Leonardo Da Vinci

A wing sketched by Leonardo

The bastard child who became one of our times most prominent inventors.


He was born 1452 in Italy close to Vinci, in Toscana. He died 1519 in France. His name "Da Vinci" means "from Vinci". His full name: 

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci.

So I saw another documentary. But this one was about the painter from Italy who changed to course of time. He is mostly famous for his art but he also made alot of other thing, like weapons, flying machines and diving equipment. And he made it before 1500.


As an artist he could spend insane amount of time to perfect his art. And it really paid of. I guess they had more time in those days. I remember seeing these cartoons when I was a kid wich would show Leonardo trying to fly and having alot of problem getting it to work. I realized today that they never air such cartoons anymore. Or rather, I havent seen one since I was a kid. I learnt a great deal by watching those kinds of shows. 


Some of the things he made:


The painting "Last supper" was made in Milano and took him 3 years to make.


The "Mona Lisa" thought alot smaller, this painting to took the rest of his life to make. He began painting it 1503, but didnt stop until he died by 1519. The thing about this painting is that nobody knows who she is or if she even exists. It has even been speculated if it is a selfportrait of Leonardo himself, but in the form of a woman. It was made with a then new technique where you got a cloudy effect.


Even tought he never solved the mysteri of flight he paved the way for other brilliant mind such as the Wright brothers. He made many attempts to make it. He observed birds and calculated how they manage to fly. This doesnt seem that hard, but without the use of photos or video it becomes nearly impossible.


Another thing that makes this man stand out is that during all his life, there is only one picture of him. And it has no title so its not certain that it actually is him. It is seen as a selfportrait of Leonardo as an old man with a beard.


So this is the second man Ive written about who had a big influence on the evolution of technologi in the world. There is, among his achivements, alot of mysteries. And these have led til, not only cartoons, but books aswell. One book wich later was made into a movie, called "The Da vinci code".