Leonardo da Vinci

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Leonardo da Vinci - Children's Encyclopedia (Ages 8-11)

Leonardo da Vinci was a genius in many fields. He excelled at painting, drawing, sculpture, architecture, and engineering. He was a leading figure of the Italian Renaissance, a period of great achievement in the arts and sciences. Leonardo’s paintings Mona Lisa and Last Supper won him great fame. But he is also well known for his scientific studies.

Leonardo da Vinci - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up)

(1452-1519). The term Renaissance man was coined to describe the genius of Leonardo da Vinci. He was a man of so many accomplishments in so many areas of human endeavor that his like has rarely been seen in human history.Casual patrons of the arts know him as the painter of La Gioconda, more commonly called the Mona Lisa, and of the exquisite Last Supper, painted on the wall of the dining hall in the monastery of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan, Italy. These paintings alone would have assured him enduring fame as an artist, but they should not obscure the fact that he was also a sculptor, an architect, and a man of science who did serious investigations into the natural and physical sciences, mathematics, mechanics, and engineering.

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