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On April 15 1452 an inventor was born that would change everything that would happen from there on forth This man was Leonardo da Vinci the Renaissance Man the mother of the Mona Lisa He was a botanist the study of nature writer mathematician artist anatomist the study of the human body Da Vinci was born in Vinci Italy where he would spend the first five years of life with his mother Caterina in Anchiano a village near Vinci It is said that Leonardo da Vinci was sent to live with his father Ser Piero at the age of five in 1457 There is also a castle there that has replicas of Leonardo's inventions and holds the nickname of Ship Castle Many believe that da Vinci was surrounded by many inventors and inventions even though he was only alive during the mid 1500's and early 1600 s there was also many things that happened during his lifetime such as the Wars of the Roses through 1455 and 1487 Also in 1492 Christopher Columbus discovered the New World and during 1508 through 1512 Michelangelo paints the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel He was alive during the Renaissance rebirth in French where he was influenced by the classical scholarships and values Europe witnessed the Renaissance which included the substation of the Copernican system of astronomy to the Ptolemaic system
The feudal system of the Middle Ages declined and the growth of commerce and invention and art surfaced Da Vinci was superior during this time that he rose from the rest and he managed to make us talk about him today and we still talk about him as if he is the king of the world Around the world people know about Leonardo da Vinci though information about his loved ones family and friends are hard to find though we were able to find out that da Vinci s mother whose name was Caterina was a peasant woman
