Leonardo Da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci was considered the epitome of a universal genius . He was aptly called the Renaissance Man ' because of the sheer ingenuity that is commensurate of his splendid inventions and ideas . Born at Vinci in the region of Florence , the illegitimate son of a notary and a peasant girl . His parents are Piero da Vinci and Caterina . Da Vinci honed his talent with Verrocchio , a Florentine painter at that time . Yet Da Vinci was not a painter alone , he endeavored in all kinds of professions . He was a writer , poet , musician ,anatomist

, sculptor engineer , mathematician , and a scientist as well . He was the jack-of-all-trades yet he mastered each profession that he engaged into As a painter Da Vinci is renowned by his impeccable masterpieces such as the Monalisa , The Last Supper , and the perennial Vittruvian Man . As an engineer he came up with the archetype of the helicopter and a calculator . Arguably , Da Vinci 's innovations were the linchpin of all inventions that are used today . Leonardo 's youth was spent in a Florence which was ornamented by the masterpieces of these artists and by Donatello 's contemporaries . HYPERLINK "http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /Masaccio " Masaccio whose figurative HYPERLINK "http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /Fresco " frescoes were imbued with realism and emotion and HYPERLINK "http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /Ghiberti " Ghiberti whose Gates of Paradise , gleaming with HYPERLINK "http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /Gold_leaf " gold leaf , displayed the art of combining complex figure compositions with detailed architectural backgrounds . Francesca had made a detailed study of perspective , and was the first painter to make a systematic study of light . These studies and HYPERLINK "http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /Leone_Battista_Alberti Alberti 's Treatise were to have a profound effect on younger artists and in specific on Da Vinci own observations and artworks . Such artists gave Da Vinci the urge to be prolific in the field of painting Leonardo 's personal life was a secretive one . His most intimate relationships were with his pupils Salai and Melzi , Melzi writing that Leonardo 's feelings for him were both loving and passionate . It has been claimed since the 16th century that these relationships were of an erotic nature . Since then much has been written about his speculated homosexuality and its role in his art , particularly in the androgyny and eroticism manifested in John the Baptist and Bacchus and more explicitly in numerous drawings . Most authors have speculated on various aspects of Leonardo 's personality . One was Sigmund Freud , who was the considered the Father of Psycho-Analysis . Da Vinci 's spontaneous journey in life was the linchpin for succeeding brilliant men that became pioneers in their own field

The journals of the Leonardo Da Vinci were notable because they reflect his innate notions and insights about any matter . His journals are mostly written in mirror-image cursive . Perhaps , the reason may have been more a practical expediency than for reasons of secrecy as is often suggested . Since Leonardo wrote with his left hand , it is probable...