random fun facts you didn't know
this man didn't go to school. he liked to dissect corpses. and Bill Gates bought his notebook.
Leonardo da Vinci
when was the Mona Lisa made
(hint it was in the 1500s)
1503
who painted the Mona Lisa?
Leonardo da Vinci
This Renaissance man was known as a true Renaissance man and would write his notes upside down and with missing parts so his ideas wouldn't be stolen
Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo died in 1519
the printer is the modern-day what?
the printing press
1440
this man was a college dropout who was sentenced to life in prison by the Roman Inquisition for his findings
His middle finger is on display in a museum.
NASA named a spacecraft for him.
Galileo
when was stary night painted
(hint it was in the 1800s)
1889
who invented the modern solar system?
Nicolaus Copernicus
This Renaissance man is best known for painting the Sistine chapel
and making "david' a 17 foot tall statue carved from marble
Michelangelo
the parachute is the modern-day what
canopy or an escape device
this man was a polyglot.
He wasn't the first person to suggest heliocentrism even though that's what he's known for
and he was a physician (but he didn't have a medical degree).
Nicolaus Copernicus
when was the scream painted
(hint it was in 1800)
1893
who painted the stary night?
Vincent van Gogh
this Renaissance man was a college dropout unlike common belief he did NOT invent the telescope and He was a prolific inventor.
Galileo Galilei
the plane is the modern-day what?
the flying machine
the flying machine was invented in the 1480s
this man painted almost 900 paintings in 10 years.
van Gogh's staples were coffee, cigarettes, and bread.
and he painted 'Starry Night' was in an 'asylum'
Vincent van Gogh
when was the last supper painted
(hint it was in 1400)
1498
who painted 'The Last Supper'
Leonardo da Vinci
This Renaissance man was named the official painter of Venice in 1516 and was knighted by Charles v
titian
the machine gun is the modern-day what
organ guns or volley guns
He lived twice as long as most people did in the Renaissance He was a forger
first rose to prominence after a failed attempt at art fraud he didn't like Leonardo da Vinci.
Michelangelo
when was the sixteenth chapel painted
(hint it was in 1512)
1512
who invented the telescope?
(hint it's not Galileo)
a Dutch spectacle maker named Hans Lipperheyin 1608
This Renaissance man dissected dead human corpses
and is credited for making the modern medical textbooks
Andreas Vesalius
the tank is the modern-day what
land ship