1. When Rome fell, trade and commerce collapsed and
the European World descended into chaos. It took
seven hundred years of war, plague, and poverty
before the continent emerged from turmoil and moved
into the Renaissance
2. The Black Death had killed millions in Europe and
left the survivors with proportionally greater wealth.
Italian society, and the results of the Black Death,
allowed people to demonstrate their wealth.
3. At the very top of Italian society, the rulers of the key courts in Italy
were all “new men”, recently confirmed in their positions of power and
with newly gained wealth, and they were keen to demonstrate both.
When artistic and scholarly movements turned back to the classical
world at the start of the fifteenth century there were plenty of patrons
ready to support them in these endeavours to make political points.
4. Such a man was Lorenzo de Medici…
And among his finds were Renaissance men, with the like
of Botticelli, Michelangelo and…
6. In the normal course of events many men and women are born
with remarkable talents; but occasionally, in a way that
transcends nature, a single person is marvelously endowed
by Heaven with beauty, grace and talent in such abundance
that he leaves other men far behind, all his actions seem
inspired and indeed everything he does clearly comes from
God rather than from human skill. Everyone acknowledged
that this was true of Leonardo da Vinci, an artist of
outstanding physical beauty, who displayed infinite grace in
everything that he did and who cultivated his genius so
brilliantly that all problems he studied he solved with ease.
—Giorgio Vasari
Biographer
7. Name : Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci
Born :15 April 1452,Vinci,
Republic of Florence (Italy)
Died : 2 May 1519 (aged 67),Amboise,
Kingdom of France
Known for : Diverse fields of the arts and sciences
Style : High Renaissance
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8. Humble Beginnings
Born in Vinci, Italy, an illegitimate son to a peasant woman named
Caterina and a successful notary named Piero da Vinci, he
began his life facing hardship and obscurity.
He grew up in nature, and began to use his keen skill of
observation to learn about the world around him.
Leonardo received an informal education in Latin, geometry
and mathematics
(1452-1519)
9. Humble Beginnings
Leonardo recorded only two childhood incidents
One, which he regarded as an omen, was when a kite dropped
from the sky and hovered over his cradle, its tail feathers
brushing his face.
The second occurred while he was exploring in the mountains:
he discovered a cave and was both terrified that some great
monster might lurk there and driven by curiosity to find out what
was inside
(1452-1519)
10. The Greatest Polymath
Leonardo Da Vinci
Architect
Botanist
Musician
Writer
Scientist
Mathematician
Engineer
Inventor
Anatomist
Painter
Sculptor
11. The Mind of the Genius
Curious as well as observant, he constantly tried to explain what he saw.
Because he wrote down and sketched so many of his observations, we know
that he was among the very first to take a scientific approach towards
understanding how our world works and how we see it
20. More machines
Work machines-Self propelled car, pillar lifting machine, pile driver, drilling
machine, revolving crane, machine for threading screws, machine for making
mirrors, machine for making ropes, winged spindle, distiller with continuous cooling
system, pulleys, mechanical drum, odometer, gold foraging hammer, fan, rollers for
friction studies, machine for digging trenches, and more
Water and Land machines- sluice gate hatch, lagoon dredge, paddle boat,
webbed glove, drop-bottom float, floats for walking on water, fast-construction
bridge, boat with paddle wheels, diving bell, bilge pump, device for measuring
water turning to steam, double hull, auto-feed hydraulic saw, mobile-ram boat
(assault battleship).
22. Study of Human Anatomy
Leonardo often watched
doctors perform autopsies
so that he could study
human anatomy.
He later began dissecting
corpses on his own and
carefully sketched everything
that he saw.
23. Further Anatomy
The detail with which Leonardo Da Vinci observed, recorded, drew,
documented his medical findings set an example for researchers and medical
practitioners for centuries to come.
The zealousness with which Leonardo Da Vinci searched for answers set an
example for all of the world.
25. Ever Curious Mind
Leonardo Da Vinci had a strong curiosity and refused to believe what his
observations could not prove. For example, through his studies of fossils,
he refuted ideas such as the Great Flood from the biblical era of Noah
who built the ark.
By his studies refuting the flood, Leonardo also predicted the 20th
century idea of plate tectonics by considering the possibility of
uplift in mountain building.
It was even suggested that Leonardo conceptualized an idea of evolution,
which was not formally researched and published by Charles Darwin until
1859... more than 300 years later!!!
26. A Mind Both Artistic and
Scientific
Because Leonardo the artist sought for the ideal
face, he skillfully sliced open the skull to
reveal the brain cavity and see what lay beneath.
Combining art and science he
analyzed the proportions of the head.
28. 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.
The insurance money for the
painting is predicted to be around
US$780 million in 2015.
29. The Last Supper
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Considered by many to
be Leonardo’s greatest
painting, The Last Supper
employs all of his anatomical
work in the expressions of
Christ and the Apostles.
35. Why he’s a genius
The fact that he was so good at everything he did,
(and he did a lot many things), makes him
exceptionally smart. His idiosyncrasies (the left-
handed mirror script, the manic search for knowledge
and understanding, the myriads of unfinished
projects), his originality, his breakthrough, almost
futuristic thinking is what sets him apart.
Mirror script
The adoration of the Magi-
another unfinished work of
Leonardo Da Vinci
Unfinished Da Vinci
painting of St Jerome
36. Liana Bortolon, writing in 1967,
said:
"Because of the multiplicity of
interests that spurred him to pursue
every field of knowledge ...
Leonardo can be considered, quite
rightly, to have been the universal
genius par excellence, and with all
the disquieting overtones inherent in
that term. Man is as uncomfortable
today, faced with a genius, as he was
in the 16th century. Five centuries
have passed, yet we still view
Leonardo with awe."
37. Leon Battista Alberti (1404–1472), once
stated that “A man can do all things if he so
wills.”
-Leonardo da Vinci was proof to this..
We think that someone can be “a jack of all
trades but a master of none”
-Leonardo da Vinci proved otherwise..
38. •
“It had long since come to my attention
that people of accomplishment rarely sat
back and let things happen to them. They
went out and happened to things.”
― Leonardo da Vinci
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“I love those who can smile in trouble...”
― Leonardo da Vinci
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“The noblest pleasure is the joy of
understanding.”
― Leonardo da Vinci
