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Who is Leonardo da Vinci?

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Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci ( pronunciation (help·info), April 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519) was an Italian polymath, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, painter, sculptor, architect, botanist, musician and writer. Leonardo has often been described as the archetype of the... Read enhanced Wikipedia article
Date of Birth:
1452
Date of Death:
1519
Place of Birth: Anchiano
Nationality:
Italy
Profession:
Architect, Inventor, Artist (9 hidden)

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The Seven Stars Inn Put in its historical context, the Seven Stars was built 13 years after Chaucer published the Canterbury Tales, 15 years before the English and Welsh longbow archers put paid to the heavy cavalry of the French at the Battle of Agincourt, and a hundred years before Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa.

16th century 1503: Leonardo da Vinci begins painting the Mona Lisa and completes it three or four years later.

1503 in art Leonardo Da Vinci begins painting the Mona Lisa

Speculation about Mona Lisa Mona Lisa, or La Gioconda (La Joconde) is a 16th-century portrait painted in oil on a poplar panel by Leonardo Da Vinci.

Lisa del Giocondo Her name was given to Mona Lisa, her portrait commissioned by her husband and painted by Leonardo da Vinci during the Italian Renaissance.

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Lady with an Ermine The small portrait generally called The Lady with the Ermine was painted in oils on wooden panel by Leonardo da Vinci.

1490s in art 1490: Leonardo da Vinci paints the portrait Lady with an Ermine

Speculation about Mona Lisa Mona Lisa, or La Gioconda (La Joconde) is a 16th-century portrait painted in oil on a poplar panel by Leonardo Da Vinci.

1400-1500 in fashion This famous portrait was painted by Leonardo Da Vinci c.1489.

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Lady with an Ermine The small portrait generally called The Lady with the Ermine was painted in oils on wooden panel by Leonardo da Vinci.

1490s in art 1490: Leonardo da Vinci paints the portrait Lady with an Ermine

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Battle of Anghiari The Battle of Anghiari, a painting of the battle by the Italian Renaissance master Leonardo da Vinci

1505 in art Leonardo da Vinci paints The Battle of Anghiari

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City of Death And just how many copies of the Mona Lisa did Leonardo da Vinci paint?

List of Doctor Who villains One such scheme involved his 1505 persona, Captain Tancredi, persuading Leonardo da Vinci to paint six copies of the Mona Lisa, so that in 1979 Scarlioni could steal the original from the Louvre and sell all seven copies on the black market.

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1490s in art 1498: Leonardo da Vinci paints The Last Supper (Santa Maria delle Grazie (Milan))

Sacred art It was during this time that Michelangelo Buonarotti painted the Sistine Chapel and carved the famous Pietà, Gianlorenzo Bernini created the massive columns in St. Peter's Basilica, and Leonardo da Vinci painted the Last Supper.

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Speculation about Mona Lisa Mona Lisa, or La Gioconda (La Joconde) is a 16th-century portrait painted in oil on a poplar panel by Leonardo Da Vinci.

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1515 in art Leonardo da Vinci painted a little-known Bacchus.

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1490s in art 1498: Leonardo da Vinci paints The Last Supper (Santa Maria delle Grazie (Milan))

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1490s in art The Renaissance is in full swing during the 1490s, and Leonardo da Vinci is painting in realistic, chiaroscuro style.

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List of eponyms (L-Z) Leonardo da Vinci, Renaissance painter — Leonardo, one of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic characters

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Leon Benois He gave his name to Leonardo da Vinci's painting Madonna Benois which he inherited from his father-in-law and presented to the Hermitage Museum.

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Salvator Mundi In France, Leonardo da Vinci painted the subject for Louis XII of France between 1506 and 1513.

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1504 The Signoria of Florence commissions both Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo to paint the walls of the Grand Council Chamber in the Palazzo Vecchio.

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Ginevra King (She, as with her mother and grandmother, was named after Leonardo da Vinci's painting Ginevra de' Benci.)

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Lucrezia Crivelli La belle ferronnière, painted by Leonardo da Vinci, presumed to be Lucrezia Crivelli

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automaton, tank, proto-tank, staircase, system, a number, machine, helicopter, Horse, Horn Bridge, aircraft, replica, screw, net, navigli, ornithopter and castle.

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History of robots Leonardo Da Vinci designed a humanoid automaton in knight's armor (see Leonardo's robot) in 1495 to entertain, but it is not known if the design was ever built.

Leonardo's robot Leonardo's robot refers to a humanoid automaton designed by Leonardo da Vinci around the year 1495.

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Yad La-Shiryon Leonardo Da Vinci's design of the first tank

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The Land Ironclads Leonardo da Vinci had also designed a proto-tank, but Wells' chief inspiration seems to have been Ironclad warships, which also feature significantly in one incident from The War of the Worlds.

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Château de Chambord There are suggestions that Leonardo da Vinci may have designed the staircase, but this has not been confirmed.

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François Andreossy He used his knowledge of Italian canals and the works of Leonardo da Vinci to design a system of multiple locks for the Canal du Midi together with Pierre-Paul Riquet.

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One Good Turn (book) Leonardo da Vinci was there at the start, designing a number of screw-cutting machines with interchangeable gears.

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Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport The airport is named after the Italian polymath Leonardo da Vinci, who first designed a proto helicopter and a flying machine with wings.

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Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport The airport is named after the Italian polymath Leonardo da Vinci, who first designed a proto helicopter and a flying machine with wings.

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History of sculpture Michelangelo's great rival Leonardo Da Vinci designed an equine sculpture "The Horse" for Milan-but only succeeded in a 24-foot (7.3 m) clay model which was destroyed by French archers.

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Vebjørn Sand Da Vinci Project Golden Horn Bridge designed by Leonardo da Vinci in 1502

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Fixed-wing aircraft Leonardo da Vinci researched the wing design of birds and designed a man-powered aircraft in his Codex on the Flight of Birds (1502).

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The Amazing Race 12 In Invention, teams made their way to a nearby courtyard and chose a replica of a centuries-old crane designed by Leonardo da Vinci.

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1485 Leonardo da Vinci designed the ariel screw.

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Po River It is connected to Milan through a net of channels called navigli, which Leonardo da Vinci helped design.

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Po River It is connected to Milan through a net of channels called navigli, which Leonardo da Vinci helped design.

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Timeline of aviation - pre-18th century Leonardo da Vinci designs an ornithopter with control surfaces.

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Locarno In January 2004, the Italian historian Marino Vigano speculated that Locarno's castle may have been designed by Leonardo da Vinci.

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machine, boat, automata, soldier, flowers, system, wheellock, database, instrument, organista, Traghetto di Leonardo and press.

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Milled coinage The earliest machine known for producing coins is the screw press, invented by Leonardo da Vinci in the 15th century, powered by a water mill.

Hudson Hawk The company, headquartered in the Esposizione Universale Roma (E.U.R.) in Rome, is seeking to take over the world by reconstructing "La Macchina dell'Oro", a machine purportedly invented by Leonardo da Vinci which converts lead into gold.

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Imbersago The Traghetto di Leonardo is a boat invented by Leonardo da Vinci

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Robotic art Leonardo da Vinci invented several theatrical automata including a lion which walked onstage and delivered flowers from its breast, and a soldier.

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Robotic art Leonardo da Vinci invented several theatrical automata including a lion which walked onstage and delivered flowers from its breast, and a soldier.

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Robotic art Leonardo da Vinci invented several theatrical automata including a lion which walked onstage and delivered flowers from its breast, and a soldier.

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Kitchen Leonardo da Vinci invented an automated system for a rotating spit for spit-roasting: a propeller in the chimney made the spit turn all by itself.

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Johann Kiefuss There is a possibility that Leonardo da Vinci was the inventor of the wheellock, but opinions remain divided.

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Red Gate Software The company is named after Via Porta Rossa (Red Gate Street) in Florence, Italy, close to where Leonardo da Vinci invented the database in 1512.

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Viola organista The viola organista was an experimental musical instrument invented by Leonardo da Vinci.

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Viola organista The viola organista was an experimental musical instrument invented by Leonardo da Vinci.

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Imbersago The Traghetto di Leonardo is a boat invented by Leonardo da Vinci

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Milled coinage The earliest machine known for producing coins is the screw press, invented by Leonardo da Vinci in the 15th century, powered by a water mill.

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    Leonardo da Vinci

    Leonardo has often been described as the archetype of the renaissance man, a man whose unquenchable curiosity was equaled only by his powers of invention.
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    Category:Leonardo da Vinci

    Leonardo da Vinci Categories named after artists
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    Leonardo da Vinci's personal life

    According to Vasari, "In the normal course of events many men and women are born with various remarkable qualities and talents; but occasionally, in a way that transcends nature, a single person is marvellously endowed by heaven with beauty, grace and talent in such abundance that he leaves other men far behind....Everyone acknowledged that this was true of Leonardo da Vinci, an artist of outstanding physical beauty who displayed infinite grace in everything he did and who cultivated his genius so brilliantly that all problems he studied were solved with ease.
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    Cultural depictions of Leonardo da Vinci

    In the anime OVA: 'Mask of Zeguy' Leonardo da Vinci was one of the antagonists who sought out the Crown of Shamus in order to prevent Himiko from using her powers to open the Gate of Winds, because his inventions (i.e. dangerous weapons) will become useless.
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    Category:Works by Leonardo da Vinci

    Leonardo da Vinci
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    Leonardo da Vinci (European Union programme)

    In the European Union, the Leonardo da Vinci programme is a programme to encourage learners and trainees in vocational education and training (VET) to move between European countries in the course of their studies.
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    Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci

    The battleship Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian Conte di Cavour class battleship of the Regia Marina.
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    The Life of Leonardo da Vinci

    Leonardo da Vinci in fiction
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    Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport

    The airport is named after the Italian polymath Leonardo da Vinci, who first designed a proto helicopter and a flying machine with wings.
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    Da Vinci (disambiguation)

    Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519), Italian Renaissance polymath.

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