ipl-logo

Leonardo Da Vinci's Accomplishments

231 Words1 Pages
Leonardo da Vinci wasn't only a brilliant artist but a skilled scientist as well. He studied nature and how things worked together in order to create more realistic paintings. He often relied upon the theories and concepts of those who had preceded him. He discovered things about lighting and how our eye perceives light solely because because he was interested in how mathematics and art worked together and did not want to accept imperfect theories. Da Vinci rejected concepts held by the optical scholars of his day which lead to some contention among them. He wanted to know how light worked along with our eyes and how we truly saw things. He loved astronomy so he took to the sky to study light even more. " His preoccupation with astronomy and
Open Document