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Leonardo da Vinci

レオナルド・ダ・ヴィンチ　/　れおなるど・だ・ゔぃんち

Painter from Italy

April 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519　・　Anchiano, Province of Florence, Italy

Province of Florence
painter
engineer
astronomer

My Take

What floors me about Leonardo da Vinci is that the same hand which painted the Mona Lisa also filled notebooks with anatomy, astronomy, and machines. Calling him a painter undersells him; he was pure, restless curiosity. An illegitimate child born in 1452 in the small village of Anchiano near Florence left behind the most famous painting on earth, five centuries on. The Last Supper and the Vitruvian Man are proof of one mind stitching art and science together. His Aries appetite for leaping in also left a trail of unfinished work. I revere him precisely because that imperfect, deeply human side comes packaged with the genius.

Overview

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (15 April 1452 – 2 May 1519) was an Italian polymath of the High Renaissance who was active as a painter, draughtsman, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor, and architect. While his fame initially rested on his achievements as a painter, he has also become known for his notebooks, in which he made drawings and notes on a variety of subjects, including anatomy, astronomy, botany, cart…

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Leonardo da Vinci
Name (Japanese): レオナルド・ダ・ヴィンチ
Reading: れおなるど・だ・ゔぃんち
Born: April 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Aries / Monkey
Origin: Anchiano, Province of Florence, Italy
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: painter / engineer / astronomer / philosopher / anatomist

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: University of Florence

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

5. Works & records

Category	Title	Role
Notable work	Adoration of the Magi	—
Notable work	Virgin of the Rocks	—
Notable work	Mona Lisa	—
Notable work	The Last Supper	—
Notable work	Lady with an Ermine	—
Notable work	Vitruvian Man	—

6. Links

Official sitehttps://leonardodavinci.rf.gd/
Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AC%E3%82%AA%E3%83%8A%E3%83%AB%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%80%E3%83%BB%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%81

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