Leonardo da vinci (1452-1519)

Leonardo da vinci was a great Italian painter,sculptor,architect and engineer who contributed more to science, TECHNOLOGY and art than anyone else of this time.
Many of his ideas were hundreds of years ahead of their time. For example, his drawings included plans of helicopter long before the MATERIALS and technology were available to build one.
He was trained as an artist by the painter and sculptor Andrea del Verocchio. While learning to draw things, he became interested in how they worked.
His great paintings include The Last Supper and Mona Lisa. In 1513 Leonardo was invited to France by the French king, Francis 1.
He spent his last years living in a castle given to him by the king in Cloux, near Amboise.
Many of Leonardo's sketch books are preserved in museums.

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