A parachute, a helicopter, an armored tank and a robot. Leonardo da Vinci was inventing these and many other inventions centuries before they really started to change the world. 505 years have passed since the death of the famous great man, and the research of thousands of his notes is not over, because he wrote them from right to left and sometimes in ciphers. Recall some of da Vinci’s paintings and ingenious inventions that could have moved history five centuries ago.
Cartoon portrait of Leonardo da Vinci. Collage | Photo: Profimedia.cz
Interesting facts from the life of Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci was born on April 15, 1452 near the Italian city of Vinci. His notary father provided him with a general education, and young Leonardo showed an interest in art and science at a young age. At the age of 15, when he entered the workshop of the painter and sculptor Andrea Verrochio as an apprentice, he showed tremendous talent. A few years later, he already became a member of the painter’s guild.
In 1482, Leonardo da Vinci entered the service of Ludvík Sforza, Duke of Milan, where he spent 17 years studying anatomy, architecture, aerodynamics, physics and astronomy. Over the years, Da Vinci learned to masterfully combine art with science, which was also reflected in the drawings of his inventions.
