Renaissance and Reformation Biographies | Vinci Leonardo da Biography

April 15, 1452
Vinci, Italy
May 2, 1519
Amboise, France

Painter, scientist

"As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death."

Leonardo da Vinci in The Notebooks quoted on The Quotations Page. [Online] Available http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes.php3?author=Leonardo+d... , April 5, 2002.

One of the greatest figures of the Renaissance was the painter Leonardo da Vinci. Known as Leonardo, he was considered the ideal "Renaissance man," an individual whose talents spanned a variety of subjects. He was an innovator in the fields of both art and science, uniquely combining these two activities as he investigated the world around him. Although he completed relatively few paintings, he played a crucial role in...