Why Is Leonardo Da Vinci Important

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Leonardo Da Vinci Tristan Veeder

Leonardo was a famous artist known around the world. He made many paintings like the Mona Lisa, the wonderful painting of a young lady. He also made many self portraits. Leonardo also tried to make a plane, and he succeeded at flight. Even though he was a great person, he had many things that affected his life. Leonardo Da Vinci was born April 15, 1452 in the village of Vinci. He had a very normal life as a kid. He got very little education, but he still got good grades in school. As a kid he liked to doodle in class when he went to school, and he used to join fairs and put in his work. For a while Leonardo lived in a farm, and then his dad got a house near Vinci. He went to many fairs. Sometimes he even won awards like the time he won the Renaissance Man award. Leonardo had always liked a certain girl, but …show more content…

Leonardo has affected many artist showing them that there is no limits to art and if he never existed we wouldn’t be able to see real art.
Some fun facts are that Leonardo was a vegetarian who loved animals and despised war, yet he worked as a military engineer to invent advanced and deadly weapons. It took da Vinci about ten years to paint Mona Lisa's lips. He drew the plans of the first armored car in 1485. He also invented the bicycle 300 years before it appeared on the road. Leonardo da Vinci created an inflatable tube so people could float in the water.
To conclude my story. Leonardo was great artist because of his courage to get the artwork done like the big horse, and the mona lisa all his famous artwork. He has taught us many things like if you ever think you can't do something just remember one thing you can always get it done if you put your mind to

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