wesley+miller++leonardo+da+vinci

Wesley miller period 1 5\3\12 =Leonard **o Da Vinci 1452-1519** = **L ittle is known of his early childhood. He was apprenticed at age eight by his father to Andrea Del Verrocchio, a Florentine painter. He apprenticed for seven years. He showed great painting skills and studied natural science. He left Verrocchino's studio in 1477 and started working with Lorenzo the magnificent in Florence. He became an expert in the fields of engineering,sculpture,painting,architecture,biology, and botany. He became attached to the court of Ludovico Sforza at Milan. He was accmplished in poetry,music,and sports. He was known for doing a lot of projects at one time. He finished the Sforza monument in 1493 and in 1500 French invaders shot the monument to pieces. He began painting "tThe Last Supper" in 1497. It took him four years to do. In 1499 he began to paint the "Mona Lisa" which took him five years to paint. In 1506 he started working on the Sistine chapel.He died in Ambrose,France. After his death in 1519 the thousands of manuscipt he had written during his life time were published into a book. **

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