Leonardo da Vinci, the genius of Renaissance which has had no equal in history. Five hundred years ago, on May 2, 1519, Leonardo died in Amboise in France. In Italy and in many countries of the world a myriad of cultural events have been organized to remember him. Celebrations with which the international community pays tribute to a 'absolute genius'.
A universal master
Leonardo da Vinci is a man of current ingenuity even today. A lively mind that allowed him to be, at the same time, an inventor, painter, sculptor, engineer, scientist and much more. An eclectic spirit that, in that era, largely exceeded the limits of its contemporaneity, becoming a teacher for future generations.
Leonardo da Vinci: a life of study between art and inventions
Leonardo was born on April 15, 1452 in Anchiano, a hamlet of Vinci, a small town near Florence. He is the illegitimate son of the notary Ser Piero and of Caterina, a woman of humble origins. After being an apprentice in Verrocchio's workshop in Florence, in 1482 he arrived in Milan at the court of Louis the Moor. He deepens his engineering and architecture studies. He engages in many projects, creates various works.
Between 1490 and 1497 he worked on the wall painting of "Last dinner". The Cenacle is currently kept in the convent adjacent to the sanctuary of Santa Maria delle Grazie. In 1503, in Florence, he began to work on the painting depicting the famous Mona Lisa Gioconda which is one of the most famous paintings of all eras and which is exhibited in the Louvre of Paris.
Between one artistic work and another he completes his studies of anatomy and also those on flight. After being in Rome, Giuliano de Medici's guest in the Vatican, he moved to France invited by King Francis I.. At the castle of Amboise concludes his studies and his earthly life.
Mattarella and Macron in Amboise to celebrate the Italian genius
On the occasion of the XNUMXth anniversary of Leonardo's death, the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella will be ad Amboise to celebrate the anniversary of the death of the great Italian genius.
The French president will welcome Mattarella Emmanuel Macron. After death, the body Leonardo's was buried inside the castle which, over time, has suffered several devastations. Leonardo's tomb has been opened and violated several times and the mortal remains have almost all been lost. In 1874 some remains of the Italian genius were placed in the chapel of the Castle of Saint-Hubert, also in Amboise.
Artists, grandsons of God
Leonardo regarded artists as divine apprentices. In fact he asserted: "We, with our arts, can be called the grandsons of God". Scholars of the With (massachusetts institute of technology) they ranked him as the sixth most influential person ever in the world.
Leonardo, like few others, is famous simply by his name alone. His creative genius and his tireless activity of discovery constitute man's innate desire to overcome his own limits. The genius from Vinci perfectly combines intuition, reason and experience: archetype of the Renaissance man which continues to be an emblem of modernity.