Leonardo DA VINCI (b. 1452, Vinci, Italy --d. May 2, 1519, Cloux, Fr.), Italian painter, draftsman, sculptor, architect, and engineer whose genius, perhaps more than that of any other figure, epitomized the Renaissance humanist ideal.
His Last Supper (1495-97) and Mona Lisa (1503-06) are
among the most widely popular and influential paintings of the Renaissance.
His notebooks reveal a spirit of scientific
inquiry and a mechanical inventiveness that were centuries ahead of his time.
