Galileo Galilei (1564–1642 ... But he was also a skilled artist, drawing in part from knowledge that he acquired at the Accademia delle Arti del Disegno (Florentine Design Academy), where ...

On February 15, 1564, a baby boy named Galileo Galilei was born in the city of ... He grew up reading books, learning how to draw, and even became an accomplished musician following in the ...

As a young man, Galileo Galilei considered becoming a painter. He acquired extensive knowledge of perspective from Ostilio Ricci, the court mathematician in Florence, who later taught at the ...