Leonardo da Vinci means “Leonardo from the town of Vinci,” and is generally referred to in short as “Leonardo” rather than as “da Vinci” He received a fresh burst of public interest in 2003 with the publication of The Da Vinci Code. Leonardo da Vinci is one of the most prominent artists around the world, and his fame will never cease.
Leonardo da Vinci was born on April 15, 1452, near the village of Vinci about 25 miles west of Florence. He was the illegitimate son of Ser Piero da Vinci, a prominent notary of Florence.
When Leonardo was 15, his father apprenticed him to Andrea del Verrocchio, the leading artist of Florence and a characteristic talent of the early Renaissance. Verrocchio’s great skill and passionate concern for quality of execution, as well as his interest in expressing the vital mobility of the human figure, were important elements in Leonardo’s artistic formation. His earliest known painting is a product of his collaboration with the master as Leonardo stayed on as an assistant in Verrocchio’s shop after completing his apprenticeship. It was a standard procedure in the Italian Renaissance.
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