LEONARDO´S BIO. WEBQUEST PART 1


Welcome to Leonardo Da Vinci´s wequest for the “Semana Cultural” 2020
This is PART I
You have to REORDER and CONNECT different facts in Leonardo´s life in the grid on your papers.

This timeline will help you do it.



OFF YOU GO!!!!!




1  1472                    A Leonardo is hired in Milan by Ludovico il Moro.  He studies architecture,   engineering, drawing and painting.

2 1490                     B In Florence he begins as an apprentice in the painter Verocchio´s workshop

3 1482                     C He dies in Cloux,. Not even mentioning some of his paintings

4 1495-1498         D He starts as an independent artist

5  1452                     E Back in Florence works with Michelangelo in the painting decorating the hall of the Palazio Vecchio. Works to créate the Gioconda.

6 1506-1513         F He moves to Rome inivted by Giuliano de Medici. Sees Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel and continues his studies of geometry and hydraulic engineering.

7 1519                     G Back in Milan resumes his studies of flight, physics, optics and hydraulic engineering. In Pavia, he resumes his studies of anatomy and dissections of cadavers.

8 1502-1505         H Works on the fresco “The Last Supper” that will deteriorate soon after being finished

9 1513-1516         I Leonardo is born in Anchiano, near Florence.

10  1469                  J Paints “The Lady with the Ermine”, Ludovico Sforza´s lover (Cecilia Gallerani)


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