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A&S Biography: Leonardo da Vinci

Be prepared to respond to the following questions in our class discussions on the A&E film Leanardo da Vinci.

1. Okay, so just who was Leonardo da Vinci? List at least four or five accomplishments of da Vinci.

2. How did Leonardo learn to paint realistic pictures of humans?

3. From where did his name come from?

4. When was he born and who were his parents?

5. How did Leonardo see nature? 6. When and why did Leonardo go to Florence? What was the culture like in Florence in this era?

7. To whom was he apprenticed? Who were the patrons of his master?

8. Why did Verrochio never paint again? What "revolutionary techniques" did Leonardo use tat might have contributed to this event?

9. Describe Leonardo's Notebooks. What did they contain and how were they organized? What is unusual about them?

10. Discuss the Last Supper, the problems associated with its making, and its importance as a work of art. In what medium is the Last Supper painted?

11. Discuss Leonardo's interest in birds. What did he hope to learn from his sketches of birds and studies of their flight?

12. Who became Leonardo's patron in 1502 and how did it change Leonardo's career?

13. List some of Leonardo's projects during the Borgia period.

14. What are some of the issues associated with the Mona Lisa?

15. What contributions did Leonardo make to our knowledge of disease and the human body and how did they come about? What was the reaction of society to these achievements?

16. Who was Leonardo's patron in the last years of his life? What were the achievements of Leonardo during this period?

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