Biography of leonardo da vinci facts encyclopedia

Not to be confused with Leonardo Vinci.

Leonardo Da Vinci (15 April 1452 – 2 May 1519) was an Italianpolymath who lived during the Renaissance.

He is famous for his paintings.^[1] He was also a scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, sculptor, architect, botanist, musician, and writer.

Biography of leonardo da vinci facts encyclopedia

Leonardo wanted to know everything about nature, and wanted to know how everything worked. He was very good at studying, as well as designing and making all sorts of inventions.^[2]

The art historian Helen Gardner said that no one has ever been quite like him because he was interested in so many things that he seems to have had the mind of a giant, and yet what he was like as a person is still a mystery.^[3]

Leonardo was born in Vinci, a small town near Florence, Italy.

He was trained to be an artist by the sculptor and painter Verrocchio. He spent most of his life working for rich Italian noblemen. In his last years, he lived in a