Leonardo da Vinci

He introduced the idea of scientific observation. (APEX) ^.^

Yes, he was. He didn't believe it to be right to inflict pain against others.

"Truly man is the king of beasts, for his brutality exceeds theirs. We live by the death of others: we are burial places! I have from an early age abjured the use of meat, and the time will come when men such as I will look on the murder of animals as they now look on the murder of men." ~ Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci was an artist in the Italian Renaissance. He made many contributions to science and technology with his art. He drew pictures of the inside of peoples body, to show what it looks like and how it is supposed to function. That is when people figured out that the heart pumps all the blood in your body. Also, he drew many inventions, such as the flying machine. All the things that he has done has helped doctors, scientist and even normal people like us today. He was probably the greatest artist of all time.

Well the first obvious one, is painting. The other skill of his that really intregs me, was coding. His paintings had hidden - so somewhat coded - messages. Mainly about his view on the Bible and what he thought really happened. He was an avid prankster, always painting things for Churches and when the paintings were discipered it turns out they had meanings that would have outraged the Churches if the knew. ( One example just to get you thinking, is, The Mona Lisa, is not a woman nor a man. Post on my page to find out more or just look it up yourself). :) Heehee hope this helps.

The painting is a portrait of the wife of a Florentine merchant. Her name was Lisa Gherardini.

Leonardo Da Vinci did not invent the scissors. There have been examples found of Roman scissors in the modern form, from long before Leonardo lived.

He lived in Germany

No, she was the wife of a wealthy banker who commissioned Leonardo to paint her portrait.

the important painting of the Baptism of the Christ. Leonardo painted the kneeling angel and some of the background for this work.

Leonardo Da Vinci considered to have made a 'significant contribution' to society because of the significant contribution that he made to evolution.

Poets like Dante who wrote in the vernacular native to the Florentine region made his works easily understandable and accessible to the masses. As opposed to Latin who only scholars understood, what came to be know as the Italian language was understood by the layman and scholar alike.

The importance of the works of Dante (Paradise, Inferno, Purgatory, Divine Comedy) cannot be overestimated enough. At the time of Dante, different regions of the Italian peninsula spoke different dialects that were derived from Latin. The Italian language as we know today was the dialect spoken in Florence and the dialect that Dante (who was from Florence) wrote in. His works were so popular that the Florentine dialect prevailed over any others and as more and more people started to use it, it became the de facto language of the entire Italian peninsula. What was once the Florentine dialect became the Italian language.

... He left for Venice in 1501, and soon after returned to Florence. .... A diagram drawing Leonardo did of a heart inspired a British heart surgeon to pioneer ...

Oh my goodness! The Mona Lisa is like my favourite painting. I love how in The Sarah Jane Adventures the Mona Lisa painting comes to life and Mona Lisa tries to find her long lost brother which was in a painting which was so terrible and scary it had been locked away. Anyway, the author of the Mona Lisa painting is Leonardo da Vinci. He is such a good painter and here's a painting to prove it!

Cesare Borgia briefly employed Leonardo da Vinci as military architect and engineer between 1502 and 1503 in Rome. Cesare and Leonardo became intimate instantaneously - Cesare provided Leonardo with an unlimited pass to inspect and direct all planned and undergoing construction in his domain. Before meeting Cesare, Leonardo had worked at the Milanese court of Ludovico Sforza for many years, until Charles VIII of France drove Sforza out of Italy. After Cesare, Leonardo was unsuccessful in finding another patron in Italy

Leonardo da Vinci was influenced by his mentor, Verrocchio.

Renaissance Humanism considered man limitless in his capacities for development, and led to the notion that people should embrace all knowledge and develop their capacities as fully as possible.

That is exactly what Leonardo did.

Albrecht Dürer, from A World of Art, seventh edition.

Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian who exemplified the Renaissance man. He had many achievements in art, science, and engineering.

Oil paint on wood panel.

No, on a farm in Anchiano, just outside Vinci.

In Italy (Florence and Milan).

I would like to know also. I've been told he's from the great lakes area.

Leonardo da Vinci lived 1452-1519 1453: The Battle of Castillon, the last engagement of the Hundred Years' War. 1454-66: Thirteen Years' War, Poland annexes Prussia. 1455-85: Wars of the Roses - English civil war between the House of York and the House of Lancaster. 1467-1615: Civil war in Japan. 1474-77: Burgundy Wars between France and the Habsburgs. 1494-1559: The Italian Wars the end of the Italian city-states.

One is an actor in moder times (Di caprio) and one is a renaissance painter and inventor (Da Vinci) I get that messed up sometimes, too! ;D

He painted the ceiling of the Sistine chapel.