Leonardo da Vinci and Italy’s Renaissance of Resistance
Article by WN.Com Correspondent Dallas Darling. “Nature is the best teacher.” -Leonardo da Vinci Just like the tens of thousands of students that flooded the streets in Italy to protest university budget cuts, Leonardo da Vinci’s life was one of resistance and protest too. Having been born in a small town, Vinci, and out of wedlock to a wealthy Florentine and a young peasant girl, Leonardo soon understood what it meant to be marginalized. Even when he was apprenticed to the great painters Verrocchio and Antonio Pollaiuolo, he was often misunderstood. One assignment was to paint a dragon on an aristocrat’s shield. After dissecting lizards and other reptiles to comprehend their true nature and…
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Article by WN.Com Correspondent Dallas Darling. “Nature is the best teacher.” -Leonardo da Vinci Just like the tens of thousands of students that flooded the streets in Italy to protest university budget cuts, Leonardo da Vinci’s life was one of resistance and protest too. Having been born in a small town, Vinci, and out of wedlock to a wealthy Florentine and a young peasant girl, Leonardo soon understood what it meant to be marginalized. Even when he was apprenticed to the great painters Verrocchio and Antonio Pollaiuolo, he was often misunderstood. One assignment was to paint a dragon on an aristocrat’s shield. After dissecting lizards and other reptiles to comprehend their true nature and…
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