Leonardo Da Vinci
Quick Facts
One of the greatest painters of the Italian Renaissance, best known for his masterpieces; Mona Lisa, Madonna of the Rocks, and The Last Supper. He was also a sculptor, scientist, inventor, mathematician, philosopher and vegetarian.
Lived: 1452 - 1519
Born in: Vinci, Italy
Birthday and astrological sign: April 15, 1452, Aries
Died: May 2, 1519, Age 67
AKA: Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci, da Vinci meaning "from the town of Vinci".
Quote: When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.
Fun Facts: He was left handed, possibly dyslexic and wrote backwards sometimes using characters and abbreviations that he invented himself. He enjoyed purchasing caged birds so that he could set them free and believed that "The time will come when men will look upon the murder of animals as they now look upon the murder of men." He also dissected human cadavers.
See Also: Artists, Biographies, Famous Artists
Leonardo Da Vinci Art Prints
The largest selection of Da Vinci art prints at the lowest prices. It's easy to frame or mount your art prints online with a wide variety of high quality frames, mats, and glass. Custom mounting also available.
Leonardo da Vinci
Web Gallery of Art collection of images including drawings, paintings, studies, maps and sculptures.
Leonardo da Vinci
Biography from the Web Gallery of Art, a searchable image collection and database of European paintings and sculptures (1150-1800).
Ten Drawings
An online exhibition in the Royal Collection.
Olga's Gallery - Leonardo da Vinci
Displays main works, also has a biography, quality reproductions and historical comments.
Leonardo da Vinci, Master Draftsman
From the Metropolitan Museum of Art - Special Exhibitions
CGFA
Collection of about 15 nice images and a biography.
Leonardo's Mysterious Machines
A game that shows drawings of eight inventions with multiple choice answers of what they might be.
The Leonardo Museum in Vinci
Dedicated to models of machines inspired by the designs of Leonardo.
Leonardo da Vinci
A resource for teachers and students developed by the Museum of Science, Boston for the Science Learning Network.
Leonardo da Vinci
Biography from the Island-of-Freedom.com
Leonardo da Vinci
Biography taken from Giorgio Vasari's 'The Lives of the Artists'.
Wikipedia - Leonardo da Vinci
Biography, his life, his art, science and engineering, and links to further reading.
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)
A biography mostly concerning his scientific and technical observations.
Leonardo
His life and career from the National Museum of Science and Technology - Milano
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (complete)
Available from Project Gutenberg, text only.
Leonardo Notebook
From the British Library, includes sketches by the great genius and notes in 'mirror writing'.
Leonardo, Portrait of a Dyslexic Genius
From the Davis Dyslexia Association.
Leonardo's Codex
From the American Museum of Natural History.
Leonardo Da Vinci, The Man and the Inventor
Several articles and documents on his life and his inventions, also includes an image gallery of paintings and drawings.
Universal Leonardo
Explores the work of Leonardo da Vinci through a series of online exhibits, presented by the University of the Arts, London.
High Museum: Leonardo: Hand of the Genius
Exhibition highlights, a timeline, and information about the Sforza horse monument.
