Leonardo Da Vinci The Renaissance Man

Painter, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist,mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist,cartographer, botanist and writer, Leonardo da Vinci was a geniuswho was well ahead of his time and the best example of theRenaissance man. This is the story of one of the greatest paintersof all time and perhaps the most diversely talented person ever tohave lived. Leonardo grew up in the hamlet of Anchiano in Tuscanywhere received an informal education. Young Leonardo had anunquenchable curiosity in life and moved to Florence where he tookan interest in painting. and at the age of fourteen, Leonardo beganan apprenticeship with Andrea del Verrocchio. Here, Leonardostalent blossomed and as fate would have it he was soon employed bythe rich and powerful Duke of Milan. Soon, Leonardo moved to thegrand city of Rome, where some of the greatest artists of the timelived. This tale traces the life of Leonardo as a young boy in thequest for art, life and something bigger than that, who laterpaints some of the most exquisite works of art which made himimmortal.

Author: Dan Danko

Publisher: Campfire

Released Date: 2011

ISBN: 97893807411017