Leonardo da Vinci - “La Gioconda”

... Leonardo da Vinci - "La Gioconda" Leonardo da Vinci was born in 1452, the town who's name he kept as his last name, near Tuscan. From his early age his talents were so apparent that his father took him to Florence when he was fourteen, to study painting and sculpture in Andrea Verrocchio's workshop. There he met also Botticelli and Ghirlandaio. During his years near Verrocchio he studied also mathematics and geometry, as well as begun to strengthen his sense of observation, as he believed that only through observation one can achieve understanding of natural phenomena. This knowledge he used in his paintings, in order to make his images more lifelike. Thirteen years after he went to Verrocchio he started his own business as a painter. He made religious paintings for the nobility and the bourgeoisie, as well as for monasteries and people of religion. It is safe to say

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