Because he wanted to know everything. yeah okay you weirdo
was a painter, sculptor, architect, inventor, and mathematician.
Leonardo da Vinci is a good example.
Leonardo Da Vinci is a common example of a "Renaissance man", someone who excels at multiple fields. Leonardo Da Vinci was a famed scientist, artist and inventor during the Renaissance.
He was Italian High Renaissance.
One example was Leonardo da Vinci.
Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian who exemplified the Renaissance man. He had many achievements in art, science, and engineering.
Renaissance artist Leonardo da vinci observed nature and incorporated his observations into his artwork. An example of this is his drawing, "The Vitruvian Man", which shows what he had learned about human anatomy.
Because both the Renaissance humanists and the artists used the forms of art from the Medieval period as their guide on how to achieve great things. For example, Leonardo had a.... email me for a much more elaborate answer (yes I took AP Euro) m_uj@hotmail.co.uk
Leonardo da Vinci is widely regarded as the ideal example of the Renaissance ideal. Besides his art, da Vinci also studied anatomy, architecture, botany, cartography, engineering, geology, mathematics, music, and writing.
The Mona Lisa is an example of a "portrait".
The Renaissance man has his foot in the door for a lot of different things. He is the ultimate jack of all trades. The best example is Leonardo da Vinci, who was skilled in the arts, in the science of anatomy, and in the technical aspects of warfare.
The renaissance was a time for rebirth of genii. people extended their intrests in many subjects. such people were DA Vinci, Brunelleschi, Michelangelo , Verocchio, Donatello and many more. However I am concentrating on the era's main capital : Firenze or Fiorenza, as known then. we must not forget Galileo or Giotto of Padova/Patavium or other cities. A perfect example, however, would be Leonardo, which mixed all of the subjects above in his life at once.