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Jonathan SantosgonzalezDr. Mike PettengellENG 10210 March 2014Art autobiography Assignment Leonardo di ser Piero da VinciLeonardo da Vinci was born on April 15, 1452 in Vinci a Tuscan hill town in the filth of the republic of Florence, son of wealthy Messer Piero Fruosini di Antonio da Vinci, a Florentine good notary and Caterina, a peasant. His full name was Leonardo di ser Pierro da Vinci, the appellation ser indicated that his father was a gentleman. There is not too much cognise about his early years only that he lived in the main office of his mother until 1457 and then in the household of his father in the pocketable town of Vinci.At the age of fourteen, in 1466, Leonardo was apprenticed of the artisan Andrea di Cione, whose workshop was one of the best in Florence. Leonardo was exposed to twain theoretical training and a vast range of technical skills, including drafting, chemistry, admixturelurgy, metal working, plaster casting, leather working, mechanics and carpen try as well as the artistic skills of drawing, painting, sculpting and modelling. According to VasariLeonardo collaborated with ...