Amazing Architects & Artists: A2-B1. F. Cornish H.

I invented new ways of thinking. During my life, I asked new questions about our world and its people. During my life, I studied art, anatomy, architecture, geometry, geology, mathematics, and pathology. And I hoped for a better future.

       The Life of Leonardo da Vinci

1452	Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci was born in the village of Anchiano, near the town of Vinci in Italy.
1467	At the age of 14, he became the apprentice of the artist, Andrea del Verrocchio, in Florence.
1472	Leonardo became a member of the Painters’ Guild of Florence.
c.1472–1475	He painted The Annunciation.
c.1474–1478	He painted a portrait of Ginevra de’ Benci.
1478	He painted The Benois Madonna (The Madonna with Flowers).
1478–1480	He painted The Madonna of the Carnation (The Madonna with Child).
1480	He painted Saint Jerome in the Wilderness.
1481	Leonardo began work on The Adoration of the Magi, for the monastery of San Donato at Scopeto.
1482	He moved to Milan, and worked for Ludovico Sforza, as a painter and an engineer.
1483	He painted the first version of The Virgin of the Rocks and sketched the design for a parachute.
1485	Leonardo painted The Lady with an Ermine. He also sketched the designs for several military vehicles.
1487	He drew the ‘Vitruvian Man’ with notes, and sketched the design of a fighting ship.
1488	Leonardo designed a city of the future and sketched the designs for a flying machine.
1489–1490	He sketched the design for a kind of computer.
1492	Leonardo completed the ceramic model horse for the Francesco Sforza Monument. The bronze version was never made.
1495–1498	The Last Supper and the second Madonna of the Rocks were painted.
1499–1500	He spent time in Venice before returning to Florence. Leonardo was commissioned to paint The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and Saint John the Baptist. He finished a sketch for it, but never completed the painting.
1500	Leonardo returned to Florence. He began painting The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne (completed in 1510). He sketched the design for a gun.
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