Leonardo Da Vinci (1452 - 1519)

I choose to write about Leonardo da Vinci biography, because I read Den Brown`s book "Da Vinci code" some time ago, also I saw a film about this book! I was very excited about this book, that is why I decided to wrote Leonardo da Vinci biography. Also I am a big art confirmer, I admire his drawings and paintings, I consider him a very big, gifted and admirable painter. I think he was the best painter in that time when he lived.


Leonardo was born on Apr. 15, 1452, near the town of Vinci, not far from Florence. He was the illegitimate son of a Florentine notary, Piero da Vinci, and a young woman named Caterina. His artistic talent must have revealed itself early, for he was soon apprenticed (c. 1469) to Andrea Verrocchio, a leading Renaissance master. In this versatile Florentine workshop, where he remained until at least 1476, Leonardo acquired a variety of skills. He entered the painters' guild in 1472, and his earliest extant works date from this time.…