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Renaissance Artist And Sculptor: Leonardo Da Vinci
Leonardo Da Vinci, an artist and sculptor, was also very talented as an engineer, scientist, inventor and a religious man. He was born in the heart of the Renaissance, in April 15, 1452 near the town of Vinci, in Tuscan. Da Vinci, was not born in nobility and was son of a local lawyer. His learning started in the workshop, in Florence which was from an artist and sculptor named Andrea del Verrocchio. There, Leonardo was introduced to perspective, metalwork as well as, drawings and paintings and he quickly mastered perspective, which was Verrocchio's speciality. Soon, he became an independent experienced.
Later, when he was about twenty years old he became very famous and created his own studio in Milan, Italy. After that, he was offered to

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