Born out of wedlock to a successful notary and a lower-class woman in, or near, Vinci, he was educated in Florence by the Italian painter and sculptor Andrea del Verrocchio.
Ia lahir di Vinci, sebuah wilayah di Florence, dan menempuh pendidikan di sebuah studio milik pelukis Andrea del Verrocchio.
The Mona Lisa is his best known work and is regarded as the world's most famous individual painting.
Lukisan Mona Lisa adalah karyanya yang paling terkenal dan merupakan potret manusia paling populer yang pernah dibuat.
The Last Supper is the most reproduced religious painting of all time and his Vitruvian Man drawing is also regarded as a cultural icon.
The Last Supper adalah lukisan keagamaan yang paling sering dibuat ulang sepanjang masa, sedangkan gambar Vitruvian Man sering dianggap sebagai ikon budaya.
Relatively few of his designs were constructed or were even feasible during his lifetime, as the modern scientific approaches to metallurgy and engineering were only in their infancy during the Renaissance.
Hanya sedikit desain miliknya yang benar-benar dibangun atau memungkinkan untuk dibuat pada masa itu karena perkembangan ilmu teknik dan metalurgi masih berada pada masa awal selama era Renaissance.
From all the marriages, Leonardo eventually had 16 half-siblings (of whom 11 survived infancy) who were much younger than he (the last was born when Leonardo was 46 years old) and with whom he had very little contact.
Secara total, Leonardo mempunyai 12 orang saudara tiri, yang jauh lebih muda usianya (yang termuda lahir saat Leonardo berusia 40 tahun) dan jarang ia temui.
Other famous painters apprenticed in the workshop or associated with it include Ghirlandaio, Perugino, Botticelli, and Lorenzo di Credi.
Beberapa pelukis terkenal lain yang juga berlatih di studio seni Verrocchio adalah Domenico Ghirlandaio, Perugino, Botticelli, dan Lorenzo di Credi.
Leonardo was exposed to both theoretical training and a wide range of technical skills, including drafting, chemistry, metallurgy, metal working, plaster casting, leather working, mechanics, and woodwork, as well as the artistic skills of drawing, painting, sculpting, and modelling.
Di sana, Leonardo mempelajari berbagai disiplin ilmu, seperti ilmu kimia, metalurgi, pengolahan besi, pengolahan kulit, mekanika, pengolahan kayu, hingga kemampuan artistik dalam menggambar, melukis, memahat, dan membuat model.
Much of the painting in Verrocchio's workshop was done by his assistants.
Banyak lukisan yang berasal dari studio seni Verrocchio sebenarnya dikerjakan oleh para karyawannya.
Leonardo's earliest known dated work is a 1473 pen-and-ink drawing of the Arno valley (see below).
Karya pertama Leonardo yang diketahui saat ini adalah gambar pemandangan lembah Arno yang dibuat dengan pena pada tahun 1473.
According to Vasari, the young Leonardo was the first to suggest making the Arno river a navigable channel between Florence and Pisa.
Menurut Vasari, Leonardo muda adalah yang pertama mengusulkan penggunaan Sungai Arno sebagai jalur transportasi antara Florence dan Pisa.
Leonardo worked in Milan from 1482 until 1499.
Leonardo bekerja di Milan sejak tahun 1482 hingga 1499.
He was commissioned to paint the Virgin of the Rocks for the Confraternity of the Immaculate Conception and The Last Supper for the monastery of Santa Maria delle Grazie.
Ia diminta untuk membuat lukisan ‘’Virgin of the Rocks’’ untuk Persaudaraan Pembuahan Suci (Confraternity of the Immaculate Conception) dan ‘’The Last Supper’’ untuk Biara Santa Maria delle Grazie.
In the spring of 1485, Leonardo travelled to Hungary (on behalf of Sforza) to meet king Matthias Corvinus, and was commissioned by him to paint a Madonna.
Pada musim semi tahun 1485, Leonardo pergi ke Hungaria atas nama Sforza untuk bertemu Raja Matthias Corvinus
Leonardo was employed on many other projects for Sforza, such as preparation of floats and pageants for special occasions; a drawing of, and wooden model for, a competition to design the cupola for Milan Cathedral; and a model for a huge equestrian monument to Ludovico's predecessor Francesco Sforza.
Leonardo dipekerjakan oleh Sforza dalam banyak proyek, termasuk persiapan pertunjukan untuk perayaan penting, sebuah gambar dan model kayu untuk kompetisi desain pembuatan kubah Katedral Milan (yang tidak ia selesaikan), dan sebuah model untuk monumen berkuda bagi pendahulu Ludovico, yaitu Francesco Sforza.
This would have surpassed in size the only two large equestrian statues of the Renaissance, Donatello's Gattamelata in Padua and Verrocchio's Bartolomeo Colleoni in Venice, and became known as the Gran Cavallo.
Monumen yang dikenal dengan nama Gran Cavallo tersebut rencananya bisa melampaui ukuran dua patung berkuda lainnya yang dibuat pada masa Renaissance, yaitu Gattamelata yang dibuat Donatello di Padua dan Bartolomeo Colleoni yang dibuat Verrocchio di Venezia.
Although he had no formal academic training, many historians and scholars regard Leonardo as the prime exemplar of the "Universal Genius" or "Renaissance Man", an individual of "unquenchable curiosity" and "feverishly inventive imagination."
Meski tidak mengenyam pendidikan formal, banyak sejarawan yang menganggap Leonardo sebagai seorang jenius atau "Renaissance Man”, sebutan untuk seseorang dengan rasa penasaran dan imajinasi yang luar biasa hebat.
Scholars interpret his view of the world as being based in logic, though the empirical methods he used were unorthodox for his time.
Para ilmuwan menafsirkan cara pandangnya terhadap dunia sebagai sesuatu yang berdasarkan logika, meski metode percobaan empiris yang ia gunakan pada saat itu tergolong tidak biasa.
The Mona Lisa, considered Leonardo's magnum opus, is often regarded as the most famous portrait ever made.
Lukisan Mona Lisa adalah karyanya yang paling terkenal dan merupakan potret manusia paling populer yang pernah dibuat.
The Last Supper is the most reproduced religious painting of all time, and Leonardo's Vitruvian Man drawing is also considered a cultural icon.
The Last Supper adalah lukisan keagamaan yang paling sering dibuat ulang sepanjang masa, sedangkan gambar Vitruvian Man sering dianggap sebagai ikon budaya.