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This is a 7 page paper discussing the life, art and engineering designs of Leonardo da Vinci. Leonardo da Vinci is a well known artist who captured the elusive smile of the Mona Lisa and envisioned the Last Supper which many people now associate him with. However, Leonardo da Vinci was perhaps even more accomplished as an “artist-engineer” of the Italian scientific Renaissance which set him apart from the other artists of the time as well as a mathematician, philosopher, naturalist, astronomer, architect, and musician. While quite a lot is known about his works of art, not as much is known about his hundreds of scientific and engineering designs which were well ahead of his time and placed him considerably high in the development of the Italian Renaissance in the arts and sciences.
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which many people now associate him with. However, Leonardo da Vinci was perhaps even more accomplished as an "artist-engineer" of the Italian scientific Renaissance which set him apart from the
other artists of the time as well as a mathematician, philosopher, naturalist, astronomer, architect, and musician. While quite a lot is known about his works of art, not as much
is known about his hundreds of scientific and engineering designs which were well ahead of his time and placed him considerably high in the development of the Italian Renaissance in
the arts and sciences. Leonardo da Vinci was born on April 15, 1452 in Vinci, Italy and was soon to become one of most influential and important artists during the
Italian Renaissance during a time when both arts and sciences grew rapidly. At 17, Leonardo moved to Florence with his father and apprenticed under Andrea del Verrocchio. In 1472, Leonardos
works soon became more in demand than that of Verrocchio and he became a member of the painters guild of Florence which brought him into contact with many other great
artists including Michelangelo Buonarroti (Chew, 2002). There are many legends which surround the greatness of Leonardo and one is that when he was apprenticing with Verrocchio, Leonardo painted an angel
better than his master and having seen that Verrocchio swore never to pick up a paint brush again (Hellmich, 1997). In 1481, Leonardo left Florence to offer his services to
the Duke of Milan during which time he painted the Virgin of the Rocks and the Last Supper. One work, commissioned by the Duke of Milan was a bronze horse
which was never completed because the bronze was commandeered for the war with France. In his casting however, he used his engineering skills to enable him to cast the 24
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