Leonardo da Vinci

1452 - 1519

 
 
     
 Renaissance Art Map		    
         
     Leonardo da Vinci - biography (Encyclopaedia Britannica)
 		    
     Leonardo da Vinci (Text by Francesca Debolini)
 		    
     CONTENTS:
 		    
     1452-1481 Leonardo in the Florence of the Medici    
     1482-1499 At the court of Ludovico il Moro    
     1500-1508 The return to Florence    
     1508-1513 The Milan of Charles d'Amboise    
     1513-1519 The last years: Rome and France    
         
 
 

                  

 


Leonardo da Vinci
Self-Portrait
c. 1512
   

     


1482-1499


 At the court of Ludovico il Moro
 
 

 

 


The letter
 

       


Leonardo da Vinci, Automobile
1478-85
Metalpoint, pen and brush on paper
Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan
 

  
   


Leonardo da Vinci, Device for Making Sequins
1480-82
Drawing
Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan
 

  
   


Leonardo da Vinci, Cannon Foundry, 1487, Royal Library, Windsor.
The development of firearms stimulated technical innovations.

  
       


Leonardo da Vinci
Drawings of Water Lifting Devices
1480-82
Drawing
Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan
 
                  


Leonardo da Vinci
Siege Defenses
1480-82
Drawing
Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan
 

             


 Leonardo da Vinci, Study of War Machines, 1485, Biblioteca Reale, Turin.
The scythes attached to the chariots hack at the limbs of enemy soldiers.