Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo was born in a small town called Vinishi, Tuscany, near Florence, an illegitimate son of a rich family, his father and his mother notary farming causing him to miss the kindness of the mother in his life.

And in the middle of the fourteenth century, his family settled in Florence and joined the Leonardo schools Florence, where he received what can best be provided by this wonderful city of Arts and Sciences - Florence was the main center for science and art within the Italy-.

Dramatically and impressively was Leonardo scored a prestigious social status, it was particularly well spoken and can play with skill in addition to the superb ability to persuade. About the year 1466 he joined the Leonardo in the player for the Arts is owned by Andrea del verucchio verucchio who was an artist of that era in painting and sculpture which Leonardo was able to identify closely on this profession and its activities from painting to sculpture.

In 1472 he had become a member of the Florence guide for painters. The year 1476 people continued to consider him as a helper "verucchio" where he helps "verucchio" in its work entrusted to them Panel (the baptism of Christ), where he helped "verucchio" drawing little angel perched on his knees from left Florence in 1470.

Year 1478 was able to Leonardo independence this profession and became a teacher himself. His first work was a fresco of the Church of the old palace or as it is called in Italian "Balazw Vecchio" that have not been completed.

The first important work was the panel reverence Maggie (The Adoration of the Magi), which came out in 1481 and left without finishing, which was the monastery of the Sisters of St. Skopitho Donato Florence.

Da Vinci mystery

Leonardo da Vinci was an eccentric artist, and keeps notes written by the mysterious way that goes against the direction of writing. He believed that he has a note chemically convert lead into gold, and was believed to be capable of cheating the Lord by making the elixir of delaying death.

Although it is drawing a great deal of Christian art and despite the nature of spirituality has remained constant odds with the church, painted Christian themes, but it ensures the paintings a lot of secrets and symbols that massing beliefs own as one of the prominent members of the group "Sion," which is far from being Christian.

The mural above the church of Santa Maria in Milan, Italy Drawing Da Vinci's legendary painting "The Last Supper" by including a lot of secrets about the beliefs and symbols. And it provides read Dan Brown's shocking, trying to decoding and analyzing the lines inside the panel.

Some of his works

1. Mona Lisa

2. The Last Supper

3.Ginevra de Benci

4. Lady with an Ermine

5. Virgin of the Rocks