Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)
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Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian Renaissance artist, scientist, and inventor (1452−1519) who created some of the world's most famous paintings while also making groundbreaking observations in anatomy, engineering, and natural philosophy. He represents the Renaissance ideal of the "universal genius" and continues to influence how we think about the connections between art, science, and human creativity.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1452
- Died
- 1519
- Works
- 583
Top works
- Mona Lisa
- Frammenti letterari e filosofici
- The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Das Rätsel von Leonardos Schlachtenbild
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Acting · Anchiano, Italy
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,…
Known for
- Leonardo da Vinci — Self (archive footage)2024
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Music · MusicBrainz
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- Group
- Country
- NO
- Active from
- 1987
Works in European collections
36 objects attributed to Leonardo da Vinci, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (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. 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.
Born out of wedlock to a successful notary and a lower-class woman in, or near, Vinci, he was educated in Florence by the Italian painter and sculptor Andrea del Verrocchio. He began his career in the city, but then spent much time in the service of Ludovico Sforza in Milan. Later, he worked in Florence and Milan again, as well as briefly in Rome, all while attracting a large following of imitators and students. Upon the invitation of Francis I, he spent his last three years in France, where he died in 1519. Since his death, there has not been a time when his achievements, diverse interests, personal life, and empirical thinking have failed to incite interest and admiration, making him a frequent namesake and subject in culture.
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