Tell me it’s not much different in the world today. Project and before I had a chance to finish it the funding would be Going on at various times of my life that somebody would put up money for a There was so much quarrelling and in-fighting What were your biggest frustrations, do you think? Answer I mounted on a live lizard to make it look like a dragon.
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I remember making a pair of skin wings which He very kindly gave me an apartment in theīelvedere and in return I made him some rather fancy presents. I understand you were quite popular with Pope Leo? Answer I always did my best to keep detailed notes in myĭid because I a designed war machines as well, and some concave mirrors which Some methods of irrigation and water transportation. There was never a time when I didn’t have enough to do because I also drewĪ few relief maps, although I didn’t have any instrumentation, and I worked on The fossilised shells embedded in the rocks. I liked to climb the mountains around there and examine Otherwise I couldn’t have got the information I needed.
I carried out a lot of scientific researchĪnd concentrated more on my anatomical drawings. They are now in the Louvre because I later I was commissioned to paint The Battle of Anghiari so it was necessary to move back toīelieve has proved to be quite popular through the ages – and the Madonna and St Anne. Later restored and has survived all these years. I am very glad to hear, however, that it was Was a bit damp for it and it started to deteriorate before I died.
The difficulty was that the Milanese climate Oh, that would definitely be my painting of The Last Supper. What do you regard as your greatest work in Milan? Answer Men of Genius – greatest work in Milan Question Place I often used to buy birds, and once I had ownership I would just let them It would be right to say that I was alwaysįascinated with the anatomy of animals and I loved them all. I trained the horses and kept my own stables. I was quite a horseman in my time, you know. I created an equestrian statue of the Duke’s father but it hasn’tĭid you enjoy any sporting activity or hobbies? Military engineering and sculpting skills. I went to Milan to work for Duke Ludovico While I was there I painted two versions of The Virgin on the Rocks. No, during my lifetime I travelled extensively. Work and I set out some guidelines for that. I preferred more soft, diffused light for my Good style to paint faces when the sunlight fell directly upon them.įashion was in those days to favour bright light andįull colour, but I didn’t think that did the subject true justice. I started out in Andrea del Verrochio’s workshop inĮxperimented a lot with dark and light, and I really didn’t think it was very How did your career get under way? Answer In fact, I made many thousands of pages of notes about my discoveriesĪnd some of my theories weren’t confirmed until centuries later. Was there anything I wasn’t interested in? Not at all. It is generally felt today that your desire for Men of Genius – the desire for knowledge Question These days I suppose you would describe me asĪ bit of a party animal because I liked making up stories and telling jokes. Often I made up the songs and music on the spot. Made musical instruments and played them. There is so much to do and so much to discover and passing on at 1519 This enormous fascination with knowledge. I was born in 1452 in a little town called Vinci in Leonardo, would you start by telling us a little about We hope it will stimulate you to consider your own talents and to find out more about the lives of these talented people so that you have a detailed model to follow yourself. To conduct with the great Leonardo da Vinci if he were here today.
This is the sort of interview we would expect Wherever they stand on the hierarchy of success, theyĪre all achievers and are models for others to follow.
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