L
eonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (April 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519) was an Italian Renaissance polymath: painter, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist and writer. Read about some of his works and some facts about himself!
- Da Vinci is widely considered to be one of the greatest painters of all time and perhaps the most diversely talented person ever to have lived.
- Among his works, the Mona Lisa is the most famous and most parodied portrait.
- The most reproduced religious painting of all time is Leonardo’s The Last Supper!
- He had conceptualized a helicopter, a tank, concentrated solar power, a calculator,the double hull and outlined a rudimentary theory of plate tectonics.
- If his name is considered in modern sense, he doesn’t have a surname actually!
- Some old court records show that Leonardo has been charged with sodomy and aquitted. Also it has been presumed that he was homosexual!
- Gian Giacomo Caprotti da Oreno, nicknamed Salai or Il Salaino is considered to be Leonardo’s closest pupil. He has created a nude version of Mona Lisa which is known as Monna Vanna. On Leonardo’s death, he inherited the Mona Lisa.
- Salai is the presumed model for Leonardo’s painting St. John the Baptist.
- As an engineer Leonardo has designed several machines including the Helicopter. Some of these machines were built and tested according to his original designs. Some of those designs proved a success, whilst others fared less well when practically tested.
- He used to write in mirror image in his notebooks because of his left handedness (it was easier for him)!
- Leonardo was a vegetarian!
- The different drawings and other historic materials shows that Leonardo was tall, athletic and extremely handsome!
