Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci (April 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519, Old Style) was an Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor,architect, musician, scientist, mathematician, engineer,inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist, and writer whose genius represents  the Renaissance humanist ideal. 
Leonardo has often been described as the archetype of the Renaissance Man.
 He is widely considered to be one of the greatest painters of all time and perhaps the most diversely talented person ever to have lived.


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