Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (April 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519) was an Italian Renaissance polymath: painter, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist, and writer.
His genius, perhaps more than that of any other figure, epitomized the Renaissance humanist ideal.
Leonardo has often been described as the archetype of the Renaissance Man, a man of "unquenchable curiosity" and "feverishly inventive imagination".
He is widely considered to be one of the greatest painters of all time and perhaps the most diversely talented person ever to have lived.
His vision of the world is essentially logical rather than mysterious, and the empirical methods he employed were unusual for his time.

Famous Paintings by Leonardo da Vinci

The Virgin of the Rocks (Madonna of the Rocks) (c.1484) oil on panel, Louvre Museum
Lady with an Ermine (c.1490) oil on wood, Czartoryski Museum, Cracow
The Last Supper (1495-98) fresco, Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie
Mona Lisa (La Gioconda) (1503-06) oil on wood, Louvre, Paris