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The Vitruvian Man, c. 1490. Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) was an Italian polymath, regarded as the epitome of the "Renaissance Man", displaying skills in numerous diverse areas of study.
The Death of Leonardo da Vinci, by Ingres, 1818 [u] The 19th century brought a particular admiration for Leonardo's genius, causing Henry Fuseli to write in 1801: "Such was the dawn of modern art, when Leonardo da Vinci broke forth with a splendour that distanced former excellence: made up of all the elements that constitute the essence of ...
Model of Leonardo's robot with inner workings, on display in Berlin. Leonardo's robot, or Leonardo's mechanical knight (Italian: Automa cavaliere, lit. "Automaton knight"), is a humanoid automaton designed and possibly constructed by Leonardo da Vinci in the late 15th century. [1]
from one of Leonardo da Vinci’s letters, addressed to Ludovico Sforza, the Duke of Milan written around 1482, part of da Vinci’s Codex Atlanticus.. I will make protected wagons, reliable and impregnable, which, piercing the enemy's ranks with the fire of their artillery, will destroy him, no matter how great the number of his soldiers.
Italian polymath modeled gravitational constant to around 97 per cent accuracy, scientists say
Detail of Leonardo's "aerial screw" The page of Paris Manuscript B, folio 83v, that depicts Leonardo's aerial screw, held by the Institut de France The Italian polymath Leonardo da Vinci drew his design for an "aerial screw" in the late 1480s, while he was employed as a military engineer by Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan from 1494 to 1499.
Leonardo's self-propelled cart is an invention designed by Leonardo da Vinci, considered the ancestor of the modern automobile. Info The machine is powered by two ...
Alamy By Drake Baer Even a Renaissance man is occasionally on the job hunt. Such was the case back in the 1480s, when a young Leonardo da Vinci was coming up in