoke too
  early in the darkness, while the others were all
  still asleep"
• -Sigmund Freud