| Leonardo da Vinci Artist/Renaissance Man The intellectual powers which allowed Leonardo to overcome the 'dry andhard manner' (as Vasari called it) of the Quattrocento were, however, so diffusedover an enormous range of interests that he brought hardly any major enterpriseto a conclusion: he almost discovered the circulation of the blood, he inventedthe first armoured fighting vehicle, projected several aircraft and helicoptersand anticipated the submarine, but not one of these discoveries was completed;and in the same way he left thousands of notes and drawings but only a handfulof paintings, and still fewer completed ones. Source: The Penguin Dictionary of Art and Artists (Penguin Reference Books) PARASTONE FIGURINE Affiliate/Advertising policy. >> Previous Fact | Next Fact << Book Must Read: |
