Show 1 t- t tj j E EO ARDO 0 A R DO D DA DAVINCI'S A AVI VI VINCI'S VI Cl'S fame as the p painter ai n t e r of oC 1 Mona Bona rona Lisa and The The Last Supper has quito eclipsed his 1115 reputation as an Inventor Yet In his own time and for fors s some mo generations Drier after he was equally equal equal- ly y famous in both capacities I ct L Leonardo o oas was as really a dozen men r rolled Into otte and was equally equall successful as painter sculptor mathe- mathe clan architect engineer botanist anatomist anatomist anatomist an an- atomist chemist astronomer natural- natural metaphysician poet musi- musi 1 1st t. t and inventor He was born at Vinci near in Ital Italy in 1452 1152 and took his name in history from his birthplace Ho died at Cloux nc near r A Amboise in France May 2 1519 He was taken b by his father lather to Ver- Ver about 14 1470 70 and remained with this great master until he was Sues past Vast twenty Horo Hero ho drew modeled designed designed designed de de- de- de signed for tor architectural purposes and planned several en engineering schemes Among his companions in the studio of or were Perugino and Lorenzo Loren Loren- zo di dl Credi He called himself the disciple of practice and observed everything In natural life tire the the fall taU of or the leaf leaC the flight of or birds birds the movements of at beasts the duration of echoes tho the veining and coloring of leaves tho the conditions of or sun sun stars and moon Among Amon his inventions were thirty 1 1 r tM of i ii i 1 r k DA VINCI to kinds of mills mill windlasses cranes saws saW drills and looms He invented machines machines ma ma- J chines for plate plate- rolling wire drawing and file tile cutting as well ell as Instruments Instruments rl ments merits for flattening and dressing J r cloths a a. surgeons surgeon's probe a spring to close doors covers covers for smoky chimneys chimneys chim chim- ne s an artists artist's eam camp l' l stool a roasting roasting roast roast- ing InS jack moved mo by the hot air of the a fire tire the tho common wheelbarrow and a. a t scheme for lifting the Baptistery of or i Florence to a higher level He lIe was a conte contemporary of ot Christo Christopher pher Columbus ind nd Savonarola Ho lie Holad had lad a strange character full of ot contradictions con con- and anti in spite of or his profound profound pro pro- found stud study and application was often Va s swayed ed by vain extravagance and foolish fool fool- ish sh ish ostentation t |