Leonardo da Vinci was a true genius who graced this world with his presence from April 15, 1452 to May 2, 1519. He is among the most influential artists in history, having left a significant legacy not only in the realm of art but in science as well, each discipline informing his mastery of …

Born in 1452 in Vinci, Italy, Leonardo da Vinci focused on the laws of sciences and nature early in his life. This respect and knowledge allowed him to depict these things in his artwork. They not only helped inform him as a painter, but also as a sculptor, draftsmen, and an inventor.

The Virgin of the Rocks (sometimes The Madonna of the Rocks) is the name used for two Leonardo da Vinci's paintings, of the same subject, and of a composition which is identical except for two significant details. One painting usually hangs in the Louvre, Paris, and the other in the National Gallery, London.

St. John the Baptist was painted by Leonardo da Vinci from 1513 to 1516, when the High Renaissance was metamorphosing into Mannerism, it is believed to be his last painting. This is an oil painting on walnut wood.

The precursor to the modern tank, Leonardo da Vinci's armored car invention was capable of moving in any direction and was equipped with a large number of weapons. The most famous of da Vinci's war machines, the armored car was designed …

If Leonardo da Vinci's self-propelled cart was the first working design for a robotic vehicle, then the robotic knight would have been the first humanoid robot, a real 15th century C-3PO. Da Vinci was fascinated by human anatomy and spent long hours dissecting corpses in order to figure out how the human body worked.

Wing Construction with Engineering Design - by Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo studied the flight of birds with his customary zeal, and it is well known that he made designs for a flying machine. Diagrams of constructions like the one above were the result of exhaustive observation of the movements of birds to examine how the wings achieved flight.

Design for a Giant Crossbow - by Leonardo da Vinci A certain ambivalence is apparent in Leonardo da Vinci's military engineering. Leonardo was irresistibly attracted by the possibility of perfecting weapons, not only as a technical challenge but also more profoundly in terms of the physical principles involved.

Masterpieces by Leonardo da Vinci. The Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci; The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci; The Vitruvian Man by Leonardo da Vinci; The Annunciation by Leonardo da Vinci; Salvator Mundi by Leonardo da Vinci; The Adoration of the Magi by Leonardo da Vinci; The Virgin of the Rocks by Leonardo da Vinci; Head of a Young Woman by ...

The Annunciation - by Leonardo Da Vinci The first work of the twenty-year-old master, The Annunciation is not yet what one would call Leonardesque. The composition follows a centuries-old model with the angel on the left, the Virgin on the right, and a lectern in between; the whole depicted in an architectural setting that opens out onto a ...