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Wendy Conklin, M.A.

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Consultants

Timothy Rasinski, Ph.D.

Kent State University

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Literacy Consultant

Publishing Credits

Rachelle Cracchiolo, M.S.Ed., Publisher

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Image Credits: Cover, pp.1, 21 North Wind Picture Archives; back

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Conklin, Wendy, author.

Title: 16th century superstar : Da Vinci / Wendy Conklin, M.A.

Description: Huntington Beach : Teacher Created Materials, 2017.

| Includes

index.

Identiers: LCCN 2016037450 (print) | LCCN 2016038325 (ebook)

| ISBN

9781493836307 (pbk.) | ISBN 9781480757349 (eBook)

Subjects: LCSH: Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519--Juvenile literature. |

Artists--Italy--Biography--Juvenile literature. |

Scientists--Italy--Biography--Juvenile literature.

Classication: LCC N6923.L33 C66 2017 (print) | LCC N6923.L33

(ebook) | DDC

709.2 [B] --dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016037450

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ISBN-13: 978-1-68444-886-9 (e-book)

A Superstar Is Born .................. 4

A Superior Apprentice ................ 6

Seeking a Patron .................... 10

More Than a Painter ................ 16

Military Engineer and Architect ....... 20

An Infamous Portrait ................ 24

Final Days ......................... 26

Glossary ........................... 28

Index ............................. 29

Check It Out! ...................... 30

Try It! ............................ 31

About the Author ................... 32

Table of Contents

A Superstar Is Born

Every now and then , a superstar

comes along and the world takes

notice . By denition , superstars stand

out . This is certainly true of Leonardo

da Vinci . He was born in Vinci , Italy ,

in 1452 . Had his mother not been a

peasant , things might have turned

out differently for da Vinci . He most

likely would have attended the

university in Florence and studied to

be a notary like his well-to-do father .

Instead of painting and inventing ways to

solve problems , his days would have been

busy lling out legal documents .

But his parents never married . So the guild of the

magistrates and notaries would not accept da Vinci as an

apprentice . Instead , his father had to look for another

profession for him . As a young child , da Vinci showed a

talent for drawing . So his father sent him to Florence to

become an apprentice to the famous artist , Andrea del

Verrocchio . And that is where the road to superstardom

began for da Vinci.

Da Vinci was continually striving to improve and

perfect his work and the world around him . Along

the path to becoming a superstar , da Vinci came into

contact with many different types of people . They played

important roles in his life as he developed not only as an

artist but also as a scientist and inventor .

A Class System

During the Renaissance ,

illegitimac y prohibited

youths from having noble

professions , such as

bankers or doctors .

Marrying Beneath a Person

Da Vincis mother , Caterina , was a peasant , while

his father , Ser Piero , came from a respected

family . Pieros job as a notary was a well-respected

profession . He never married Caterina , wanting

instead to marry a woman with money .

Florence , Italy

A Superior Apprentice

Not a Finisher

Throughout his life, many of da Vincis paintings and

projects went unnished . There are different theories as

to why . Some investigations reveal that he had such varied

interests that is was difcult for him to complete one task

before moving on to the next . Other historians believe he

left works unnished because he was a perfectionist . If his

work could not achieve perfection , he abandoned it .

From the very beginning , da Vinci stood out in Andrea

del Verrocchios workshop . Even though he was an

illegitimate child , he was one of the wealthiest apprentices

at the workshop . He came from his fathers respectable

family . This was rare for Verrocchios apprentices in 1467 .

Most boys came from homes where the fathers were typical

tradesmen .

Verrocchio designed sets and costumes for pageants .

The artists in his workshop painted banners , carpets , and

tapestries for festivals. Patrons often commissioned

paintings . And, everyone worked together. As the master

painter and sculptor , Verrocchio directed the work .

Students were craftsmen. They learned by practicing

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