Leonardo Da Vinci was born on April 15th, 1452 in Tuscany, which was during the Renaissance period. He received a basic education in Latin, Geometry, and math. When Da Vinci was 14 years old, he became an apprentice to Andrea di Cione, under whom he learned many technical skills such as chemistry, carpentry, and mechanics, and artistic skills like sculpting, drawing, modelling, and painting. He was eventually accepted into a guild of artists and doctors, the guild of St. Luke.
Leonardo became a professional artist around 1478, when he started being asked to create art for certain places, such as in January 1478, to paint an altarpiece for the chapel of St Bernard. He was also a very talented musician, mathematician, anatomist, geologist, inventor, and became an engineer and architect for the Italian military, among many other things. Da Vinci’s most famous works of art are the paintings the Mona Lisa, The Last Supper, and his drawing, the Vitruvian Man, is seen as a political icon. He is thought to be one of the most diversely talented people to have ever lived, and is known as one of the world’s greatest painters, or artists in general. Da Vinci’s main artistic influences stemmed from Christian Humanist culture, which Florence was at the centre of, realism, and emotion. The artists in particular who influence his work were the sculptor Donatello, Massaccio, Ghiberti, and his teacher, Verrocchio.
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