all over, he decided to work on his inventions again once more.By this time Leonardo had gotten old. He was in his late 40’s early 50’s when this had happened. Even so, he was still producing inventions far ahead of his time. Many sketches of flight, war machines, and others filled up his notebooks. His paranoia soon took over his life, and thoughts. He did all of his writing backwards, so no one could read it, and had secluded himself a little so people wouldn’t steal his ideas.Thoughts of death soon took over his mind. Leonardo was obsessed with it in the last years of his life. He made many sketches and a few paintings of death, what it was like, how he imagined it, and his vision of the apocalypse. His idea of the apocalypse was a different view than others may have had. It was an idea that all the elements of the earth, would equal out, and the earth would erase all life on its surface and there would be complete tranquility. (23) He had these ideas until his death in 1519.Leonardo’s life affected his work in many ways. Being a perfectionist made him spend a lot of time on his works, and making them magnificent. From the beginning to his life with his explorations, to the end with his thoughts of death, influenced his paintings and the subjects in them. The Last Supper, the Mona Lisa, and the Horse for the Duke all told a little bit about his life. His art influenced his life and his life influenced his art. Leonardo created many paintings that spurred from his own imagination, but most of them were based on events happening in his life. He was a great Renaissance man who will be remembered for centuries to come....
