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Political map of Italy in the year in 1494. Leonardo Da Vinci's grandfather Antonio and father Piero were notaries, and Antonio noted the birth of Leonardo in a notary book of the 14th century used as a collection of memories of the family, writing, "Nacque un mio nipote, figliolo di ser Piero mio figliolo a dì 15 aprile del 1452 in sabato a ore 3 di notte [according to the Gregorian calendar ...
Leonardo Da Vinci's baptism record. Leonardo da Vinci, properly named Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci [b] ("Leonardo, son of ser Piero from Vinci"), [9] [10] [c] was born on 15 April 1452 in, or close to, the Tuscan hill town of Vinci, 20 miles from Florence.
1482 letter from Leonardo da Vinci to Ludovico Sforza; a résumé outlining his abilities in science, engineering and art.. The Italian polymath Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) left thousands of pages of writings and drawings but rarely made any references to his personal life. [1]
Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) George Cuvier (1769–1832) [56] Parasitology: Francesco Redi (1626–1697) The founder of experimental biology and the first person to challenge the theory of spontaneous generation by demonstrating that maggots come from eggs of flies. [57] Population genetics: Ronald A. Fisher, Sewall Wright, J. B. S. Haldane ...
In his Vita di Leonardo (1568), Vasari reports that, as a very young man, Leonardo represented the head of Medusa on a wooden shield after a request by his father, Ser Piero da Vinci: [1] It is said that Ser Piero da Vinci, at his villa, was besought as a favour, by a peasant of his, who had made a buckler with his own hands out of a fig-tree ...
Such was the case back in the 1480s, when a young Leonardo da Vinci was coming up in Florence. Show comments. ... Sonny Smart, father of Georgia head coach Kirby Smart, dies after fall in New Orleans.
Cesare Borgia briefly employed the artisan Leonardo da Vinci as a military architect and engineer between 1502 and 1503. Cesare provided Leonardo with an unlimited pass to inspect and direct all ongoing and planned construction in his domain. [26] While in Romagna, Leonardo built the canal from Cesena to the Porto Cesenatico. [27]
Art historians say Leonardo da Vinci hid an optical illusion in the Mona Lisa's face: she doesn't always appear to be smiling. There's question as to whether it was intentional, but new research ...