Leonardo da Vinci




Leonardo da Vinci

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born
April 15, 1452

died
May 02, 1519

gender
male

place of birth
Vinci, Italy

genre
Science, Arts & Photography


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Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (pronunciation (help·info)), April 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519) was a Tuscan polymath: scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, painter, sculptor, architect, botanist, musician, poet, and writer. Born at Vinci in the region of Florence, the illegitimate son of a notary, Piero da Vinci, and a peasant girl, Caterina, 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 where several of his major works were created. He also worked in Rome, Bologna and Venice, spending his final years in France at the home given him by King François I.





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Leonardo's Notebooks Leonardo's Notebooks
by Leonardo da Vinci
avg rating 4.32 — 93 ratings — published 1956
33 editions
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Leonardo Drawings Leonardo Drawings
by Leonardo da Vinci
avg rating 4.40 — 10 ratings — published 1980
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Leonardo Da Vinci, the Complet... Leonardo Da Vinci, the Complete Works
by Leonardo da Vinci
avg rating 4.83 — 6 ratings — published 2006
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Leonardo on Painting: An Antho... Leonardo on Painting: An Anthology of Writings by Leonardo da Vinci with a Selection of Documents Relating to his Career
by Leonardo da Vinci
avg rating 3.29 — 7 ratings — published 1989
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Leonardo on the Human Body Leonardo on the Human Body
by Leonardo da Vinci
avg rating 4.40 — 5 ratings — published 1983
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Inventing Leonardo Inventing Leonardo
by Leonardo da Vinci, Richard A. Turner
avg rating 4.20 — 5 ratings — published 1994
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Leonardo's Anatomical Drawings Leonardo's Anatomical Drawings
by Leonardo da Vinci
avg rating 4.25 — 4 ratings — published 2004
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Selections from the Notebooks... Selections from the Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci
by Leonardo da Vinci, Irma A. Richter (Editor)
avg rating 4.00 — 3 ratings — published 1977
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Сказки, легенды,... Сказки, легенды, притчи
by Leonardo da Vinci, Александр Махов (Translator)
avg rating 3.00 — 2 ratings — published 2007
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Leonardo Da Vinci: Anatomical... Leonardo Da Vinci: Anatomical Drawings
by Leonardo da Vinci, Jean Mathé (Text), David Macrae (Translator)
avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published 1968
6 editions
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"A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light."
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"Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen."
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"Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in."
Leonardo da Vinci
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