Leonardo da Vinci was born on April 15th, 1452 in the area of Florence, Italy. He did many things. He was a scientist, musician, inventor and mathematician. He was also an architect- he knew how to plan the construction(建筑)of buildings. He knew about animals and plants. He could do many things well.
He was famous for his paintings. He painted the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper. They are his most famous paintings. Many people know about them. He started working on the Last Supper in 1495 in Milan. He finished it in 1497. He started working on the Mona Lisa in 1503 in Italy. He finished it in1506. The Mona Lisa is in France now.
Da Vinci's paintings are very good. He knew the human being's body very well. He knew how happy or sad people looked. This made his paintings look vivid (栩栩如生的).
Da Vinci had many ideas for inventions. He drew plans for a plane and a tank(坦克). He had an idea for a calculator(计算器). He also thought of making solar power. Most of his inventions were drawings on paper, and some of these drawings gave us the plan (图纸) for our modern machines.
Leonardo died in 1519.
