Chapter 7
" Engineering Invention "
This section describes the invention
engineering new in the field of technology by Leonardo goodbye Vinci, so after
he found finding in the field of this technology he not only have the expertise
painting, coupled with the findings in the field of this technology. However,
not all his invention has been tested with good, but only a new some alone at
that time.
Chapter 8
" Later Life and Death "
in October 1515, King Francis I of France
recaptured Milan. In December, Leonardo was present at a meeting of King
Francis and Pope Leo X. The French king had commissioned Leonardo to make for
him a mechanical lion which could walk forward, then open up to reveal a
bouquet of lilies. The following year, Leonardo was given a manor house called
Clos Luce, not far away from the king’s royal residences. Here he spent the
remaining three years of his life, along with his close friend Count Francesco
Melzi. There is speculation that Leonardo had suffered a stroke in the last
year before his death, and that his left hand was partially paralyzed. He had
trouble standing, and relied on his companions daily. His was an old age in the
early sixteenth century, and his life had been filled to the brim with all he
could squeeze into it. Towards the end of his days, Leonardo also summoned a
priest to hear his last confession and to receive the Holy Eucharist.
It was here at Clos Lucce that leonardo da
vinci died on may 2, 1519. Leonardo da vinci was 67 Years old. Of his last
words on this earth, leonardo is purported to have said : “ i have offended God
and mankind. My work did not reach the quality it should have. “ . no less true
words could ever have been spoken. Count Fransisco Melzi was his principal heir
and the received leonardo’s paintings, tools, library and possession.
Chapter 9
" Facts about Leonardo da Vinci "
Leonardo da Vinci was quite possibly one of
the greatest minds to ever walk the earth. He had an interest in so many
things, and he never stopped learning. His genius did not lay in one area only;
people cannot simply state that he had a masterful mind in art, architecture,
engineering, or sculpting. Leonardo was a genius at all of these and many more
things. Most everyone knows of his famous paintings of the Mona Lisa or The
Last Supper, but there are other things he did which don’t get a lot of
publicity. Here are a few of those. Leonardo da Vinci could explain why the sky
is blue. People in his day and age didn’t have the capabilities to explain much
about science, let alone a simple question from a child. could we call Leonardo
an early pet advocate. One of his habits was to go into the marketplace, buy
caged animals, bring them home, and set them free. That was his only intention.
And he never forgot the less fortunate than himself either. He always welcomed
his friends and gave them food—rich or poor. Leonardo da Vinci, for all he came
to know and understand in the world, was not formally educated. Being an
illegitimate son, his father felt there was no need to educate him well early
on. So he was mostly home schooled while living in his grandfather’s house.
Traditional subjects like Latin and Greek remained a mystery to him until he
taught himself these things later in life.
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