[lee-uh-nahr-doh duh vin-chee, ley-; It. le-aw-nahr-daw dah veen-chee] 
.| 1452–1519, Italian painter, sculptor, architect, musician, engineer, mathematician, and scientist. |
[duh vin-chee; It. dah veen-chee] | Le⋅o⋅nar⋅do [lee-uh-nahr-doh, ley-; It. le-aw-nahr-daw] . Leonardo da Vinci. |
[vin-chee; It. veen-chee] | Le⋅o⋅nar⋅do da [lee-uh-nahr-doh duh, ley-; It. le-aw-nahr-daw dah] . Leonardo da Vinci. |
| da Vin·ci (də vĭn'chē, dä) See Leonardo da Vinci. |
| Le·o·nar·do da Vin·ci (lē'ə-när'dō də vĭn'chē, dä, lā'-) Italian painter, engineer, musician, and scientist. The most versatile genius of the Renaissance, Leonardo filled notebooks with engineering and scientific observations that were in some cases centuries ahead of their time. As a painter Leonardo is best known for The Last Supper (c. 1495) and Mona Lisa (c. 1503). |
An Italian artist, scientist, and inventor of the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. His wide range of interests and abilities makes him a grand example of a “Renaissance man.” Leonardo painted the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper. His drawings include brilliant studies of the human body and of natural objects. Some of his sketches anticipate modern inventions such as the airplane and the tank.
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