Did
you know...
- that Leonardo da Vinci lived
during the Renaissance.
- the word Renaissance means
"rebirth."
- that the Renaissance lasted
from the 1300's to the late 1600's.
- that Leonardo was also an
architect, a musician, sculptor, scientist, inventor and mathematician.
- that Leonardo wrote backwards
in his notebooks.
- that Leonardo never had the
opportunity for a formal education.
- that no one knows who Mona
Lisa is.
- that Michelangelo and
Leonardo were rivals and never got along.
- that Leonardo studied nature
and science to make his paintings look real.
- that during the Renaissance
kids liked to play tag and marbles.
- that Leonardo left many of
his paintings unfinished.
- that many other people made
great contributions during Leonardo's time, such as Copernicus,
Michelangelo, Columbus, Magellan, and Francois I.