Leonardo Da Vinci was born on April 15‚ 1452 in a small village near the city of Vinci. He belonged to Ser Piero da Vinci who worked a notary and Caterina da Vinci believed to been a slave back in the country-side. He appreciated art and was very interested in science and nature‚ which helped him to become a great sculptor‚ painter‚ inventor and draftsman later on in his life. As a child‚ he demonstrated excellent artistic skills. He was demanded by many and eventually worked as an apprentice to
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Beginning in the early 14th century‚ the Renaissance period gave way to the birth of humanism which encouraged individual expression and creativity. People had become weary after a prolonged period of plague‚ corruption and war that followed the fall of Rome. They were becoming increasingly frustrated with the power of the church and the level of corruption within it. Instead‚ there was a growing desire to return to the prosperous times of early Greece and Rome. Individualism was the central theme
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In the 16th century‚ following the plague‚ trade was increasing‚ so the Europeans needed to build more ships. With the growing number of houses and ships being built the Europeans were struggling with a diminished amount of lumber at their disposal. This motivated Europeans to search for natural resources in other countries‚ like the Americas. The development of the navigational technology made great advancements leading up to and during this time. Navigational instruments at the time included celestial
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Leonardo Da Vinci‚ Man of Math Ask any given person who the most famous artist during the Renaissance was and the result would be nearly unanimous in the answer of “Leonardo Da Vinci”. But why is that? Yes‚ there is the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper to his name‚ but his legacy has extended beyond the world of paint and into other modern popular realms: of best-selling books (The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown) and even world renowned video games (Assassin’s Creed II). For each reproduction of his character
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Forside. a) Bogens titel: Da Vinci Mysteriet b) Forfatternavn: Dan Brown c) Forlag: WS Bookwell AB d) Udgivelsesår: 2004 Resumé. Under en konference i Paris bliver en amerikansk symbolforsker‚ Robert Langdon‚ ringet op midt om natten på sit hotelværelse. Museumsdirektøren på Louvre er fundet myrdet inde på museet‚ og på gulvet ved siden af ham er der skrevet en mystisk‚ kodet meddelelse. Langdon får følgeskab af den franske kryptograf Sophie Neveu og sammen hvirvles de ind i en hæsblæsende
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The Da Vinci Code is a film about individual spirituality. A major theme in the film is the power of knowledge in creating faith. For example‚ while the quest throughout the movie is to find evidence that Jesus was just a man and perhaps not as godly as history would have the world believe‚ the final answer of Magdalene’s existing bloodline does not truly destroy the Catholic Church because it does not exclude the possibility that he was perhaps both. This is what Robert Langdon means when he tells
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Signora Da Vinci by Robin Maxwell: SUMMARY Caterina is the Signora da Vinci. She is Leonardo’s mother. She is the daughter of a well-educated man‚ Ernesto‚ Vinci’s apothecary. He had an alchemical laboratory‚ a medicinal garden and an apothecary shop where Caterina normally helped. Caterina’s mom died when she was a baby. Caterina was raised by her dad and by her aunt. At the age of eight‚ his dad decided she was ready to start her education. Ernesto told Caterina that eight was the greatest
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Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo da Vinci was born on the fifteenth of April‚ 1452‚ near the town of Vinci‚ not far from Florence. He was the son of a Florentine notary‚ Piero da Vinci‚ and a young woman named Caterina. Leonardo spent most of his life in Florence and Milan. In 1469 he was apprenticed to Andrea Verrocchio‚ a leading Renaissance master. Leonardo acquired a variety of skills while he remained at the workshop until 1476. He left Florence for Milan in about 1482 to work for Duke Lodovico
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Da Vinci and His Creations Of all the great masters during the Renaissance‚ the one that probably revolutionized the world the most was Leonardo da Vinci. He was an extraordinary artist dealing with sculpting‚ painting‚ and architecture. Da Vinci was also an outstanding scholar. He was an expert in mathematics‚ biology‚ anatomy‚ literature‚ and even more. The most interesting study that he undertook would have to be engineering. Leo’s creations were centuries ahead of his time. He made things from
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The Black Death pandemic in 1348 left its mark on Italy by killing one third of the population.[34][35] However‚ the recovery from the disaster of the Black Death led to a resurgence of cities‚ trade and economy which greatly stimulated the successive phase of the Humanism and Renaissance‚ that best known for its cultural achievements. Accounts of Renaissance literature usually begin with Petrarch (best known for the elegantly polished vernacular sonnet sequence of Il Canzoniere and for the craze
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