| Names |
LEONARDO da VINCI |
| Date of
Birth |
April 15, 1452 |
| Date of
Death |
May 02, 1519 |
| Identity |
Italian Painter (of
Mona Lisa) |
| General |
- A man of "unquenchable curiosity" and
"feverishly inventive imagination"
- Place of Birth: Vinci, Florence, Italy.
- He was an Italian Renaissance polymath:
painter, sculptor, architect, musician, mathematician, engineer,
inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist, and writer.
- He is widely considered to be one of
the greatest painters of all time and perhaps the most diversely
talented person ever to have lived.
- He was and is renowned primarily as a
painter.
- Among his works, the Mona Lisa is the most
famous and most parodied portrait, whereas 'The Last Supper' the
most reproduced religious painting of all time.
- He was fond of experimentation with new
techniques .
- He is revered for his technological
ingenuity.
- Some of his smaller inventions, such
as an automated bobbin winder and a machine for testing the tensile
strength of wire, entered the world of manufacturing unheralded.
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