Leonardo is identified as one of the greatest painters in the history of western art and is often credited as the founder of the high renaissance Leonardo da vinci was an artist and engineer who is best known for his paintings, notably the mona lisa (c His drawing of the vitruvian man (c 1490) has also become a cultural icon. Leonardo da vinci was a painter, engineer, architect, inventor, and student of all things scientific His natural genius crossed so many disciplines that he epitomized the term “ renaissance.
More than five hundred years ago, on may 2 1519, history's most famous polymath died, leaving behind a legacy of work so distinctive, masterful, and varied that scholars still struggle to define. Explore one of humankind’s most curious and innovative minds
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