Leonardo da Vinci was a leading artist and intellectual of the Italian Renaissance who\u2019s known for his enduring works \u201cThe Last Supper\u201d and the \u201cMona Lisa.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He was a painter, sculptor, architect, inventor, military engineer and draftsman \u2014 the epitome of a \u201cRenaissance man.\u201d With a curious mind and keen intellect, da Vinci studied the laws of science and nature, which greatly informed his work. His ideas and body of work have influenced countless artists and made da Vinci a leading light of the Italian Renaissance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.<\/p> LEONARDO DA VINCI <\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
\n\nAlthough da Vinci is known for his artistic abilities, fewer than two-dozen paintings attributed to him exist. One reason is that his interests were so varied that he wasn\u2019t a prolific painter. Leonardo da Vinci\u2019s most famous works include the \u201cVitruvian Man,\u201d \u201cThe Last Supper\u201d and the Mona Lisa.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Leonardo da Vinci was a leading artist and intellectual of the Italian Renaissance who\u2019s known for his enduring works \u201cThe Last Supper\u201d and the \u201cMona Lisa.\u201d He was a painter, sculptor, architect, inventor, military engineer and draftsman \u2014 the epitome of a \u201cRenaissance man.\u201d With a curious mind and keen intellect, da Vinci studied the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,5,4],"class_list":["post-4","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ideas","tag-da-vinci","tag-history","tag-thinking"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/themes.wpmagg.com\/retros\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/themes.wpmagg.com\/retros\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/themes.wpmagg.com\/retros\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/themes.wpmagg.com\/retros\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/themes.wpmagg.com\/retros\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/themes.wpmagg.com\/retros\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5,"href":"http:\/\/themes.wpmagg.com\/retros\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4\/revisions\/5"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/themes.wpmagg.com\/retros\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/themes.wpmagg.com\/retros\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/themes.wpmagg.com\/retros\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}