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  1. Da Vinci's Inquest is a Canadian crime drama television series which originally aired on CBC Television from 1998 to 2005. While never a ratings blockbuster, the critically acclaimed show did attract a loyal following, and ultimately seven seasons of thirteen episodes each were filmed for a total of ninety-one episodes.

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    • April 15, 1452
    • 1467–81
    • 1482–99
    • 1500-08
    • 1508-13
    • 1516
    • May 2, 1519

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    Leonardo da Vinci is born in Anchiano, near Vinci, Republic of Florence [Italy]. He is destined to become one of the leading figures in the fields of arts and science during the period of history known as the Renaissance.

    At 15 Leonardo apprentices to the famous artist Andrea del Verrocchio in Florence. With Verrocchio, Leonardo learns painting and sculpture primarily. In 1472 Leonardo is accepted into the painters’ guild of Florence, but he remains in his teacher’s workshop for five more years, after which time he works independently in Florence until 1481. Many of...

    Leonardo moves to Milan in 1492 to serve in the court of the duke Ludovico Sforza. Leonardo enjoys the prospect of multiple projects suited to his interests and abilities. Altogether, he spends 17 years in Milan. During this period he completes such well-known paintings as Last Supper and The Virgin of the Rocks. His dignified manner and serious ap...

    Leonardo returns to Florence in 1500 to pursue projects in painting, anatomy, and engineering. In 1503 he is commissioned to paint a mural in Florence’s Palazzo Vecchio; it is to be a grand historical scene intended to glorify the military conquest of the Florentines. The work is never completed, however. Leonardo also begins painting the Mona Lisa...

    Leonardo’s scientific explorations proceed. He dedicates himself to an extensive study of human anatomy. In addition, he also pursues mathematical, optical, mechanical, geological, and botanical studies. These investigations teach him that force and motion are primary determinants of the physical world and that they are based on unchanging laws of ...

    Leonardo leaves Italy to serve King Francis I of France. On arriving in France, Leonardo does little in the way of painting. He does, however, continue to pursue the study of anatomy and to sketch drawings depicting powerful natural events.

    Leonardo dies in Cloux (now Clos-Lucé), France, and is buried at the church of Saint-Florentin. During the later period of the French Revolution the church is torn down. The whereabouts of Leonardo’s remains is no longer known.

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  2. Leonardo had moved to Milan in north-west Italy by April 1483, when he received the commission for an altarpiece now known as the Virgin of the Rocks. Later that decade he entered the service of the ruler of Milan, Ludovico Sforza – initially to work on an equestrian monument, and later painting portraits, designing entertainments, and ...

  3. Leonardo da Vinci was born on 15 April 1452 near the Tuscan town of Vinci, the illegitimate son of a local lawyer. He was apprenticed to the sculptor and painter Andrea del Verrocchio in...

  4. Dec 2, 2009 · Leonardo da Vinciarchitect, inventor, scientist and painter of the 'Mona Lisa' and 'The Last Supper'—was a major figure of the Italian Renaissance.

  5. Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) was an Italian Renaissance artist, architect, engineer, and scientist. He is renowned for his ability to observe and capture nature, scientific phenomena, and human emotions in all media.

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  7. Sep 7, 2020 · Leonardo's now lost 'cartoon' for the work showed the 1449 CE Battle of Anghiari between the armies of Florence and Milan. The early years of the 16th century CE also saw Leonardo complete a painting he had probably been working on sporadically, the Mona Lisa portrait (see below).

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