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Briefly Master of both of art and science of the 15th and 16th centuries. Leonardo was a painter, sculptor, architect, musician, engineer,inventor, and scientist.
Leonardo da Vinci was a man of "both" worlds. He was a master of both of art and science. Leonardo was a painter, sculptor, architect, musician, engineer,inventor, and scientist. He lived in the Renaissance period.
Da Vinci was born in 1452 near the town of Vinci. In his teenage years, Leonardo became an apprentice in one of the best studios in Italy. Leonardo stayed here until 1483, when he left for Milan. In Milan he was asked by Lodovico Sforza to build a statue in honor of Sforzas father. The first work that Leonardo finished in Milan was the "Madonna of the Rocks.".
Leonardo was also a notable engineer and inventor. The government was often asked to design state buildings or churches or to conceive new weapons.
Not only a great inventor, Leonardo da Vinci was a remarkable scientist. There are a lot of scientific experiments that were recorded in his sketches. Before his death, Leonardo did many drawings of the human body. There are detailed drawings of skeletons, muscle structures,and organ-systems. The bodies he used in these drawings were often stolen from a nearby morgue.
Leonardo da Vinci died in 1519 while under the care of the French king, Francis I. He was a great man of the arts and the sciences. Leonardo da Vinci was a man of both worlds.
