Leonardo daVinci

naturalist), inventor, writer, one of the leading representatives of the

art of the High Renaissance, a vivid example of the "universal man"
He literally turned the idea of people in all aspects of life. He truly deserves to be called a genius. The greatest figures of his era

Leonardo da Vinchi

"Ask for advice from someone who knows how to win a victory over himself"

the picturesque Tuscan town of Vinci. His parents were 25-year-old

notary Piero and his beloved, a peasant Caterina. The first years of life of Leonardo spent with her mother. His father soon married a rich and noble girl, but the marriage was childless, and Piero took his three sons to raise. Separated from the mother of Leonardo lifetime trying to recreate her image in their masterpieces.

The town of Vinci near Florence

childbirth. Father Leonardo had lived 78 years, was married four

times and had 12 children. He tried to attach to the Leonardo family profession, but to no avail: the son was not interested in the laws of society.

While his father was lost at work, the boy brought up by his uncle Francesco. He was a philosopher by temperament and thinking slacker by occupation. The spirit of freedom, childhood grafted Leonardo Francesco frivolous dreamer may subsequently prompted the artist to throw the unfinished masterpiece and aspire to new heights.

autograph Leonardo

The house in which he lived as a child Leonardo.

- and the wings will be! "
At the age of

fourteen Leonardo was sent to study in the studio of Verrocchio, who was the intellectual center of the then Italian city of Florence, which allowed Leonardo to learn the humanities, as well as to acquire some technical skills. He studied drawing, chemistry, metallurgy, working with metal, gypsum and skin. In addition, the young apprentice was engaged in painting, sculpture and modeling.
In 1473 at the age of 20 years, Leonardo da Vinci qualified as master in the Guild of St. Luke.

workshop Verroko

his own workshop in Florence
  in 1476-1481, respectively.
In 1481, da

Vinci performed my first big order - altarpiece "The Adoration of the Magi" for the monastery, located near Florence.
In 1482 Leonardo, being, according to Vasari, a very talented musician, created a silver lyre in the shape of a horse's head.

"Decries his friend in private and praise in public"

the middle of the area of La Scala in 1872.

Work of the sculptor Pietro Magni.
The monument is a pedestal on which stands the Leonardo da Vinci. Below Leonardo da Vinci are four of his disciples.

Milan, La Scala Square

the da Vinci in different periods of his life, he

considered himself primarily as an engineer or scientist. He gave the visual arts are not a lot of time and worked slowly. Therefore, the artistic legacy of Leonardo not quantitatively large and the number of his works has been lost or severely damaged. However, its contribution to world culture is extremely important, even against the background of a cohort of geniuses who gave the Italian Renaissance.

"Where the spirit does not drive the hand of the artist, there is no art"

Child"

Supper of Christ with his disciples.

кисти Леонардо да Винчи. По мнению многих исследователей, это портрет

Чечилии Галлерани — девушки Лодовико Сфорца по прозванию Иль Моро, герцога миланского, что находит подтверждение в сложной символике картины.
Картина является единственным произведением да Винчи на территории Польши и составляет предмет национальной гордости.
Наряду с «Моной Лизой», «Портретом Джиневры де Бенчи» и «Прекрасной Ферроньерой» полотно принадлежит к числу четырёх женских портретов кисти Леонардо.

Дама с горностаем

in the history of the Italian Renaissance. On it is

written a lot, but so far it is the most enigmatic figure of the time. He was able to glorify himself as a great artist and a predictor, but most striking his amazing inventions.

"I want to
create miracles "