Artist Profile: Leonardo da Vinci

                Leonardo da Vinci’s full name is Leonardo da ser Piero da Vinci. And he is one of the most well known artist of the world. He has inspired many artists throughout history around the world. Da Vinci was born April 15, 1452, and died May 2, 1519, with the hometown of Vinci, Italy. Da Vinci’s mother, Caterina, was a peasant, and his father, Ser Piero, was a public official. His parents are placed in opposite parts of feudalism, levels of society in the medieval ages. Preventing his parents to be able to take part in marriage. Da Vinci had twelve siblings in the same household! His education was very simple, he had basic reading, writing, and math. Although, he was always struggling in his education, because he only spoke Italian, and they only spoke in Latin.                          
         
            Now about his relationships with others. Well, due to accusations, Leonardo da Vinci was almost certainly gay, but Leonardo da Vinci's most amazing portraits were of woman. Leonardo da Vinci is known as the man who loved women. But when really, the idea that Leonardo could be attracted by a woman was a surprise. Renaissance witnesses recorded that Leonardo da Vinci loved surrounding himself with beautiful young men. And at this moment, his homosexuality has been revealed. As he was younger, he had been accused twice of sodomy, gay sex. Although, he had never been prosecuted due to the men who were also charged had came from a wealthy and powerful families. With more proof, is that witnesses notice the way he had chose to depict women. He was also fighting-off sodomy accusations in Florence by the age of twenty-six years old. Leonardo da Vinci's friendship was between Gian Giacomo Caprotti da Oreno and Count Francesco Melzi. Some of Leonardo da Vinci's most well-known pieces include: Mona Lisa, The Last Supper, The Virgin of the Rocks, Vitruvian Man, and the Annunciation.

                  About the times of Leonardo da Vinci. Five major world events include: Brunelleschi creates linear perspective, Johann Gutenberg invents the printing press, Michelangelo paints the Sistine chapel, Leonardo da Vinci paints “The Last Supper”, and the Spanish Inquisition begins. The challenges faced by Leonardo da Vinci was that he was gay and being accused of heresy. And that's the main thing most people did not know about Leonardo da Vinci, was that he was actually gay. Anyway, the mediums that Leonardo da Vinci worked with was drawing, sculpture, and painting. Leonardo da Vinci was associated in the time of the Renaissance, and his most successful and famous works were the Mona Lisa, The Last Supper, and the Annunciation. The Last Supper is the last meal with Jesus Christ before he were to be executed. And all of the gospels are gathered together with Jesus at the center of the table, and the painting itself. The Mona Lisa is a self portrait of herself with an amazing landscape background behind her. Those were just some of the many creations by Leonardo da Vinci.

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