Leonardo Da Vinci's Influence Essay

Leonardo’s Influence During the Renaissance there was an explosion of knowledge in several different fields, opening up several doors for people that were previously closed/overlooked. These fields varied from science, mathematics, and engineering all the way to art and architecture. With all of this knowledge came the rise of the “Renaissance man”. These men were of extraordinary intelligence and capabilities. These men had a large array of talents and were masters of several things, not just a single field of study or profession. What this flourishing time in human history brought about was in human nature, competition. With every great era and civilization in history, there are always men and women of notoriety. Inherently this brings about the question of, who is the greatest and/or the most influential one. Leonardo da Vinci was the most influential Renaissance man. There is evidence that supports the idea of Leonardo’s surpassing influence, even to today. Many of Leonardo’s inventions, ideas, and understandings of the world still hold true to this day and paved the road for modern …show more content…
Leonardo da Vinci’s influence spreads over several hundred years and several continents, not just his renown, like Michelangelo. His ideas and inventions changed the course of science and engineering. Da Vinci studied so many broad fields and still “mastered” most of them with relative ease. “He filled notebooks with data and drawings that also reveal his other scientific interests such as firearms, the action of water, the flight of birds (leading to designs for human flight), the growth of plants and geology.” (“Facts) Throughout the Modern era, Leonardo’s work has been used, expanded upon, and perfected; but without his ideas and designs to start with, the human race very well could’ve been scientifically stunted or taken a very different