Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)He was estranged from his father. One of his most frequently cited childhood memories was finding a terrifying cave where he felt monsters lurked. He learned through apprenticeship.
| Birth name | Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci |
|---|---|
| Born | April 15, 1452 Vinci,Republic of Florence, in the present day Province of Florence, Italy |
| Died | May 2, 1519 (aged 67) Amboise, Touraine (in present-day Indre-et-Loire, France) |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Field | Many and diverse fields of artsand sciences |
| Movement | High Renaissance |
| Works | Mona Lisa, The Last Supper, The Vitruvian Man |
Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (April 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519) was an
Italian polymath: painter, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist, mathematician,engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist and writer. Leonardo has often been described as the archetype of the Renaissance Man, a man of "unquenchable curiosity" and "feverishly inventive imagination".[1] He is widely considered to be one of the greatestpainters of all time and perhaps the most diversely talented person ever to have lived.[2]According to art historian Helen Gardner, the scope and depth of his interests were without precedent and "his mind and personality seem to us superhuman, the man himself mysterious and remote".[1] Marco Rosci points out, however, 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.
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