Leonardo Da Vinci

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This paper provides a historical background of Leonardo Da Vinci. The writer discusses his beginnings as a famous artist and provides an analysis of his most famous painting, the Mona Lisa. The paper also describes in brief, some of Da Vinci's other works.

Introduction
The Early Years
Apprenticeship
Leonardo, the Painter
Last Years in France
Analysis of Leonardo's Artwork
Works Cited

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"The Italian philosopher, engineer, architect, mathematician, draftsman, sculptor, and painter " Leonardo Da Vinci " was a man greatly beyond his era. His intellect, conceivably more than that of any other contemporary personality, characterized the revitalization of humanist ideals. Leonardo's personal writings uncover a character of logical inquiry and mechanized creativity that was well advanced for his period of time (Richter, 1970). Leonardo's Last Supper (1495-97) and Mona Lisa (1503-06) are counted in the company of the world's most extensively famous and inspirational artworks of the Renaissance era. He was one of those unique masterminds the likes whereof the world has not witnessed again."

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