Joseph Tawfik – 900182385
Richard Hoath’s lecture on Leonardo da Vinci
Notes
• Leonardo’s eye for nature is amazing.
• What is more interesting than Leonardo’s paintings are his notebooks with hundreds of
drawings.
• The Mona Lisa is tiny and was once hung in the King of France’s bathroom.
• The Mona Lisa is one of the most famous paintings in the world which captured the imagination
of people around the world and is priceless.
• Leonardo was working and painting during a time known as the renaissance in Italy, where Italy
was ruled by a family.
• Donatello, Giotto, Michelangelo and Leonardo were all artists during the Renaissance time
period in Italy.
• Little I known about Leonardo’s life.
• Leonardo never signed any of his paintings.
• Leonardo and Michelangelo were very competitive and didn’t like each other.
• Leonardo didn’t have much of an education, left school early and didn’t go to university.
• Leonardo at the age of 14 went to studio where he was taught how to paint and sculpt.
• Leonardo was a musician, mathematician, architect, inventor, engineer and Artist.
• Only 20 Leonardo paintings survived to this day.
• Tobias and the angel theories suggest it was painted by Leonardo.
• Long time before newton Leonardo was making a lot of mathematical observation without
schooling.
• Leonardo drew a battle scene to incredible detail but was lost a long time ago, but copies were
made.