1. Leonardo da Vinci Jesus Zepeda Walter W. Stiern Ms. Marshall

2. Birth Facts • Born April 15, 1452 • Father is Ser Pierro da Vinci, mother is Caterina • Full name is Leonardo di ser Pierro da Vinci ( Leonardo son of Pierro from Vinci ) • Born in Anchiano a town near Vinci in a barn

3. Personal Life • People questioned Leonardo’s love for women • People say that Leonardo had seventeen brothers and sisters all together • Leonardo had been arrested two times in his whole life time • People think that Leonardo’s most famous painting ( The Mona Lisa ) is a self portriat of Leonardo

4. Professional Life • In 1482 to 1499, Ludovico Sforza ( Duke of Milan ) He employed Leonardo and permitted him to operate his own workshop complete with apprentices, here 70 tons of bronze were had been set aside for Leonardo’s “ Gran Cavallo “. This would help the duke to save Milan from the French. • Worked as a military engineer. • At the age of 15 he worked as an apprentice for Andrea del Verrocchico

5. Mid-life Jobs • Architect • Musician • Anatomist • Inventor • Engineer • Sculptor • Geometer • Painter

6. Inventions • Leonardo da Vinci invented many things that us humans use today such as the following… • Tank • Helicopter • Hand glider • Machine gun • Cluster bombs

7. Paintings • Leonardo had many famous paintings such as… • The Mona Lisa ( one of the most expensive things on earth ) • The Last Supper • Alte Pinototheka • Vitruvian Man etc …

8. Science • In over 30 years Leonardo dissected at least 30 male and female bodies • With these bodies he made over 200 drawings for his book, however his book was published in 1580 at least 60 years after his death • Leonardo drew images of the skeleton, and muscles, he was the first to describe a double S form on the backbone