I spent much of my time in France writing notes about my ideas. I wanted the scientists of the future to have them. But I made these notes in back-to-front writing, so that no one who came to my house could easily read them. I didn’t want anyone to steal my work while I was alive. In fact, people weren’t able to read these notes until 1651, when they were finally printed in a book. That was over 130 years after my death!
In my notes, I wrote about my work and my life. During my life, I invented new ways of thinking. During my life, I asked new questions about our world and its people. During my life, I studied art, anatomy, architecture, geometry, geology, mathematics, and pathology. And I hoped for a better future.
The Life of Leonardo da Vinci
1452 |
Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci was born in the village of Anchiano, near the town of Vinci in Italy. |
1467 |
At the age of 14, he became the apprentice of the artist, Andrea del Verrocchio, in Florence. |
1472 |
Leonardo became a member of the Painters’ Guild of Florence. |
c .1472–1475 |
He painted The Annunciation. |
c .1474–1478 |
He painted a portrait of Ginevra de’ Benci. |
1478 |
He painted The Benois Madonna ( The Madonna with Flowers ). |
1478–1480 |
He painted The Madonna of the Carnation ( The Madonna with Child ). |
1480 |
He painted Saint Jerome in the Wilderness . |
1481 |
Leonardo began work on The Adoration of the Magi , for the monastery of San Donato at Scopeto. |
1482 |
He moved to Milan, and worked for Ludovico Sforza, as a painter and an engineer. |
1483 |
He painted the first version of The Virgin of the Rocks and sketched the design for a parachute. |
1485 |
Leonardo painted The Lady with an Ermine . He also sketched the designs for several military vehicles. |
1487 |
He drew the ‘Vitruvian Man’ with notes, and sketched the design of a fighting ship. |
1488 |
Leonardo designed a city of the future and sketched the designs for a flying machine. |
1489–1490 |
He sketched the design for a kind of computer. |
1492 |
Leonardo completed the ceramic model horse for the Francesco Sforza Monument. The bronze version was never made. |
1495–1498 |
The Last Supper and the second Madonna of the Rocks were painted. |
1499–1500 |
He spent time in Venice before returning to Florence. Leonardo was commissioned to paint The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and Saint John the Baptist . He finished a sketch for it, but never completed the painting. |
1500 |
Leonardo returned to Florence. He began painting The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne (completed in 1510). He sketched the design for a gun. |
1502 |
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