Leonardo da Vinci was born in 1452 in Vinci‚ Tuscany‚ during a time called the Renaissance. His creations of art and advancements in science not only surpassed those of his time‚ but have contributed to the fundamentals of modern day technology and are arguably the greatest in history. Many of da Vinci’s paintings remain today as proof of his pioneered techniques‚ brilliance‚ and talent. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language defines "renaissance man" as "[a] man who has broad
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Leonardo da Vinci Early life: Leonardo was born on April 15‚ 1452‚ in the Tuscan hill town of Vinci‚ in the lower valley of the Arno River in the territory of Florence. Messer Piero Fruosino di Antonio da Vinci‚ a Florentine notary was his father‚ and Catherina‚ a peasant who may have been a slave from the Middle East was his mother. Leonardo had no surname in the modern sense‚ "da Vinci" simply meaning "of Vinci": his full birth name was "Leonardo di Ser Piero da Vinci"‚ meaning "Leonardo‚ son
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Leonardo Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa Mona Lisa or La Giaconda it is probably one of the most well known works of art in the world. It is one of the most copied‚ photographed‚ and reprinted works of art. I myself have her as a screensaver in my laptop. Throughout the years‚ there have been all types of theories about her in the Mona Lisa painting. It seems that most of these theorizers not only have a hypothesis about her smile or name‚ but believe that no one else’s hypothesis is right except for theirs
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Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci was an Italian Renaissance polymath: painter‚ sculptor‚ architect‚ musician‚ mathematician‚ engineer‚ inventor‚ anatomist‚ geologist‚ cartographer‚ botanist‚ and writer. His genius‚ perhaps more than that of any other figure‚ epitomized the Renaissance humanist ideal. Leonardo has often been described as the archetype of the Renaissance Man‚ a man of "unquenchable curiosity" and "feverishly inventive imagination". He is widely considered to be one of the greatest painters
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Leonardo Da Vinci Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) was a painter‚ architect‚ inventor‚ and a scientific student. He was such a natural genius that he embodied the term “Renaissance man.” Today he is best known for his art‚ including two paintings that are the world’s most famous and admired‚ Mona Lisa and The Last Supper. Using a technique called "hatching"‚ he worked by sketching in series of short‚ quickly-drawn parallel lines. He also developed various personal drawing tricks‚ including curved
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The world has constantly changed throughout the ages‚ the one big turning point that changed how the world works today through its timeless music‚ art‚ philosophy‚ and discoveries is the Renaissance. The Renaissance was an important time in European society; the people had grown into something more than the people before them in the ways of culture. People say that it was just a time of intellectual and cultural learning‚ but the art‚ music‚ and literature shows just how important it really was
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superhuman‚ the man himself mysterious and remote".[1] Marco Rosci states that while there is much speculation about Leonardo‚ his vision of the world is essentially logical rather than mysterious‚ and that the empirical methods he employed were unusual for his time Born out of wedlock to a notary‚ Piero da Vinci‚ and a peasant woman‚ Caterina‚ at Vinci in the region of Florence‚ Leonardo was educated in the studio of the renowned Florentine painter‚ Verrocchio. Much of his earlier working life was spent
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The Magnificent Leo Leonardo da Vinci once said‚ “Learning never exhausts the mind.” He never stopped learning during the time he was alive. This time period was called the Renaissance. The Renaissance started in Florence‚ Italy in 1330 and lasted until 1550. Leonardo’s ideas were far more advanced than anyone else’s. These new discoveries and ideas changed the world of art for good. Leonardo da Vinci is important to the Renaissance in many more ways than just through paintings‚ but also through
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Professor Hall ENGL 2010 22 January 2013 Be Like da Vinci Leonardo da Vinci brought forth information that has helped shape the way that we think today. Art‚ science‚ and philosophy have been ever influenced by the “genius.” The contributions from him are endless. Leonardo was the first that looked into and documented neurophysiology. He gave us reasons backed up by evidence as to how the brain processes many of its sensory information. Leonardo started looking at anatomy as early as 1487. His
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Leonardo da Vinci was born in 1452 . Born out of wedlock in Vinci‚ Italy (just outside Florence)‚ Leonardo’s illegitimate standing kept him from receiving a good education and excluded him from the most lucrative occupations. However‚ such limitations never hindered (and perhaps even fueled) da Vinci’s desire for knowledge and great ambition. At the age of 15‚ da Vinci became the apprentice of the painter Andrea del Verrochio in Florence‚ where his skills as an artist developed‚ flourished and even
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