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Leonardo da Vinci was born on April 15, 1452 in Florence

Italy. He was one of the greatest artists of his time and he was a

widely talented man. He was both a skilled painter and an

inventor. He most famous for his legendary painting the “Mona

Lisa” and “the last supper.” Leonardo was an educated in the skill

of painting by Florence Italy painter Jericho. Leonardo was also

are very skilled engineer. Leonardo da Vinci “revered for his

technological ingenuity. “He conceptualized a helicopter, a tank,

concentrated solar power, and a calculator.”(Leonardo da Vinci

par.1)

Leonardo Da Vinci was also a great artist. Leonardo master

many painting technique in his life time. But his main focus was

perspective which” objects appear to the eye based on their spatial

attributes, or their dimensions and the position of the eye relative

to the objects.”(Google dictionary par.1).Leonardo focuses on

making his painting look life like or realistic. Leonardo most

famous work was a painting he began in 1503 for Lisa Del

Giocondo the wife a member of the Gherardini family. The Mona

Lisa was the only painting that Leonardo da Vinci did not
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complete. Another painting that Leonardo da Vinci did was “the

last supper.” The last supper was based on Jesus last supper with

his twelve disciples. He painted “The Last supper” on the back

wall of the dining hall at the Dominican convent of Sta Maria delle

Grazie in Italy. The reason the painting is put on the wall this way

it is that that Leonardo was trying to "extend the room", to make it

look like Jesus and his apostles were sitting and the end of the

dinning hall. Leonardo had it planned out in his head how he

would lay the painting so that it would look the way it does now.

These famous painting show shows that Leonardo da Vinci had

superior painting skills.

Leonardo was also a superior inventor and scientist

Leonard would think of design for his invention where way in head

of his time. He had idea on helicopter calculators and solar power.

Leonardo put all his idea in a journal. Leonardo wrote in this

journal almost everyday most of his journal were written

backwards in mirror script. He did this to protect his ideas.

Leonardo was also interested in anatomy or the study of the human

body. Leonardo said “to obtain a true and perfect knowledge [of

the vascular system]... I have dissected more than ten human

bodies” (Leonardo anatomy par6).Leonardo drew very detail

description of the human body. In 30 years Leonardo da Vinci had

dissected over 30 male and female corpses.he prepared to publish a

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theoretical work on anatomy and made more than 200 drawings.

However, his book was published only in 1680 (161 years after his

death).Leonardo wasn’t only interested in the structure of the

human body but also the function of its organs. He also studies the

anatomy of animals. He dissected cow’s chicken birds and frogs.

He had found that “in the composition of the human body as

compared with the bodies of animals, the organs of sense are duller

and coarser...” (Comparative anatomy par.11).Another subject he

studies was Botany which is the study of plants. Leonardo was

widely educated man from learning about human anatomy to

botany the study of plants.

Leonardo Da Vinci had a major influence on the

renaissance. Leonardo was a perfect example of a renaissance man.

A renaissance man was a highly educated or man with

extraordinarily broad and comprehensive knowledge. A man with

extraordinarily broad and comprehensive knowledge. He

influences every man of the renaissance to expand the knowledge

on the things that surround them. Leonardo could be called the

perfect Renaissance man because he had vas knowledge of the

world.

Leonardo da Vinci the greatest man of the renaissance. He

has been known for painting them “Mona Lisa” and “the last
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supper”. He was know for his large knowledge of the human

anatomy and his superior painting skills

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