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Explore the life and legacy of Leonardo da Vinci, ranked as the greatest genius of all time, his artistic works, inventions, and final days. Dive into the Middle Ages and da Vinci's extraordinary contributions to art, science, and society.
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EDU 100Self & Schooling Dennis D. Cartwright, Ph.D.
Review Syllabus • Questions • Blog – coi100.wordpress.com • Field Experience • 12/8 hours • Log
Conceptual Framework • Mission • Vision • Beliefs • Dispositions Educative Community Community of Learners Constructivist learning Critical Caring Pedagogy
Who Are You • Name • Where are you from • Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior • Major • Why are you interested in teaching – or not? • Something others might not know
Leonardo da Vinci • What do you know about him? • What would you like to know?
Some scholars have ranked him as the greatest genius of all time
Seven Principles of Da Vinci • Curiosita • Dimonstrazione • Sensazione • Sfumato • Arte/Sceinze • Corporalita • Connessione • Context – Culture
Middle Ages - Dark Ages • What do you know of this period in history? • Pp 13-14 • Culture today • Renaissance Woman/Man in 2011?
Humble Beginnings • Born - April 15, 1452 • Mother – Caterina – • Father – Ser Piero da Vinci - • Raised by grandfather (Notary) • Leonardo • Apprentice – Andre de Verrocchio – six years • Company St. Luke – Apothecaries, physicians and artists • Anatomy
Late teen- early twenties • Good lookin dude • Strolling through Florence - Silk leggings, long alburn-blond curls – rose-colored velvet tunic • storytelling, beauty, physical grace, humorist, conjurer, musician • Arrested – before 24th birthday • Prison • “The greater the sensibility the greater the suffering…much suffering.” • dismissed • Started receiving commissions • The Adoration of the Magi (p. 28)
“Feathers shall raise men even as they do birds, toward heaven; that is by letters written with their quills.” • Leonardo da Vinci
Review/Reflect • Item #1 Write down the things you can remember about the education department conceptual framework. • Item #2 Write down anything you can remember about Leonardo da Vinci and/or the dark ages
Moved to Milan • Patronage of Ludovico “the Moor” Sforza • The Last Supper (p. 29) • Studied • Botany • Anatomy • Astronomy • Geology • Flight • Geography • Inventions • Military innovations
The Equestrian Monument • 24 ft tall • Wooden model • 80 tons of bronze • Fall of Ludovico defeated by French • Da Vinci – without a patron
Patrons • Borgia – commander of Papal armies – known for violence • Signoria of Florence • Works • Battle of Anghiari (p. 33) • Mona Lisa
Traveled to France • Francois I – King of France became his patron • No loyalty • to patrons • to the Pope • to the country of his birth • Was free to pursue his interests – • Francois allowed him almost unlimited freedom to pursue his interests.
Final Days • Stroke • As death approached, Leonardo, never religious but always deeply spiritual, “desired scrupulously to be informed of Catholic practice and the good and holy Christian religion.” (Vasari) • “as a day well spent brings blessed sleep, so a life well lived brings a blessed death.” • Final days filled with repentance and apologized to “God and man for leaving so much undone.” • Died May 2 1519 - 67- • Many of his works were never finished – only 17 of his paintings exist and some are not finished. Notes never organized and published. • Added perspective and landscape to paintings (p. 39)
Inventions • Plans • Domestic/Commercial - automation • flying machine, parachute, extendable ladder, three-speed gear shift, machine for cutting threads, bicycle, adjustable wrench, snorkel, hydraulic jack, revolving stage, locks for a canal system, horizontal waterwheel, folding furniture, olive press, automated musical instruments, water-powered alarm clock, therapeutic armchair, crane for cleaning ditches • Military – • Armored tank, machine gun, mortar, guided missile, submarine • Science – • Botany, Anatomy, Geology and physics (Pp. 44-45)
Can we all develop into a Leonardo? • We can all become more than we think we can? • Genetic • Developmental • IQ • Alfred Binet (1857-1911) - • Can IQ change? • What does it measure? • Howard Gardner – • Brain Capacity -
Curiosita • An Insatiably Curious Approach to Life and an Unrelenting Quest for Continuous Learning • Why to five year olds ask so many questions and seniors ask so few? • Maturity • Amount they know • School • Society
What did the self assessment teach you about yourself? • Pair Share
100 questions • Did anyone make a list?
What did you learn • About Leonardo? • About yourself? • About being a teacher?
Conceptual Framework • Does anything in this chapter relate to anything in the conceptual framework?
Two Questions • What was the most important thing you learned this week (in class or through reading) • What, if anything, are you still confused about?
Dimostrazione • Comment on someone’s reflection about Curiosita • Describe an experience that changed your life or that altered what you believed and explain why it had that impact.