Leonardo Da Vinci: Famous Book by Nandini Saraf: Leonardo da Vinci
Jan 2020 · Prabhat Prakashan
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More commonly known as Leonardo da Vinci or simply Leonardo (15 April 1452 – 2 May 1519); was an Italian polymath whose areas of interest included invention; painting; sculpting; architecture; science; music; mathematics; engineering; literature; anatomy; geology; astronomy; botany; writing; history; and cartography. He has been variously called the father of paleontology; ichnology; and architecture; and is widely considered one of the greatest painters of all time. Sometimes credited with the inventions of the parachute; helicopter and tank; he epitomized the Renaissance humanist ideal.
Leonardo was; and is; renowned primarily as a painter. Among his works; the Mona Lisa is the most famous and most parodied portrait and The Last Supper the most reproduced religious painting of all time; their fame approached only by Michelangelo's The Creation of Adam. Leonardo's drawing of the Vitruvian Man is also regarded as a cultural icon; being reproduced on items as varied as the euro coin; textbooks; and T-shirts. Perhaps fifteen of his paintings have survived. Nevertheless; these few works; together with his notebooks; which contain drawings; scientific diagrams; and his thoughts on the nature of painting; compose a contribution to later generations of artists rivalled only by that of his contemporary; Michelangelo.
Leonardo was; and is; renowned primarily as a painter. Among his works; the Mona Lisa is the most famous and most parodied portrait and The Last Supper the most reproduced religious painting of all time; their fame approached only by Michelangelo's The Creation of Adam. Leonardo's drawing of the Vitruvian Man is also regarded as a cultural icon; being reproduced on items as varied as the euro coin; textbooks; and T-shirts. Perhaps fifteen of his paintings have survived. Nevertheless; these few works; together with his notebooks; which contain drawings; scientific diagrams; and his thoughts on the nature of painting; compose a contribution to later generations of artists rivalled only by that of his contemporary; Michelangelo.
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