World Famous People Series -- Leonardo da Vinci

Author: Hao Huaiming
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: Remember the mysterious and beautiful smile of Mona Lisa? Remember the resigned gaze of Jesus in The Last Supper? But Leonardo da Vinci was not just a painter; he was also skilled in engineering, anatomy, astronomy, mathematics, and optics. As the eternal representative of the Renaissance, he was the greatest of the great amateurs, leaving behind a legacy that no one after him could ever match. This book is a biographical story, vividly depicting the life of Leonardo da Vinci, the Italian Renaissance artist, natural scientist, and engineer. From a young age, he showed remarkable talent in painting and became a famous painter in his youth. He worked as a hydraulic engineering expert and military engineer, a rare polymath. He remained unmarried throughout his life, always pursuing his ideals with a life of constant travel and toil. His works perfectly combined science and art, standing alone in the history of world art. His "The Last Supper" and "Mona Lisa" are timeless masterpieces in the history of painting. He, along with Michelangelo and Raphael, is known as one of the "Three Greats" of the Italian Renaissance.