Why Is Leonardo Da Vinci Considered A Major Renaissance Man

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Yesterday when I was researching the major Renaissance artists da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael,and Brunelleschi I looked at their artwork and I was most impressed with leonardo’s. Leonardo da vinci was simply a genius in general and poetic sense . His painting, anatomy studying, and many sketches inventions. He lives up to his title of being the Renaissance man.
By far in my opinion the coolest invention by da Vinci was his machine gun. The 33-barrelled organ was never built but it would have been amazing, It would have been made of 33 muskets and fired in intervals of 11 such an invention would easily be able to take down enemies. For a man who did not enjoy the presence of violence he sure did invent an astonishing weapon that could have killed many men.
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Da Vinci thought so too so he invented a machine that in theory would allow people to fly, that's awesome! The invention was called the Ornithopter and let me tell you that thing looks really complicated. From the few pictures I saw it looked to be a kind of mechanical bat with lots of intricate parts. He was thinking ages above his time with his flying machine idea if he was successful in the creation of it who knows what modern aircrafts would have looked liked his inventions could have shaped a whole different world. Everyone knows what the last supper was it was one of the most important parts of Jesus’ life. It's where he performed the first mass with the consecrated host and he told his followers of a traitor amongst them. All of these Important thing depicted in one painting in a way that to me, seemed to say it all in the motionless painting by da Vinci. The Last Supper is in my opinion da Vinci's most beautiful painting out of the ones I've seen.
In conclusion, I feel that Leonardo da Vinci's accomplishments were outstanding and great. Hats off to da Vinci the renaissance

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