The Mona Lisa (c.1503 -19) and the Last Supper (1495 -98) are two paintings that are reputed not only for their artistic quality but their iconic status as the symbols of the renaissance. These works, in additions to several others by Leonardo Da Vinci, epitomizes the ideologies of experts that assert the relationship that drives two divergent but eternally connected disciplines: science and art. As the scientist devotes his entire endeavors to investigate the intricacies of nature and its components including humans through theories, ideas, and hypotheses, so the artist when he is in his studio. In the same manner, as a scientist, the artist employs the knowledge of various elements of materials, groups of people, mode of worship, social
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This sections of our analysis will focus on some of the inventions that were designed by Leonardo Da Vinci transformed the fields of architecture, engineering, and technology. As previously illustrated, the young Da Vinci understood his purpose in this world and the approaches required to accomplish them. Da-vinci-inventions.com (2016) explained that he dedicated the same level of efforts to his artistic works and ideas in science and technology, as records from several volumes of his famous sketchbooks revealed drawings that showed his innovative ideas many years before the technology to construct was invented. A typical example of how Da Vinci foresaw the use of technology was his sketches of the flying machine about five centuries before the first helicopter was built. The rulers of the various cities that courted the expertise of Da Vinci to think ahead of time benefited from the design and construction of several war machines that were used to tilt the chances of victory to their side. War machines such as the 33-Barreled organ, the armored car, triple-barrel canon and giant crossbow that were invented by him were used to curtail the advancement of opposing armies and reduce the potential of loss for unwinnable wars. Heydenreich (2016) further affirmed that Da Vinci’s vision for the development of extraordinary tools was brought to fore, when his sketches of the map of the condottiere’s territories and its topography led to Cesare Borgia’s control of Romagna and the Marches, which were two important states for the security of Pope Alexander VI. The creation of architectural solutions to some of the structural and environmental problems of some
This sections of our analysis will focus on some of the inventions that were designed by Leonardo Da Vinci transformed the fields of architecture, engineering, and technology. As previously illustrated, the young Da Vinci understood his purpose in this world and the approaches required to accomplish them. Da-vinci-inventions.com (2016) explained that he dedicated the same level of efforts to his artistic works and ideas in science and technology, as records from several volumes of his famous sketchbooks revealed drawings that showed his innovative ideas many years before the technology to construct was invented. A typical example of how Da Vinci foresaw the use of technology was his sketches of the flying machine about five centuries before the first helicopter was built. The rulers of the various cities that courted the expertise of Da Vinci to think ahead of time benefited from the design and construction of several war machines that were used to tilt the chances of victory to their side. War machines such as the 33-Barreled organ, the armored car, triple-barrel canon and giant crossbow that were invented by him were used to curtail the advancement of opposing armies and reduce the potential of loss for unwinnable wars. Heydenreich (2016) further affirmed that Da Vinci’s vision for the development of extraordinary tools was brought to fore, when his sketches of the map of the condottiere’s territories and its topography led to Cesare Borgia’s control of Romagna and the Marches, which were two important states for the security of Pope Alexander VI. The creation of architectural solutions to some of the structural and environmental problems of some