Who was Leonardo da Vinci?
Q: Who was Leonardo da Vinci?
A: Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian man who lived in the time of the Renaissance. He is famous for his paintings, but he was also a scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, sculptor, architect, botanist, musician and writer.
Q: Where was Leonardo born?
A: Leonardo was born at Vinci which is a small town near Florence, Italy.
Q: What did Helen Gardner say about him?
A: The art historian Helen Gardner said that no-one has ever been quite like him because he had the mind of a giant and yet what he was like as a person is still a mystery.
Q: What are two of his most well-known paintings?
A: Two of his pictures are among the best-known paintings in the world; the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper.
Q: What is Vitruvian Man?
A: Vitruvian Man is one of Leonardo's best known drawings. It depicts a man with outstretched arms inside both a circle and square.
Q: What inventions did he come up with?
A: Some of his ideas were a helicopter, tank, calculator, parachute robot telephone evolution and solar power.
