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Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci was an Italian Renaissance polymath: painter, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist, and writer whose genius, perhaps more than that of any other figure, epitomized the Renaissance humanist ideal. Leonardo has often been described as the archetype of the Renaissance Man, a man of "unquenchable curiosity" and "feverishly inventive imagination". He is widely considered to be one of the greatest painters of all time and perhaps the most diversely talented person ever to have lived. According to art historian Helen Gardner, the scope and depth of his interests were without precedent and "his mind and personality seem to us superhuman, the man himself mysterious and remote". Marco Rosci points out, however, that while there is much speculation about Leonardo, his vision of the world is essentially logical rather than mysterious, and that the empirical methods he employed were unusual for his time. Born out of wedlock to a notary, Piero da Vinci, and a peasant woman, Caterina, at Vinci in the region of Florence, Leonardo was educated in the studio of the renowned Florentine painter, Verrocchio. Much of his earlier working life was spent in the service of Ludovico il Moro in Milan. He later worked in Rome, Bologna and Venice, and he spent his last years in France at the home awarded him by Francis I. Leonardo was and is renowned primarily as a painter. Among his works, the Mona Lisa is the most famous and most parodied portrait and The Last Supper the most reproduced religious painting of all time, with their fame approached only by Michelangelo's The Creation of Adam. Leonardo's drawing of the Vitruvian Man is also regarded as a cultural icon, being reproduced on items as varied as the euro, textbooks, and T-shirts. Perhaps fifteen of his paintings survive, the small number because of his constant, and frequently disastrous, experimentation with new techniques, and his chronic procrastination. Nevertheless, these few works, together with his notebooks, which contain drawings, scientific diagrams, and his thoughts on the nature of painting, compose a contribution to later generations of artists rivalled only by that of his contemporary, Michelangelo. Leonardo is revered for his technological ingenuity. He conceptualised a helicopter, a tank, concentrated solar power, a calculator, and the double hull, and he outlined a rudimentary theory of plate tectonics. Relatively few of his designs were constructed or were even feasible during his lifetime, but some of his smaller inventions, such as an automated bobbin winder and a machine for testing the tensile strength of wire, entered the world of manufacturing unheralded. He made important discoveries in anatomy, civil engineering, optics, and hydrodynamics, but he did not publish his findings and they had no direct influence on later science.
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- Leonardo da Vinci
VIERGE A L'ENFANT
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- Painting
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- Child Jesus
- Cloud
- Flower
- Glass
- Hill
- Madonna (art)
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- 16th century
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- Leonardo da Vinci
SAINT JEAN-BAPTISTE
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- Painting
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- John the Baptist
- Nudity
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- 16th century
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- Leonardo da Vinci
LA VIERGE, L'ENFANT JESUS ET SAINTE ANNE
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- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Child Jesus
- Deciduous
- Mary (mother of Jesus)
- Mountain
- Saint Anne
- Sitting
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- 16th century
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- Leonardo da Vinci
LA VIERGE, L'ENFANT JESUS, SAINT JEAN-BAPTISTE ET UN ANGE...
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- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Angel
- Child
- Child Jesus
- John the Baptist
- Mary (mother of Jesus)
- Sitting
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- 15th century
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- Leonardo da Vinci
PORTRAIT D'UNE DAME DE LA COUR DE MILAN ; DIT JADIS A TOR...
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- Painting
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- 15th century
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- Leonardo da Vinci
PORTRAIT DE FEMME ; DIT LA BELLE FERRONNIERE
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- Painting
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- 16th century
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- Leonardo da Vinci
LA VIERGE AU FUSEAU
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- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Child Jesus
- City
- Deciduous
- Madonna (art)
- Mountain
- Port (disambiguation)
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- 16th century
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- Leonardo da Vinci
LA JOCONDE
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- Leonardo da Vinci
LA JOCONDE
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- Artist(s):
- Leonardo da Vinci
La Joconde nue
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- Artist(s):
- Leonardo da Vinci
Six études pour un enfant
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- Drawing
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- Child
- Crus (lower leg)
- Upper limb
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- 16th century
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- Leonardo da Vinci
La Joconde
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- Leonardo da Vinci
Etude de deux chevaux tournés vers la droite
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- Drawing
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- Horse
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- 15th century
- 16th century
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- Artist(s):
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Raphael
Femme en buste, de trois quarts vers la gauche, les bras ...
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- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Portrait
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- 16th century
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- Artist(s):
- Edgar Degas
- Leonardo da Vinci
Main et tête de la Joconde
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- Drawing
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- 19th century
- 20th century
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- Artist(s):
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Édouard Manet
Tête de profil ; enfant Jésus
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- Drawing
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- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Peter Paul Rubens
Jésus-Christ et Simon assis
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- 16th century
- 17th century
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- Leonardo da Vinci
Corps acéphale d'un enfant se détournant vers la gauche
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- Drawing
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- 15th century
- 16th century
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- Artist(s):
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Odilon Redon
Homme nu, avançant vers la droite, prêt à lancer une pierre
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- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Man
- Projectile
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- 19th century
- 20th century
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- Artist(s):
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Odilon Redon
Homme nu, levant une massue
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- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Man
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- Date:
- 19th century
- 20th century
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- Artist(s):
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Odilon Redon
Tête de vieillard, de profil à droite
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- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Old age
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- Date:
- 19th century
- 20th century
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- Artist(s):
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Odilon Redon
Trois têtes d'enfants d'après Léonard de Vinci
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- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Child
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- Date:
- 19th century
- 20th century
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- Leonardo da Vinci
Vieil homme en buste de profil à droite, avec un bonnet rond
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- Drawing
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- Date:
- 15th century
- 16th century
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- Leonardo da Vinci
Homme en buste de profil à droite, coiffé d'un bonnet poi...
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- Drawing
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- 15th century
- 16th century
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- Leonardo da Vinci
Homme noir en buste, de trois quarts à gauche, la poitrin...
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- Drawing
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- Artist(s):
- Leonardo da Vinci
Tête d'homme de trois quarts à gauche, levant les yeux (C...
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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