SnowDen with the Fam' Homeschooling: LEONARDO DA VINCI UNIT STUDY FOR JR. HIGH TO HIGH SCHOOL

2015

Welcome to the Leonardo da Vinci

UNIT STUDY

I desired my teen daughters to learn about this man because of their interest in art. In so doing, they learned geography, false teachings of humanism, techniques in painting & drawing, his amazing inventions and so much more.

I just researched, dug out what fit us and our age group (13 & 17 years). I hope this helps you if you so choose to study this time period, it's history, region and the man: Leonardo!

Enjoy!

1. Draw map of Italy, as a physical map – mountains, rivers, oceans, large cities and some of the surrounding countries. – Colored pencils for perspective.

2. Prepare Time Line pages:

http://www.leonardo-da-vinci-biography.com/leonardo-da-vinci-timeline.html

3.) Renaissance – learn basics of this time period.

- Renaissance man: http://www.britannica.com/topic/Renaissance-man

- Renaissance: http://www.britannica.com/event/Renaissance

- Medici family.

Basilica San Marco

4.) Use YouTube to take you to Florence (Leonardo’s beginnings).

5.) MIRROR WRITING: (Try it yourself.) http://legacy.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/write.php

6.) Anatomy:

- http://www.leonardo-da-vinci-biography.com/leonardo-da-vinci-anatomy.html

- Larger pics: http://www.italian-renaissance-art.com/leonardo-drawings.html

- Leonardo da Vinci's studies of the heart.

* http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2804084/

* http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/leonardo/gallery/heart.shtml

- GOOD LESSON ON VIDEO OF THE VITRUVIAN MAN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMsaFP3kgqQ

- STUDY OF A WOMAN’S HEAD:

http://www.wikiart.org/en/leonardo-da-vinci/study-of-a-woman-s-head

7.) WHAT HAPPENED WHERE – TOWNS, ETC..:

- http://legacy.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/WhatWhereWhen.html

- Good biography with links: http://lessonswelllived.weebly.com/blog/leonardo-da-vinci-do-what-your-are-passionate-about

8.) Milan & the Duke: Ludovico Sforza - Look up.

Leonardo's Horse Sketch this one drawn
by Felecia Snowden 2015

9.) Sculptures:     - http://www.davincilife.com/da-vinci-sculptures.html
                        - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo%27s_horse
                          - http://www.davincisciencecenter.org/about/leonardo-and-the-horse/ VIDEO

10.) Leonardo’s painting techniques / fresco …etc / Perspective (L. PERSPECTIVE: http://legacy.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/LeonardosPerspective.html)

11.) The Last Supper:

             http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/davi/project/history.htm
             - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IbEeI7nwgM
             -BEST video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iV6_wTrkd70

12.) John the Baptist: "1513 to 1516, when the High Renaissance was metamorphosing into Mannerism, it is believed to be his last painting. This is an oil painting on walnut wood. The original size of the work was 69x57 cm. It is now exhibited at the Musée du Louvre in Paris, France." [Link]

Drawn by Felecia Snowden

13.) Mona Lisa:

             - “ House wife husband was a Silk Merchant. Florence. Lisa del Giaconda”
            - “The work was to celebrate their home’s completion, as well as a celebration of the birth of their second son.” [ http://totallyhistory.com/mona-lisa/ ]
         -Techniques Applied : “The Mona Lisa is an oil painting, with a cottonwood panel as the surface.”
          - “Da Vinci used a shadowing technique at the corners of her lips as well as the corners of her eyes which give her an extremely lifelike appearance and look of amusement.”
          -Mona Lisa Song by Nat King Cole: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EG-A_qTAKEI
        -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHFH2vwy4pc
         - Documentary BBC - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TckJwAV81k                 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rgq9SsqdyQA

14.) Inventions: