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/ˌɫiəˈnɑɹdoʊ/
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- Italian painter and sculptor and engineer and scientist and architect; the most versatile genius of the Italian Renaissance (1452-1519)
How To Use Leonardo In A Sentence
- Leonardo da Vinci was not only one of the earliest European abstractionist, but also a sculptor, an architect , and an engineer.
- Leonardo clearly believed that wealth, patronage, and political power lay in the courts to the east of mainland Europe.
- A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light. Leonardo da Vinci
- Yet it is arguable that by exciting the imaginations of his audience old Leonardo helped broaden the future audience for the arts in general.
- Leonardo's inventions - a parachute, hang-glider, tank, underwater diving suit and robot - are built and put to the test for the first time, 500 years after he designed them.
- There are only a handful of entrepreneurs who doted on Steve Jobs as publicly as Masayoshi Son , the founder and chief executive of Japan's Internet and mobile carrier Softbank Corp. In the last few years, Mr. Son has compared the late Apple CEO to Leonardo da Vinci and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, while labeling him a "genius" and a "god. Softbank Founder Masayoshi Son: The 'Next Steve Jobs'?
- They spin out conservative versions of an already entrenched style, pointedly resisting the challenges presented by artists like Leonardo.
- Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen. Leonardo da Vinci
- A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light. Leonardo da Vinci
- Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence. Leonardo da Vinci