Leonardo da Vinci
1452-1519 67 years
1452-1519 67 years
aka: Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci
Italian artist, painter, designer, inventor, musician, engineer,
'Renaissance Man'
born Tuscany, near Florence
father was Piero, a wealthy notary
mother was a peasant maid, Caterina, some say a middle
eastern slave.
father Piero had one of his laborers, also named Piero,
become the husband of Caterina, thereby becoming
Leonardo's step-father for the first years of the young boy's
life. Then the notary Piero took the child back to his house
with his legal wife and raised Leonardo away from his mother
and step-father.
good education, cultured upbringing
died in France, and buried
Italian artist, painter, designer, inventor, musician, engineer,
'Renaissance Man'
born Tuscany, near Florence
father was Piero, a wealthy notary
mother was a peasant maid, Caterina, some say a middle
eastern slave.
father Piero had one of his laborers, also named Piero,
become the husband of Caterina, thereby becoming
Leonardo's step-father for the first years of the young boy's
life. Then the notary Piero took the child back to his house
with his legal wife and raised Leonardo away from his mother
and step-father.
good education, cultured upbringing
died in France, and buried
| Just don't get into nonsense; otherwise, you will always feel what Leonardo da Vinci has confessed in his letters: I have offended God and mankind because my work did not reach the quality it should have. Now, Leonardo da Vinci is one of the greatest geniuses, and whatever he has done is incomparable. There is nobody else who even comes close to him. But even such a great man feels a little guilt, "I have not reached the quality it should have..." --Osho The Invitation, ch. 24 |
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