His scientific curiosity and artistic creativity led him to make countless long-lasting impacts across a variety of fields including painting, technology, science, mechanical engineering, and anatomy.
ART:
As an artist, he was commissioned to create wonderful pieces of art that continue to be well known all over the world.
Mona Lisa: Although there are many different accounts as to whom the portrait depicts, no one really knows. Da Vinci never finished the painting because he thought it failed to reach perfection. Currently, this painting lies behind bulletproof glass in the Louvre Museum of France.
The Last Supper: Da Vinci’s version is unlike other recreations of the same image because it had Judas positioned among the other disciples rather than separate. This enhances the painting because in the moment, no one knew it would be him who would betray Christ. Da Vinci’s style was
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Additionally, he wrote in left-handed mirror writing to make it harder to read and steal his ideas.
o Before Copernicus, he knew about Earth not being center of universe o Before Galileo, he suggested a telescope invention to see the stars. He did not create a telescope invention, but he had the idea of something like it to magnify outer space and make it closely visible to the human eye. o Before Newton, he knew of a pull on the Earth (that we now know to be gravity) and that the planet was round. o Before Darwin (but similar to his theory of evolution), he saw similarities between humans and apes. In his scientific scriptures, he wrote, “Man does not vary from the animals except in what is