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__**LEONARDO DA VINCI FACTS- Christian Giglio**__ -Born 1452, died 1519

Leonardo da Vinci was born in a small village near Florence, Italy. He trained there under a master sculptor/painter. He studied many subjects over the course of his life, including painting, sculpture, music, math, anatomy, botany, architecture and engineering. He had a special love for animals, and would buy animals at stores just so he could set them free from their cages. He was also a vegetarian, which was strange at the time. During his career, he was an accomplished painter, sculptor, architect and engineer. He sketched many designs for weapons, buildings and a large variety of different machines.

//Self Portrait of da Vinci//

//Da Vinci's design for an early helicopter. He wrote backwards// //in some of his notes to keep them secret from other people.// //It could only be read through a mirror, which not many people owned// //at that time.//

//Leonardo da Vinci was a skilled painter// //as well. His most famous work was the Mona Lisa,// //which is still one of the most famous paintings today.//

A lot of Leonardo's designs wouldn't have worked and were never invented at the time, but he inspired many inventors who came after him to build off of his original ideas and help make them a reality for people today. Thanks to him, we now have helicopters, scuba gear, the tank, the submarine and many other innovations.

Sources: 1) 1472, and Leonardo qualified as a master in the Guild of St Luke. "Leonardo da Vinci - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia." //Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia//. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 May 2012. . 2) "Leonardo Da Vinci - The complete works." //Leonardo Da Vinci - The complete works//. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 May 2012. . 3) "Leonardo da Vinci's Paintings and Drawings." //El Reloj de Sol - www.elrelojdesol.com//. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 May 2012. .