Leonardo da Vinci
1452–1519, Italian painter, sculptor, architect, musician, engineer, mathematician, and scientist.
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Leonardo da Vinci drew anatomical depictions of the brain with wax embedding.
Neuroscientists are mapping all 100 billion cells in the human brain | Yongsoo Kim/The Conversation | November 18, 2021 | Popular-ScienceIt contains one of the world’s finest art collections, reckoned to be worth as much as $30 billion, including 600 Leonardo da Vinci drawings that alone are probably worth around $7 billion.
Will the Queen Ever Live at Buckingham Palace Again? | Clive Irving, Tom Sykes | November 16, 2021 | The Daily BeastThere are plenty of polymaths in the world who have taken to combining the two, from Leonardo da Vinci and his 15th-century “ornithopters,” to contemporary Korean American “bacteria” artist Anicka Yi.
Each one as excellently proportioned as Leonardo da Vinci’s “Vitruvian Man,” Bearss’s free-floating trees are visions of a perfect universe.
In the galleries: Face to face with a world both beautiful and horrific | Mark Jenkins | April 16, 2021 | Washington PostAs a biographer — he’s done Steve Jobs and Leonardo da Vinci, among others — Isaacson focused on one main character here, Doudna.
The fierce scientific rivalry over a powerful gene-editing technology | Sam Kean | March 12, 2021 | Washington Post
This piece is inspired by Leonardo da Vinci's iconic, Last Supper, which was painted in the late 15th century in Milan, Italy.
‘Gods of Suburbia’: Dina Goldstein’s Arresting Photo Series on Religion vs. Consumerism | Dina Goldstein | November 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhat was her relationship to her famous documentarian—Leonardo da Vinci?
The Life of Lisa Gherardini del Giocondo, the (Most Likely) Real 'Mona Lisa' | Justin Jones | August 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTLeonardo da Vinci: “I have offended God and mankind because my work did not reach the quality it should have.”
Leonardo da Vinci once said that “the smallest feline is a masterpiece.”
I recently came across the information that Leonardo da Vinci owned 118 books, quite a number for the 16th century.
How I Write: Stephen Greenblatt, Pulitzer Winner of ‘The Swerve’ | Noah Charney | September 19, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTLeonardo da Vinci might have known the art of flying in the air, and might even have practiced it.
Wonderful Balloon Ascents | Fulgence MarionThe subtle grace and delight of this last seem not uncertainly to suggest the strange and lovely work of Leonardo da Vinci.
Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa | Edward HuttonHe was a native of Florence and a friend of Leonardo da Vinci.
A History of Art for Beginners and Students | Clara Erskine ClementWhat might be those wondrous pictures of Raphael and Leonardo da Vinci?
The Minister's Wooing | Harriet Beecher StoweHe was certainly one of the earliest students of the famous cartoons of Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo.
British Dictionary definitions for Leonardo da Vinci
/ (ˌliːəˈnɑːdəʊ də ˈvɪntʃɪ) /
1452–1519, Italian painter, sculptor, architect, and engineer: the most versatile talent of the Italian Renaissance. His most famous paintings include The Virgin of the Rocks (1483–85), the Mona Lisa (or La Gioconda, 1503), and the Last Supper (?1495–97). His numerous drawings, combining scientific precision in observation with intense imaginative power, reflect the breadth of his interests, which ranged over biology, physiology, hydraulics, and aeronautics. He invented the first armoured tank and foresaw the invention of aircraft and submarines
Derived forms of Leonardo da Vinci
- Leonardesque (ˌliːənɑːˈdɛsk), adjective
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Scientific definitions for Leonardo da Vinci
[ lē′ə-när′dō də vĭn′chē ]
Italian artist, scientist, and inventor whose scientific insights were far ahead of their time. He investigated anatomy, geology, botany, hydraulics, optics, mathematics, meteorology, and mechanics. He also drew up designs for the first workable helicopter, parachute, and bicycle, all of which were eventually constructed centuries after his death using modern materials and technology.
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Cultural definitions for Leonardo da Vinci
[ (lee-uh-nahr-doh, lay-uh-nahr-doh duh vin-chee) ]
An Italian artist, scientist, and inventor of the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. His wide range of interests and abilities makes him a grand example of a “Renaissance man.” Leonardo painted the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper. His drawings include brilliant studies of the human body and of natural objects. Some of his sketches anticipate modern inventions such as the airplane and the tank.
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