Milan Kundera

Leonardo Da Vinci’s Scientific Contributions to the World By: Kimia Leonardo Da Vinci was an extremely important sculptor, artist, scientist, engineer, architect, and, most of all, inventor. He is often referred to as a “Renaissance Man”, which is someone that is extremely skillful and knowledgable in many different areas, and someone who is very versatile and well-rounded. He lived during the period of Renaissance in Europe, which was the period of time that marked the revival of art and…

Renaissance is called as the early modern period and a time of enlightenment with most famous art, discoveries, poetry, medicine, inventions and other achievements were accomplished. Even some ideas of old time were intact but many new beliefs and concepts were formed as well. The medieval time was a challenging period with too plagues and other evil acts of inhuman nature. Later, the world changed a lot and diseases and evils of old time started to disappear. This however took much time to…

One of the most influential and well known people in the history of humanity was a man who combined invention, art, nature, and science together in a way that would revolutionize how life and creation were perceived by everyone. Leonardo Da Vinci was responsible for these contemporary contributions that changed art and science for ever. Hundreds of revolutions had occurred before his time, however the way he perceived the world allowed him to experience life in a very different way from every…

Leonardo da Vinci was an artist, mathematician, inventor, and writer. “Born on April 15, 1452, in Vinci, Italy, Leonardo da Vinci was the epitome of a ‘Renaissance man’” (Leonardo Da Vinci Biography). When he was about fourteen years old, as was custom during the time to work under the apprenticeship of a master, da Vinci studied under Andrea del Verrocchio. While in his apprenticeship he learned, “metalworking, leather arts, carpentry, drawing, painting, and sculpting” (Leonardo Da Vinci…

Raphael Sanzio was a well known Italian painter as well as an architect for the Pope of the High Renaissance. He was born on April 6, 1483 in Urbino, Italy. In 1491, his mother died and his father later followed on August 1, 1494. He was soon orphaned at age eleven, however, he lived with his uncle who was engaged in litigation with his stepmother. When not living as an apprentice of his master, he would live with his stepmother. He was an apprentice of Pietro Perugino from around 1500 because…

him, and his mother remarried. Both his parents had more children seperately, giving him 17 half borthers and sisters. da Vinci studied under a famous Florentine painter Verrocchio. When he first started working, he worked under Ludovico il Moro in Milan. Later in life he worked in places such as Venice, Rome and Bologna, he spent his final years in France in a home that was given to him by the French king Francis I. In addition to being a painter, he was also a sculptor, mathematician,…

A Genuine Portrayal of a Renaissance Man When thinking about one of the greatest renaissance men, who comes to mind? Does Leonardo Da Vinci come to mind? Unequivocally the man who brought to life the Mona Lisa and designed the first scissors is bound to be a successful man; but his love and dedication to his many various types of works is what made Leonardo Da Vinci a true renaissance man. At the very young age of fourteen Leonardo Da Vinci began to apprentice with a man named Andrea Del…

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…

Introduction The ‘Calling of St Mathew’ and ‘The Last Supper’ are beautiful and renowned pieces of artwork, created by two artistically gifted individuals who are regarded as among the all-time greats in Western Art. As a result, they hold an influential place in Western Art history, commanding great influence on contemporary artists. The ‘Calling of St. Matthew’ is an oil painting set on a 322 × 340 cm canvas. It was painted between 1599 and 1600 by the Italian Baroque master Michelangelo…

Leonardo da Vinci created magnificent artwork that filled the world around him with life, making him one of the greatest Renaissance painters in history. He came to life April 15, 1452, in Tuscany, Italy. His father was Piero da Vinci, and his mother Caterina. They were not married, and Piero had affairs with multiple other women throughout his lifetime. Because of this, Leonardo had nearly fifteen half-siblings and four stepmothers. Every time he saw his mother, she was holding another baby.…