Interesting facts about Leonardo da Vinci Is a great opportunity to learn more about the greatest scientists in human history. It is difficult to name a field of science that would have bypassed the famous Italian. His works continue to be deeply studied by modern scientists and artists.
We bring to your attention the most interesting facts about Leonardo da Vinci.
- Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) - scientist, artist, inventor, sculptor, anatomist, naturalist, architect, writer and musician.
- Leonardo did not have a surname in the traditional sense; "Da Vinci" simply means "(originally from) the city of Vinci."
- Did you know that researchers cannot yet say with certainty what Leonardo da Vinci's appearance was? For this reason, all canvases that allegedly depict an Italian should be treated with caution.
- At the age of 14, Leonardo worked as an apprentice for the artist Andrea del Verrocchio.
- Once, Verrocchio commissioned the young da Vinci to paint one of the 2 angels on the canvas. As a result, 2 angels, written by Leonardo and Verrocchio, clearly showed the superiority of the student over the master. According to no one Vasari, amazed Verrocchio gave up painting forever.
- Leonardo da Vinci perfectly played the lyre, as a result of which he was known as a high-class musician.
- An interesting fact is that the author of such a concept as the "golden ratio" is precisely Leonardo.
- At the age of 24, Leonardo da Vinci was accused of homosexuality, but the court acquitted him.
- All speculations about any love affairs of the genius are not confirmed by any reliable facts.
- Curiously, Leonardo came up with many synonyms for the word meaning "male member."
- The world famous drawing "Vitruvian Man" - with ideal body proportions, was made by the artist in 1490.
- The Italian was the first scientist to establish that the Moon (see interesting facts about the Moon) does not glow, but only reflects sunlight.
- Leonardo Da Vinci had the same right and left hand.
- About 10 years before his death, Leonardo became interested in the structure of the human eye.
- There is a version according to which da Vinci adhered to vegetarianism.
- Leonardo was keenly interested in cooking and the art of serving.
- An interesting fact is that all the entries in the diary, da Vinci did in a mirror image from right to left.
- The last 2 years of his life, the inventor was partially paralyzed. In this regard, he almost could not independently move around the room.
- Leonardo da Vinci made many sketches and drawings of aircraft, tanks and bombs.
- Leonardo is the author of the first diving suit and parachute. Curiously, his parachute in the drawings had the shape of a pyramid.
- As a professional anatomist, Leonardo da Vinci compiled a guide for doctors to dissect the body correctly.
- The scientist's drawings were often accompanied by various phrases, inferences, aphorisms, fables, etc. However, Leonardo never tried to publish his thoughts, but rather, on the contrary, resorted to secret writing. Modern researchers of his work to this day cannot fully decipher the records of the genius.
