Leonardo da Vinci (born April 15, 1452, Anchiano, near Vinci, Republic of Florence
Died May 2, 1519, Cloux [now Clos-Lucé], France)
Italian painter, draftsman, sculptor, architect, and engineer
whose skill and intelligence, perhaps more than that of any other figure,epitomized the Renaissance humanist ideal.
His Last Supper (1495–98) and Mona Lisa (c. 1503–19) 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 their time. Leonardo da Vinci never stopped looking for a way to allow man to fly. One who has tasted flight will walk with his eyes lifted to the sky, because there he has been, and there he would return.These words perfectly sum up Leonardo's fascination with flight, a dream that never abandoned him throughout his entire life.
