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MarkUK
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Date Posted:02/05/2019 06:27:59Copy HTML

500 years ago today, on 2 May 1519, the greatest figure of the European Renaissance died, Leonardo da Vinci.

Born in Italy he was a man ahead of his time. He made drawings and plans of inventions that were centuries away from realization - the parachute, tanks, flying machines, robots plus incredible feats of engineering - bridges, water pumps and artillery. In addition to this he was a gifted  cartographer, anatomist and botanist. And of course a great painter producing perhaps the world's most famous painting - the Mona Lisa.

He died at Amboise in France after he had been "head hunted" by the French King.  

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Re:Leonardo

Date Posted:02/05/2019 06:36:49Copy HTML

The largest and greatest collection of Leonardo drawings are held by the Queen.
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Re:Leonardo

Date Posted:02/05/2019 08:45:52Copy HTML

Many are on show in Buckingham Palace, the exhibition then moves to Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh in November.
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Re:Leonardo

Date Posted:03/05/2019 12:02:30Copy HTML

A genius indeed and so ahead of his time!
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Re:Leonardo

Date Posted:03/05/2019 05:34:06Copy HTML

He died at Amboise in France after he had been "head hunted" by the French King. What do you mean by head hunted? 

His painting of the Last Supper is the most reproduced picture in the world.

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Re:Leonardo

Date Posted:03/05/2019 07:19:57Copy HTML

The King of France wanted his expertise in constructing a mechanical lion, so he offered him a nice big house in France. He lived there for the last three years of his life.
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Re:Leonardo

Date Posted:03/05/2019 07:55:34Copy HTML

Did the King ever get his Lion?

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Re:Leonardo

Date Posted:03/05/2019 08:41:40Copy HTML

Yes, it moved and a panel in its chest opened to reveal lilies, the emblem of France. The original is lost but a reconstruction was built in 2009.
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