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Leonardo Da Vinci
Italian High Renaissance Painter and Inventor, 1452-1519 Italian High Renaissance Painter and Inventor, 1452-1519 Florentine Renaissance man, genius, artist in all media, architect, military engineer. Possibly the most brilliantly creative man in European history, he advertised himself, first of all, as a military engineer. In a famous letter dated about 1481 to Ludovico Sforza, of which a copy survives in the Codice Atlantico in Milan, Leonardo asks for employment in that capacity. He had plans for bridges, very light and strong, and plans for destroying those of the enemy. He knew how to cut off water to besieged fortifications, and how to construct bridges, mantlets, scaling ladders, and other instruments. He designed cannon, very convenient and easy of transport, designed to fire small stones, almost in the manner of hail??grape- or case-shot (see ammunition, artillery). He offered cannon of very beautiful and useful shapes, quite different from those in common use and, where it is not possible to employ cannon ?? catapults, mangonels and trabocchi and other engines of wonderful efficacy not in general use. And he said he made armoured cars, safe and unassailable, which will enter the serried ranks of the enemy with their artillery ?? and behind them the infantry will be able to follow quite unharmed, and without any opposition. He also offered to design ships which can resist the fire of all the heaviest cannon, and powder and smoke. The large number of surviving drawings and notes on military art show that Leonardo claims were not without foundation, although most date from after the Sforza letter. Most of the drawings, including giant crossbows (see bows), appear to be improvements on existing machines rather than new inventions. One exception is the drawing of a tank dating from 1485-8 now in the British Museum??a flattened cone, propelled from inside by crankshafts, firing guns. Another design in the British Museum, for a machine with scythes revolving in the horizontal plane, dismembering bodies as it goes, is gruesomely fanciful. Most of the other drawings are in the Codice Atlantico in Milan but some are in the Royal Libraries at Windsor and Turin, in Venice, or the Louvre and the École des Beaux Arts in Paris. Two ingenious machines for continuously firing arrows, machine-gun style, powered by a treadmill are shown in the Codice Atlantico. A number of other sketches of bridges, water pumps, and canals could be for military or civil purposes: dual use technology. Leonardo lived at a time when the first artillery fortifications were appearing and the Codice Atlantico contains sketches of ingenious fortifications combining bastions, round towers, and truncated cones. Models constructed from the drawings and photographed in Calvi works reveal forts which would have looked strikingly modern in the 19th century, and might even feature in science fiction films today. On 18 August 1502 Cesare Borgia appointed Leonardo as his Military Engineer General, although no known building by Leonardo exists. Leonardo was also fascinated by flight. Thirteen pages with drawings for man-powered aeroplanes survive and there is one design for a helicoidal helicopter. Leonardo later realized the inadequacy of the power a man could generate and turned his attention to aerofoils. Had his enormous abilities been concentrated on one thing, he might have invented the modern glider.

 

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Leonardo Da Vinci Madonna in the cave oil painting

Painting ID::  53720

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Leonardo Da Vinci
Madonna in the cave
mk234 about 1508 190x120cm
   
   
     

 

 

Leonardo Da Vinci The annunciation oil painting

Painting ID::  55957

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Leonardo Da Vinci
The annunciation
1472-75,oil on panel,38.675x85.375 in,98x217 cm,uffizi,florence,ltaly
   
   
     

 

 

Leonardo Da Vinci the last supper oil painting

Painting ID::  55981

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Leonardo Da Vinci
the last supper
mk247 1495 to 98,fresco,180x346 in,460x879 cm,convent of santa maria delle grazie,milan,ltaly
   
   
     

 

 

Leonardo Da Vinci virgin and child with st.anne oil painting

Painting ID::  55994

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Leonardo Da Vinci
virgin and child with st.anne
mk247 c.1510,oil on poplar,66x51 in,168x130 cm,louvre,paris,france
   
   
     

 

 

Leonardo Da Vinci la scapigliata oil painting

Painting ID::  56620

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Leonardo Da Vinci
la scapigliata
mk248 studie i olja, kanske en madonna, kand som kvinna med ostyrigt har.
   
   
     

 

 

Leonardo Da Vinci anna sjalv tredje oil painting

Painting ID::  56621

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Leonardo Da Vinci
anna sjalv tredje
mk248 livet stralar fran marias moder moder annas buvud genom de tre generationerna i en intrikat, foljsam vagrorelse kallad contrapposto.
   
   
     

 

 

Leonardo Da Vinci The Last Supper oil painting

Painting ID::  56818

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Leonardo Da Vinci
The Last Supper
mk250 About the Year in 1495-1498. Frescoes, 880 x 460 cm. Milan Thanksgiving Church of Our Lady canteen.
   
   
     

 

 

Leonardo Da Vinci Mona Lisa oil painting

Painting ID::  56819

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Leonardo Da Vinci
Mona Lisa
mk250 About the Year in 1503-1505. Oil painting of wood, about 77 x 53 cm. The Louvre in Paris.
   
   
     

 

 

Leonardo Da Vinci Mona Lisa oil painting

Painting ID::  57236

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Leonardo Da Vinci
Mona Lisa
mk255 for in the years 1503-1506. 0.77 x 0.53 meters canvas. Paris, the Louvre
   
   
     

 

 

Leonardo Da Vinci Woman portrait oil painting

Painting ID::  58344

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Leonardo Da Vinci
Woman portrait
mk261 about 1478 Acupuncture paper silver screen, with white lead carbonate handle 28 x 19.9 cm
   
   
     

 

 

Leonardo Da Vinci The Baptism of Christ oil painting

Painting ID::  58583

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Leonardo Da Vinci
The Baptism of Christ
The Baptism of Christ (1472?C1475)??Uffizi, by Verrocchio and Leonardo
   
   
     

 

 

Leonardo Da Vinci The Adoration of the Magi oil painting

Painting ID::  58584

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Leonardo Da Vinci
The Adoration of the Magi
The Adoration of the Magi, (1481)??Uffizi.
   
   
     

 

 

Leonardo Da Vinci Small devotional picture by Verrocchio oil painting

Painting ID::  58586

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Leonardo Da Vinci
Small devotional picture by Verrocchio
Small devotional picture by Verrocchio, c. 1470
   
   
     

 

 

Leonardo Da Vinci The Portinari Altarpiece oil painting

Painting ID::  58587

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Leonardo Da Vinci
The Portinari Altarpiece
The Portinari Altarpiece, by Hugo van der Goes for a Florentine family
   
   
     

 

 

Leonardo Da Vinci Lorenzo de Medici between Antonio Pucci and Francesco Sassetti, with Giulio de Medici, fresco by Ghirlandaio oil painting

Painting ID::  58588

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Leonardo Da Vinci
Lorenzo de Medici between Antonio Pucci and Francesco Sassetti, with Giulio de Medici, fresco by Ghirlandaio
Lorenzo de' Medici between Antonio Pucci and Francesco Sassetti, with Giulio de' Medici, fresco by Ghirlandaio
   
   
     

 

 

Leonardo Da Vinci Salai as John the Baptist oil painting

Painting ID::  58589

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Leonardo Da Vinci
Salai as John the Baptist
Salai as John the Baptist (c. 1514)??Louvre
   
   
     

 

 

Leonardo Da Vinci Annunciation oil painting

Painting ID::  58590

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Leonardo Da Vinci
Annunciation
Annunciation (1475?C1480)??Uffizi, is thought to be Leonardo's earliest complete work
   
   
     

 

 

Leonardo Da Vinci Unfinished painting of St. Jerome in the Wilderness oil painting

Painting ID::  58591

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Leonardo Da Vinci
Unfinished painting of St. Jerome in the Wilderness
Unfinished painting of St. Jerome in the Wilderness, (c. 1480), Vatican
   
   
     

 

 

Leonardo Da Vinci Virgin of the Rocks oil painting

Painting ID::  58592

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Leonardo Da Vinci
Virgin of the Rocks
Virgin of the Rocks, Louvre, possibly 1505?C1508, demonstrates Leonardo's interest in nature.
   
   
     

 

 

Leonardo Da Vinci Mona Lisa oil painting

Painting ID::  61739

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Leonardo Da Vinci
Mona Lisa
Oil painting on board, 77x53 cm.
   
   
     

 

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Leonardo Da Vinci
Italian High Renaissance Painter and Inventor, 1452-1519 Italian High Renaissance Painter and Inventor, 1452-1519 Florentine Renaissance man, genius, artist in all media, architect, military engineer. Possibly the most brilliantly creative man in European history, he advertised himself, first of all, as a military engineer. In a famous letter dated about 1481 to Ludovico Sforza, of which a copy survives in the Codice Atlantico in Milan, Leonardo asks for employment in that capacity. He had plans for bridges, very light and strong, and plans for destroying those of the enemy. He knew how to cut off water to besieged fortifications, and how to construct bridges, mantlets, scaling ladders, and other instruments. He designed cannon, very convenient and easy of transport, designed to fire small stones, almost in the manner of hail??grape- or case-shot (see ammunition, artillery). He offered cannon of very beautiful and useful shapes, quite different from those in common use and, where it is not possible to employ cannon ?? catapults, mangonels and trabocchi and other engines of wonderful efficacy not in general use. And he said he made armoured cars, safe and unassailable, which will enter the serried ranks of the enemy with their artillery ?? and behind them the infantry will be able to follow quite unharmed, and without any opposition. He also offered to design ships which can resist the fire of all the heaviest cannon, and powder and smoke. The large number of surviving drawings and notes on military art show that Leonardo claims were not without foundation, although most date from after the Sforza letter. Most of the drawings, including giant crossbows (see bows), appear to be improvements on existing machines rather than new inventions. One exception is the drawing of a tank dating from 1485-8 now in the British Museum??a flattened cone, propelled from inside by crankshafts, firing guns. Another design in the British Museum, for a machine with scythes revolving in the horizontal plane, dismembering bodies as it goes, is gruesomely fanciful. Most of the other drawings are in the Codice Atlantico in Milan but some are in the Royal Libraries at Windsor and Turin, in Venice, or the Louvre and the École des Beaux Arts in Paris. Two ingenious machines for continuously firing arrows, machine-gun style, powered by a treadmill are shown in the Codice Atlantico. A number of other sketches of bridges, water pumps, and canals could be for military or civil purposes: dual use technology. Leonardo lived at a time when the first artillery fortifications were appearing and the Codice Atlantico contains sketches of ingenious fortifications combining bastions, round towers, and truncated cones. Models constructed from the drawings and photographed in Calvi works reveal forts which would have looked strikingly modern in the 19th century, and might even feature in science fiction films today. On 18 August 1502 Cesare Borgia appointed Leonardo as his Military Engineer General, although no known building by Leonardo exists. Leonardo was also fascinated by flight. Thirteen pages with drawings for man-powered aeroplanes survive and there is one design for a helicoidal helicopter. Leonardo later realized the inadequacy of the power a man could generate and turned his attention to aerofoils. Had his enormous abilities been concentrated on one thing, he might have invented the modern glider.