Le⋅o⋅nar⋅do [lee-uh-nahr-doh, ley-; It. le-aw-nahr-daw] . Leonardo da Vinci. |
Le⋅o⋅nar⋅do da [lee-uh-nahr-doh duh, ley-; It. le-aw-nahr-daw dah] . Leonardo da Vinci. |
da Vin·ci (də vĭn'chē, dä) See Leonardo da Vinci. |
An Italian artist, scientist, and inventor of the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. His wide range of interests and abilities makes him a grand example of a “Renaissance man.” Leonardo painted the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper. His drawings include brilliant studies of the human body and of natural objects. Some of his sketches anticipate modern inventions such as the airplane and the tank.