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  2. Polymath - Wikipedia

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    The term "Renaissance man" was first recorded in written English in the early 20th century. [10] It is used to refer to great thinkers living before, during, or after the Renaissance. Leonardo da Vinci has often been described as the archetype of the Renaissance man, a man of "unquenchable curiosity" and "feverishly inventive imagination". [11]

  3. 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]

  4. Leon Battista Alberti - Wikipedia

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    Leon Battista Alberti (Italian: [leˈom batˈtista alˈbɛrti]; 14 February 1404 – 25 April 1472) was an Italian Renaissance humanist author, artist, architect, poet, priest, linguist, philosopher, and cryptographer; he epitomised the nature of those identified now as polymaths.

  5. Portrait of a Man in Red Chalk - Wikipedia

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    The drawing is estimated to have been drawn c. 1510, possibly as a self-portrait by Leonardo da Vinci.In 1839, it was acquired by King Carlo Alberto of Savoy. [2] The assumption that the drawing is a self-portrait of Leonardo was made in the 19th century, based on the similarity of the sitter to the possible portrait of Leonardo as Plato in Raphael's The School of Athens [2] and on the high ...

  6. Personal life of Leonardo da Vinci - Wikipedia

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    The Italian polymath Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) left thousands of pages of writings and drawings but rarely made any references to his personal life. [1] The resulting uncertainty, combined with mythologized anecdotes from his lifetime, has resulted in much speculation and interest in Leonardo's personal life.

  7. Cultural references to Leonardo da Vinci - Wikipedia

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    Leonardo da Vinci (April 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519) was an Italian Renaissance painter and polymath who achieved legendary fame and iconic status within his own lifetime. His renown primarily rests upon his brilliant achievements as a painter, as his Mona Lisa and The Last Supper are two of the most famous artworks ever created.

  8. List of mathematical artists - Wikipedia

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    Man Ray: 1890–1976: Fine art: Photographs and paintings of mathematical models in Dada and Surrealist art [37] Naderi Yeganeh, Hamid: 1990– Fine art: Exploration of tessellations (resembling rep-tiles) [38] [39] Pacioli, Luca: 1447–1517: Fine art: Polyhedra (e.g. rhombicuboctahedron) in Renaissance art; [19] [40] proportion, in his book ...

  9. Lady with an Ermine - Wikipedia

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    The Lady with an Ermine [n 1] is a portrait painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci. Dated to c. 1489–1491 , the work is painted in oils on a panel of walnut wood . Its subject is Cecilia Gallerani , a mistress of Ludovico Sforza ("Il Moro"), Duke of Milan ; Leonardo was painter to the Sforza court in Milan at the time of ...