Leonardo Da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci: The Ultimate Renaissance Man

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci, who's more commonly referred to as Leonardo da Vinci was far beyond the reach of any other in many regards. To get but a glimpse as to why he should be revered in such high mien Da Vinci was; an inventor, painter, sculptor, architect, scientist, musician, mathematician, an engineer, and other areas of interest included geology, anatomy, botany, e.t.c. To have a single person accumulate such accolades is almost unimaginable as to make him get the alias of a global genius, the most talented human to have walked the face of the Earth.

The Journey Begins

Born out of wedlock, he grew up briefly with his mother before living with father who had since gone off to remarry. So fascinating were Da Vinci paintings that when his father took them to a friend; Andre de Verrocchio who was mesmerized and took him up as an apprentice for he too was a painter. As a painter, Da Vinci is credited with paintings such as; The Monalisa, The Last Supper, Salvador Mundi, The Vitruvian Man and The Lady with an Ermine. In arithmetics, he rose through the ranks such that he was continually suggesting theories and inflicting his tutors with more questions faster than he could be answered. Taking up music playing the lyre one would think it was all he was born for because the music appeared to be coming from another place only using him as a vessel to channel such melody. Though he began a plethora of activities but remained unfinished even when he appeared to be headed for a masterpiece, Coming to his inventions many argued they had been far ahead of his time for designing objects such as underwater breathing mechanism, the parachute, and the present day helicopter. His inventions never saw the light of reality during his time but were and are still actualized long after he departed, taken by a stroke in bed at the age of 67 in France with the king holding his head at his last breath.

Works Cited

"Internet History Sourcebooks Project." Sourcebooks.fordham.edu. N.p., 2018.  https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/source/vasari1.asp  Web. 20 Nov. 2018.