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LEONARDO DA VINCI

B()rR in Vinci, ,,'"

afa notary /",b.r

and ",am'"

,"otb.,.

Tum to I"." ,;:;,b

fatb<r in Norma

Appr""icd to

",/dia "f J "",,m;{J,

,;:itb GbiriaJUJio,

B(Jfritini, PfftlgiTI<J

and di Cmlj

BrnJ,"'I ",mbra!

S, L,,*,', Guild

ErtabJi5b.r 01:.'11

"lIdi. ,;.'i,b iII,did

parrorlllg'

Mo,.,.,. to ,our, </

Du!< of Mil"n.

Pai"IT \r,rgin of

the Rods

Pai""Th" L3St

SUI,lt ..

Tnn-,/J to

Marl/till, I~Jlj""

FlornlCl! and

Romllg1lll

R"""", to

florm", Pai""

,\Iofl' Lis.aji.o-

hal/aJ<ll tkl

Giocotloo 1m, k"p

par1Tai,

Fund! king off=

pam"'ag' in

AWarl. Pain"

mvnJ \r,rgin of

the Rods

Tr", .. d, to papal

court in R_,

R"im to hnu:b

(ourt in .'Imhof"

Di" in Amboi"

LI Snpiglim (I 50S)

A ddiea" 0<1 rtudy. p"bap" Maoorma, h",,,'11 IlTTne Lady

with Dish",·dlcd I hir

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C()fl""~) ,b \r,nci ".a;n"hsanan;,und

craftsman hut ,"lon 1 ".",,,<1 himself,

sci"",;" os ",ell. It is no. known w"tTI:

he learn"j cnginttring: he might e,"n ha,-e

taught himself the b",s of mcchanics, His

notl:l.-.oks "',"al the '{,('pc of his or igin'lity"",1

an: full of exquisite dettil. E,"rything is in

It.lian b<"CilN: Leonanlo Iack{'(1 Latin, ",hich

"",,, I,,(.b,bly an a(h-ant3gt: sinc<: his "",k w"ls

mot<,1 in h" own ollscn~tion nther ,han ,he

tc:tching; of othcrs.

Not a II LCOfla"~,'S idc:t< ",e", sucressful, Iii,

ch, rktl:ri«ic de,;tt of ifumata ('in thc manner

of ",,(.ole) depended on slow, careful

modula,ion of lib"'t and shade _ tt, LCOflar<k,

strung C(~our Contras's confUscd thc eyc -

wherc:ts rr"d~ional method. of fresco I"inting

'<-quirt,1 'apid wo .. k Ofl w{"t pla"er, So LeOfla,,~,

d<~'cI(1,<,1 a new {'(."I"",,,,I tt, I" o"e ,he waD f, ...

Th<UmSuP/'". Unfonun.tl:~·. it nci,ho::r held thc

p.int "' ... pn,,,-,,,,-,I i, fr"on ,mi'tllre,

11 "",","r, ",hat ,emains of thc fn:sco

,it""",«,",,,,, L<"na"lo's al,,,,,,ch nJ

{,(M,~)("'itiOll. R;thcr than I~acing C hrist and the

al"",dcs in a >tri<:t r"w, he wouped thL,n ""runDy,

Clch gt:"uring in rc:t<:tinn to 0"",. ",. .... ,><:nt

th., Ofle of ","-", ",ould S<)(jfl betny ho", T he w.y

that ,he 'I""'" al"c:trs to ",,,,,it behind Ori,,!;

""'-d ". cla",i" =,,~~c of ("""I"~nt PL"TSI><-'Cti,,,.

Lee ••• ,,10 is Ofle uf 'he gn:atl:« I'" intcrs .nd

"",st ,""a,ile gt:niu<es In hi,,,,,y: ,hc

.... "b<.limL"nt of 'he Eur(1)<":t n Rcna i"",nc<:, II is

p.rticip"iofl in a deb"e ., murt, hetween

r'l>rcsenn,i"e< of the artS and scicntts, is

"'llOrtl:d .dmiringly h)' Va",ri: ' [he] silene .... 1 the

IL":tm<,I. nd {'(",founded the li,-elie" intellect: