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  2. Leonardo da Vinci - Wikipedia

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    Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci[b] (15 April 1452 – 2 May 1519) was an Italian polymath of the High Renaissance who was active as a painter, draughtsman, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor, and architect. [3] While his fame initially rested on his achievements as a painter, he has also become known for his notebooks, in which he made ...

  3. Science and inventions of Leonardo da Vinci - Wikipedia

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    Science and inventions of Leonardo da Vinci. Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) was an Italian polymath, regarded as the epitome of the "Renaissance Man", displaying skills in numerous diverse areas of study. While most famous for his paintings such as the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper, Leonardo is also renowned in the fields of civil engineering ...

  4. Personal life of Leonardo da Vinci - Wikipedia

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    Leonardo was born to unmarried parents on 23-24 April 1452 (old system: 15 April 1452), "at the third hour of the night" [ 4 ] in the Tuscan hill town of Vinci, in the lower valley of the Arno River in the territory of the Republic of Florence. He was the out-of-wedlock son of the wealthy Messer Piero Fruosino di Antonio da Vinci, a Florentine ...

  5. Vitruvian Man - Wikipedia

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    Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice. The Vitruvian Man (Italian: L'uomo vitruviano; [ˈlwɔːmo vitruˈvjaːno]) is a drawing by the Italian Renaissance artist and scientist Leonardo da Vinci, dated to c. 1490. Inspired by the writings of the ancient Roman architect Vitruvius, the drawing depicts a nude man in two superimposed positions with his ...

  6. Classical education in the Western world - Wikipedia

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    The Vitruvian Man, by Italian polymath Leonardo da Vinci, is based on the correlations of ideal human proportions with geometry described by the ancient Roman architect Vitruvius. The Renaissance, beginning in the 14th century, marked a profound revival of classical learning and values, driven largely by the humanist movement. This intellectual ...

  7. Annunciation (Leonardo) - Wikipedia

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    The Annunciation is a painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci, dated to c. 1472–1476. [n 1] Leonardo's earliest extant major work, it was completed in Florence while he was an apprentice in the studio of Andrea del Verrocchio. The painting was made using oil and tempera on a large poplar panel and depicts the Annunciation ...

  8. List of works by Leonardo da Vinci - Wikipedia

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    The Italian polymath Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) was the founding figure of the High Renaissance, and exhibited enormous influence on subsequent artists.Only around eight major works—The Adoration of the Magi, Saint Jerome in the Wilderness, the Louvre Virgin of the Rocks, The Last Supper, the ceiling of the Sala delle Asse, The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and Saint John the Baptist ...

  9. The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and Saint John the Baptist

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    Dimensions. 141.5 cm × 104.6 cm (55.7 in × 41.2 in) Location. National Gallery, London. The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and Saint John the Baptist, sometimes called the Burlington House Cartoon, is a drawing by Leonardo da Vinci. The drawing is in charcoal and black and white chalk, on eight sheets of paper that are glued together.