STORIES
Artists
DONATE

Leonardo da Vinci

by Sarah S from Raleigh, North Carolina, USA

Self Portrait in red chalk (http://biographydvd.com/leonardo-da-vinci-biography/)
Self Portrait in red chalk (http://biographydvd.com/leonardo-da-vinci-biography/)

My hero is Leonardo da Vinci. He is my hero because he was a famous artist, scientist, musician, and inventor. He painted the famous painting Mona Lisa. He designed a special “health city” because there was a very bad disease going around in Milan at that time. It was called the “Black Death” or “bubonic plague”, and was caused by rats and fleas.

Famous Mona Lisa by Da Vinci (http://www.popartuk.com/art/leonardo-da-vinci/mona-lisa-pp30545-poster.asp)
Famous Mona Lisa by Da Vinci (http://www.popartuk.com/art/leonardo-da-vinci/mona-lisa-pp30545-poster.asp)

His art and inventions helped Europe and the world. He created beautiful paintings, but nobody could read his journals to learn about other things he did. It took 400 years before people could really study who he was.

Leonardo da Vinci died in the year 1519 and was 67 years old. No one knows where he is buried. He left some books and paintings to his friends. His assistant Francesco Melzi cared for his notebooks, but after he died, a lot of the pages of Leonardo’s notebooks were lost, stolen, or sold.

Page created on 1/14/2011 12:00:00 AM

Last edited 1/14/2011 12:00:00 AM

The beliefs, viewpoints and opinions expressed in this hero submission on the website are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the beliefs, viewpoints and opinions of The MY HERO Project and its staff.