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Leonardo da vinci (!) (Click to select text)
LEONARDO DA VINCI The term Renaissance man was used to describe this great man, Leonardo Da Vinci. He was the man of so many accomplishments in so many areas of human endeavor that his like has rarely been in human history. Casual patrons of the arts know him as the painter of the “Mona Lisa” and the great “Last Supper”, painted on the wall of the dining hall in the monastery of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan, Italy. These paintings alone would have assured him enduring fame as an artist, but they should not obscure the fact that he was also a sculptor, an architect, and the man of science. More than 300 years before flying machines were perfected, Leonardo devised plans for prototypes of an airplane and a helicopter. His extensive studies of human anatomy were portrayed in drawing, which were among the most significant drawings in Renaissance science. Leonardo’s remarkable illustrations of the human body elevated the most significant drawings in Renaissance science. Leonardo’s remarkable illustrations of the human body elevated drawings in Renaissance science. Leonardo’s remarkable illustrations of the human body elevated drawings into a means of a scientific exposition. It also provided the basic principles for modern scientific illustrations. Leonardo was born in 1452 on is father’s estate at Vinci, near Florence. He grew up and was educated in the same estate. When he was fifteen his father apprenticed him to the artist Andrea del Verrocchio in Florence. Under Verricchio he studied painting, sculpting, and the mechanical arts. In a nearby workshop of the artist Antonio Pollaiuolo he began his interest in Anatomy. Leonardo was accepted into the painter’s guild at Florence in 1472 and remained in the city for ten years.
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