Leonardo da VinciArtist, Anatomist, Inventor, Scientist, Polymath,

Genius

Made by:Dmytro Zinchuk

Basic factsBirth name: Leonardo di ser

Piero da Vinci

Date of Birth: 15th of April, 1452 at Vinci, Italy

Demise: 2nd of May, 1519 at Amboise, France

Nationality: Italian

Leonardo da Vinci, the Polymath

Leonardo da Vinci epitomizes the term

'polymath'. The term 'polymath' denotes a

person of superhuman intellect,

intelligence, and talent.

"There had never been another man born in the world who knew as much as Leonardo, not so much about

painting, sculpture and architecture, as that he was a very great philosopher."

- Francis I, King of France

Leonardo da Vinci - the Painter

The Mona Lisa is arguably his most

famous work. The subject of this

portrait is still debated.

Leonardo da Vinci - the Anatomist

• Around the time Leonardo began

study the human anatomy.

• Notes from his journals include

detailed studies of the human skull,

human foetus, internal organs of a

woman, muscles, tendons, skeleton,

vascular system, etc.

Leonardo da Vinci - the Inventor

Leonardo conceptualized and sketched

the first parachute, first helicopter,

first hang glider, first airplane, first

tank, first repeating rifle, first

swinging bridge, first paddle boat,

the first motorcar, and also the first

bicycle (more than 300 years before it

hit the roads)

Leonardo da Vinci - the Scientist

• Leonardo approached botany

with an aesthetic rather than

scientific curiosity.

• Leonardo's astronomical

observations may have been held

scandalous in his times, since he

said that "The earth is not in the

center of the Sun's orbit nor at

the center of the Universe"!

Why he’s a genius

A genius, according to wikipedia.com, is a

person with great intelligence, who shows

an exceptional natural capacity of intellect,

especially as shown in creative and original

work. Geniuses always show strong

individuality and imagination, and are not

only intelligent, but unique and innovative.

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