Leonardo Da Vinci
Self-portrait in the portrait, National Gallery of Turin.

Self Portrait, National Gallery at Turin.
Leonardo da Vinci was a Florentine artist, one of the great High Renaissance, was also celebrated as a painter, a sculptor, an architect, an engineer and scientist. His deep love of knowledge and research was the keynote of both his artistic and scientific activities. His innovations in the field of painting influenced the course of Italian art for more than a century after his death and his scientific studies, notably in the fields of anatomy, optics and hydraulics prevented many of the developments of modern science .

 
PISANI Illustrious PERSONALITIES: LEONARDO DA VINCI
Leonardo da Vinci was a Florentine artist, one of the great masters of the High Renaissance, who was Also Celebrated as a painter, sculptor, architect, engineer, and scientist. His Profound knowledge and love of research was the keynote Of Both His artistic endeavors and scientific. His innovations in the field of painting influenced the course of Italian art for more than a century after His death, and His-scientific studies in the fields of anatomy Particularly, optics, and hydraulics of the many-Anticipated Developments of modern science.
 
Black chalk and red vertical pilot highlights pastels, Musee du Louvre, Paris d ‘Este, Isabelle,

The early life in Florence

Leonardo was born on April 15, 1452, in the small Tuscan town of Vinci, near Florence. He was the son of a rich Florentine notary and a farm woman. In the mid-1460s the family settled in Florence, where Leonardo was given the best education that Florence, the intellectual and artistic center of Italy, could offer.

Early Life in Florence
Leonardo was born on April 15, 1452, in the small Tuscan town of Vinci, near Florence. He was the son of a wealthy Florentine notary and a peasant woman. In the mid-1460s the family settled in Florence, where Leonardo was the best education Given That Florence, the intellectual and artistic center of Italy, Could offer.