Sunday, November 7, 2010

Leonardo and Michelangelo

Leonardo Di Ser Piero Da Vinci was born in 1452 in the town of Vinci and he died in France in 1519.

While he was alive he invented and painted masterpieces, for example the “ Mona Lisa”

(Famous painting) or the “Giant Crossbow” without his inventions life as we know it

Would be considerably different.

Michelangelo Di Lodovico Simoni Buonarroti is another Renaissance genius he single handily painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling it took him four years to paint he even associated with Pope Julius II.

Leonardo Da Vinci’s Birth name was Di Ser Piero his name now is Da Vinci but his full name was Di Ser Piero Da Vinci, as he advanced through his extraordinary life he met many amazing people and created many amazing things he was the first person to create a flying machine that could carry a human being.

Michelangelo Di Lodovico Simoni Buonarroti died at the age of 88.he was born in Caprese, Tuscany, Italy today he is known as one of the greatest artistic creators of all

Time.

Leonardo Di Ser Piero Da Vinci Timeline

1452: Born In Vinci

1466-72:Apprenticed to Andrea Del Verrocchio in Florence

1482:Moves to Milan and works for the Duke of Milan

1485-88:Draws design for tank

1492:Investigates linear perspective

1497:Paints “The Last Supper” in a monastery in Milan

1498-99:Draws cartoon of “The Virgin And Child”

1500:Returns to Florence

1503-06:Paints the “Mona Lisa”

1515: Accepts invitation to settle in France from King Francis I

1519:Dies in France


By Taina Te Ngahue

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