About Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci was an Italian polymath of the High Renaissance who was active as a painter, draughtsman, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor, and architect. While his fame initially rested on his achievements as a painter, he has also become known for his notebooks, in which he made drawings and notes on a variety of subjects, including anatomy, astronomy, botany, cartography, painting, and palaeontology. Leonardo is widely regarded as a genius who epitomised the Renaissance humanist ideal, and his collective works contributed to the development of European art to an extent rivalled only by that of his younger contemporary Michelangelo.
Known for:
Leonardo's aerial screw|Vitruvian Man|Virgin of the Rocks|Mona Lisa|The Last Supper|Annunciation|Lady with an Ermine|The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne|Portrait of Isabella d'Este|Saint John the Baptist|Head of a Woman|Saint Jerome in the Wilderness|Adoration of the Magi|Salvator Mundi|Wreath of Laurel, Palm, and Juniper with a Scroll inscribed Virtutem Forma Decorat [reverse]|Battle Between a Rider and a Dragon|Allegory on the Fidelity of the Lizard (recto); Design for a Stage Setting (verso)|Study for the Virgin and Child with Saint Anne|Studies of The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and Saint John the Baptist|studies for the London Virgin of the Rocks|Codex Atlanticus (F1070)|Design for a Scythed Chariot and Armoured Car (?)|Studies for a Madonna with a Cat|Studies of an Old Man and a Youth (Salai?) in Profile, Facing each Other|Profile of an Old Man|Female Head|Female Head in Profile|Perspective Study for the Background of the Adoration of the Magi|Drawing of Two Heads in Profile and Studies of Machines|Drapery Study for a Seated Figure|Codex Atlanticus (F0026)|Codex Atlanticus (F0089)|Codex Atlanticus (F0133)|Codex Atlanticus (F0139)|Codex Atlanticus (F0149)|Codex Atlanticus (F0157)|Codex Atlanticus (F0812)|Codex Atlanticus (F0845)|Codex Atlanticus (F0965)|Codex Atlanticus (F1069)|Recto: Sketches for the Last Supper, and other studies. Verso: Calculations with architectural, engineering, and geometric sketches|Drapery Study for the Right Arm of Saint Peter in the Last Supper|Study of Clasped Hands (Hands of Saint John)|Study for the Last Supper (Judas)|Study for the Last Supper (Saint Bartholomew)|Study for the Last Supper (Saint James the Elder) and Architectural Sketches|Study for the Last Supper (Saint Philip)|Sketch of a Virgin and Child with a Bowl of Fruit|Copy of the Leonardo Da Vinci's Last Supper
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