2. Basic facts
Birth name: Leonardo di ser Piero
da Vinci
Date of Birth: 15th of April, 1452 at
Vinci, Italy
Demise: 2nd of May, 1519 at
Amboise, France
Nationality: Italian
3. Leonardo da Vinci, the Polymath
Leonardo da Vinci epitomizes the term 'polymath'.
The term 'polymath' denotes a person of
superhuman intellect, intelligence, and talent.
"There had never been another man born in the world who knew
as much as Leonardo, not so much about painting, sculpture
and architecture, as that he was a very great philosopher."
- Francis I, King of France
4. Leonardo da Vinci - the Painter
The Mona Lisa is arguably his most
famous work. The subject of this portrait is
still debated.
5. Leonardo da Vinci - the Anatomist
• Around the time Leonardo began study the
human anatomy.
• Notes from his journals include detailed
studies of the human skull, human foetus,
internal organs of a woman, muscles,
tendons, skeleton, vascular system, etc.
6. Leonardo da Vinci - the Inventor
Leonardo conceptualized and sketched the
first parachute, first helicopter, first hang
glider, first airplane, first tank, first
repeating rifle, first swinging bridge, first
paddle boat, the first motorcar, and also the
first bicycle (more than 300 years before it
hit the roads)
7. Leonardo da Vinci - the Scientist
• Leonardo approached botany with an
aesthetic rather than scientific curiosity.
• Leonardo's astronomical observations
may have been held scandalous in his
times, since he said that "The earth is not
in the center of the Sun's orbit nor at the
center of the Universe"!
8. Why he’s a genius
A genius, according to wikipedia.com, is a person
with great intelligence, who shows an exceptional
natural capacity of intellect, especially as shown in
creative and original work. Geniuses always show
strong individuality and imagination, and are not
only intelligent, but unique and innovative.
