Da Vinci modified ancient catapults by increasing its efficiency and range. But the primitive catapults were invented many centuries ago, (399 BC). Da Vinci was born in 1452.
It was never built.
1600's
Leonardo Da Vinci
No, my friend. That was Leonardo da Vinci.
Leonardo Da Vinci painted it - it is not a drawing.
Leonardo Da Vinci painted The Mona Lisa
No, Leonardo of Vinci. The 'proper nouns' are Leonardo, Vinci so they both get capital letters, but not the 'of'.
About 1485.
when he was alive
Because he wanted to, do you have a problem with that?
Leonardo Da Vinci
No, my friend. That was Leonardo da Vinci.
Leonardo Da Vinci painted it - it is not a drawing.
Leonardo Da Vinci painted The Mona Lisa
Leonardo da Vinci
what was leonardo da vinci's collection
No, Leonardo of Vinci. The 'proper nouns' are Leonardo, Vinci so they both get capital letters, but not the 'of'.
Leonardo Da Vinci's birth name is Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci.
Leonardo had no surname in the modern sense; "da Vinci" simply means "from Vinci". His full birth name was "Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci", meaning "Leonardo, son of (Mes)ser Piero from Vinci."