Each day hundreds of tourists flock to the Louvre Museum in Paris to admire the most famous painting in the world, the "Mona Lisa." This artist's legacy lives today as his creations continue to inspire artists, scientists, and the common man even four hundred years after his death. This arti...

Leonardo Da Vinci Leonardo Da Vinci, widely known as a great artist, was also a philosopher and had one of the greatest minds of his time, designing many inventions and blueprinting ideas way before his time. Leonardo Da Vinci made many contributions to society through not only his artistic, but th...

Charlotte Dean H2G-06/pd. 3 Mr. Valentin April 10, 2000 Artistic Innovations of Renaissance Florentine Painters During the Renaissance, many new, different styles of painting were developed. Many of these techniques were perfected by Florentine painters. Some of these styles techniq...

The Period of Rebirth The Renaissance has always been interesting and fascinating historical period that means rebirth and represents a change in thinking. People were waking up from a deep sleep, which lasted during the Middle Ages. Urgent to learn and know, they started to experiment, put the ...

* Leonardo DaVinci (APRIL 15, 1492- MAY 2, 1519) Leonardo da Vinci was one of the greatest inventor-scientist of recorded history. His genius was unbounded by time and technology, and was driven by his insatiable curiosity, and his intuitive sense of the laws of nature. Da Vinci was dedicated...

Leonardo da Vinci, one of the great artists of the High Renaissance, was a painter, sculptor, architect, engineer, and scientist. His paintings influenced the Italian art style for more that a century after his death. His innovations in science lead to many developments of modern science. Leonardo w...