Leonardo Da Vinci Timeline 3s6n1o

Create a timeline (in your own words) that features all of the most important achievements of a particular Renaissance famous figure. Your timeline must feature at least 10 events, so make sure you choose someone who achieved a great deal. (15 points)

How he helped shape the Renaissance. How did Leonardo da Vinci contribute to his profession and its development through time? How did that particular event help further his courier?

1. 1452 -Leonardo is born on the 15th of April, 1452. In the village of Anchiano, near the town of Vinci. He was raised by his single father and never attended a public school. 2. 1467 – At the age of fifteen Leonardo ed the studio of Andrea del Verrocchio in Florence. It was thought that Leonardo’s father Ser Piero, had realised his son’s potential in an artistic career. Many job options weren’t open for a child of Leonardo’s age, but being an artist could be one of the most ethical careers someone of his age or level could ask for. 3. 1472 – At the age of twenty, Leonardo is accepted into the painter’s guild of Florence. This was considered as a big achievement, as to be accepted you would have to be very skilful and good at your job of being a painter. 4. 1478 – At the age of twenty-one, Leonardo paints the Annunciation. The artwork was at first said to be painted by Leonardo da Vinci but is now thought to be painted by Lorenzo di Credi. Aside from the subject of who painted it, the meaning behind the painting is one of the most known events in Christian culture. This is the scene where the angel named Gabriel is sent by god to tell a virgin called Mary that she would become pregnant and give birth to a boy named Jesus. 5. 1482 - Leonardo moves to Milan to be in service of the city’s duke, Ludovico Sforza. He then becomes known as “the painter and engineer of the Duke”. 6. 1495 – Leonardo begins his work on The Last Supper in the dining hall of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan. Overall, this was a three-year process. The artwork was finished in 1498. This is one of the most famous paintings in the world to this day. Leonardo painted straight onto a dry wall, and because of this, the painting began to disintegrate and was not being kept as well as it would if it were to be on a canvas. 7. 1499 - When the duke (Ludovico Sforza) falls from his power, Leonardo leaves Milan and temporarily lives in Venice.

8. 1500 – Leonardo starts painting the Virgin and Child with Saint Anne. This project took ten years to complete. 9. 1500 – Leonardo Da Vinci returns to Florence. 10.1502 – Leonardo undertakes work as a senior military architect and general engineer for Cesare Borgia, which was the son of Pope Alexander VI (The sixth). 11. 1503 – Leonardo is commissioned to paint the Mona Lisa. This took six years to officially complete and is one of his most great and famous paintings. It was famous for her mysterious smile when music from a piano was played. When he had finished painting, the king of decided to buy it. Leonardo did not want to be separated from the portrait, so the king let him keep it in his studio until he died. 12. 1515 – Leonardo paints St. John the Baptist. This painting was one of his only possessions with him when he died, as he had only painted it four years prior. 13. 1516 – Leonardo is asked by the King of to come work for him as his honoured guest. And with three paintings (the Mona Lisa, The Last Supper, and the St. John the Baptist), a few belongings, and one apprentice he set off for his new home. 14. 1519 – On the second of May, Leonardo dies in . Legend has it that King Francis had come to visit him the day of his death. He sat down on the side of Leonardo’s bed and put his arm around him to him. Leonardo then confessed that he had wasted too much of his life and his talent. He then died in the arms of the King.