Leonardo da Vinci

Peter did such an excellent job with the Creekside wax museum! He had a long speech that he memorized and his teacher had already cut it down from the three large notecards of information he had from his research. One thing she discreetly left out was how "court records reveal that when I was 24, (da Vinci) was charged with sodomy, a crime punishable by death." He has no idea what this means. 😂 Good thing his teacher caught it! Anyway, here is his speech:

Hi, I am Leonardo da Vinci. I was born on April 15th, 1452 in Vinci, Italy. I am famous for inventing parachutes, scissors, and amazing art, including the Mona Lisa, the Vitruvian Man and the Last Supper. At age 14 I was an apprentice to an artist named Verrocio. Verrocio taught me metalworking, leather arts and more. My earliest known painting is a pen and ink drawing of a landscape in Arno Valley. Many people still think I was a true scientist. Perhaps it is because I explored, analyzed and used my imagination to build inventions way beyond my time. Then in Amboise, France on May 2, 1519, I died.