Leonardo Da Vinci

By Chad Stroh

Leonardo Da Vinci stepped across the boundaries that many people are afraid to cross. He spent hours upon hours fine tuning his skills and trying to understand the world. By the end of his life, he was considered a professional architect, anatomist, sculptor, engineer, inventor, mathematician, musician and painter.

No one knows for sure what sparked his immense curiousity in the world. one major factor is his apprenticship to Andrea del Verrocchio. Verrocchio stressed the importance of learning anatomy. Da Vinci was intrigued and studied many aspects of the human body. Many times he dissected dead human and animal bodies. He self taught himself incredible things like how the heart works.

Much like human anatomy, he was interested in machinary. He understood many dynamics of engineering and architecture. He desined buildings and sketched inventions. His ideas included an early helicopter and caluclator. He also self taught himself about plate tectonics and solar power.

As his sketches improved he shifted his interests to painting. He painted some of the most influential paintings known to date. This paintings include the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper. All of his paintings have incredible detail and outstanding realism.

Leonardo Da Vinci is considered on of the most important people in human history. Today he still influences culture, media, politics, education and art.