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English original name:Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci
   World Time:April 15,1452 -1519 years on May 2
   NOTE:Da Vinci is not the name,but said that the origin of the Italian town of Vinci,Leonardo finished the whole Diesel Piero da Vinci is the meaning of the town of Vinci Diesel Del Piero's son,Leonardo 鈥 鈥 up.
   Nationality:Italian
   Constellation:Aries
   IQ:220
   Habits:left-handed
   Family:Father:Diesel Piero da Vinci
   Mother:Katrina
   NOTE:Da Vinci's mother was born as a result of Katrina can not be humble and married his father,from Leonardo da Vinci was born after the baptism records,shortly after she gave birth to Leonardo da Vinci and on the same village to marry another person,reaching Finch in the small country estate of his grandfather grew up.
   Marital status:single life
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   Leonardo da Vinci,an Italian Renaissance painter,but also the whole of Europe the best of the Renaissance.He is a deep thinking,knowledgeable,versatile artist,writer,sculptor,inventor,philosopher,musician,medical scientists,biologists,geographers,engineers,construction engineers and military.He was born in Florence on the outskirts of the town of Vinci,died in France Angbuwasi Castle,his father was a lawyer and notary public,the slave mother in the Middle East.He came to the 14-year-old Florence,Cultural and Arts in Verrocchio's workshop.1472 Da Vinci into the artist guild,in the mid-15th century 70 personal style reached a more advanced stage.1482 - 1499,he has been living in Milan,Duke of Milan as the main service,a wide range of artistic and scientific activities."Madonna of the Rocks" During this period he created the most famous representative.He is a genius,he was a keen artistic creation and theoretical research on how to use lines and shapes to show three-dimensional shape of a variety of issues,on the other hand,he also studies the natural sciences,in order to realistic human image of the arts,he extensively Studied painting with the optics,mathematics,geology,biology and other disciplines.His art practice and scientific spirit to explore for generations have had a significant and far-reaching impact,he is a symbol of human wisdom,and his passing is a harm to the world.There are representative of their mural,"The Last Supper," "Battle of Anji," and the portrait "Mona Lisa."
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   Junior talent
   Da Vinci was born in Italy near the town of Anqiyanuo village,near the town of Vinci in Florence.Father was a well-known local notary public,the family rich.Da Vinci was born out of wedlock son of his childhood in his grandfather's spent the Grange.Da Vinci's childhood bright,studious,a wide range of interest.His singing very well,very early rounds Qixian Qin Society and flute.His impromptu concert,regardless of the lyrics or tunes are amazing.He loved painting,often painting their neighborhood,"drawing as a child prodigy" reputation.
   Del Piero convinced that there is the son of painting talent,will be sent to the small Vinci in Florence,where she studied with Verrocchio well-known artists began to systematically study the plastic arts.At this point the only 14-year-old Leonardo da Vinci.At that time,subject to a farmers Del Piero commissioned to paint a face shield painting.He heard that his son would paint a picture,want to try the son of Huayi,this task will be to the small Vinci.By virtue of their small Vinci imagination,with a month's time,the painting has become a terrifying monster Medusa.The painting is completed,the small Vinci please his father came to the room.He Zhequ half of the window,will erect an easel in the light happens to fall on the monster's body place.Del Piero has just entered the room,to see at a glance the face of the hideous monster,scared screamed.Finch is a small smile on his father:"You take it to painting,and this is the effect of it."
   Verrocchio's workshop in Florence,was a well-known arts centers,often humanist Italy gathered here to discuss academic issues.Da Vinci here to get to know a large number of well-known artists,scientists and humanist,began to accept the influence of humanism.Leonardo da Vinci at the age of 20 will be of very high artistic attainments,his brush with Graver and to the performance of real life and the nature of truth,benevolence and beauty,warm praise of life and well-being of the beauty of nature.
   Da Vinci did not meet his talent,he has to master all fields of human thought.His vision,able to work with the soul of art.On one occasion,he lost in the mountains,reached a pitch-dark cave ago.He later recalled the experience,said:"I suddenly had a two emotions - fear and desire:the black holes are afraid that if one wants to take a look at what strange things." This was his life The two emotional fetters - on the lives of unknown or can not afford to explore the mysterious fear,want and the mysterious unknown and try to expose them to study,to explain its meaning,its spectacular painted.
   Masters of Science
   In the early Renaissance,people will not blindly accept the traditional concept of worship and the authority of the ancient classical writings.People learn only to learn scientific knowledge as "the Bible" as the theory of Aristotle,believe that the only written records.Da Vinci Court against the philosophers of the past and the teachings of speech as a knowledge base,he encouraged people to learn from nature,the nature of the search for knowledge and truth.He believes that the origin of knowledge into practice,we have to start practice,practice to explore the mysteries of science.He said that the "theory from practice is the greatest misfortune," and "good practice should be based on theory." Da Vinci and made to master this advanced scientific methods,the use of such scientific methods to conduct scientific research in natural science has made great contributions.His method,and later was the development of Galileo by the British philosopher Francis in theory be summed up into the most basic methods of natural sciences in modern times.Da Vinci firmly believe that science,he was disgusted by religion,criticized the Catholic Church as "a deception of the sale of the shop." He said:"There is only one truth,he is not a religion,but in the way of science." Da Vinci's working methods of the experiment was to Copernicus,Galileo,Kepler,Einstein,Newton And others opened the way for the creation of the invention.
  

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Leonardo da Vinci (April 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519) is widely considered to be one of the greatest painters of all time and perhaps the most diversely talented person ever to have lived, being a s...

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Leonardo da Vinci (April 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519) is widely considered to be one of the greatest painters of all time and perhaps the most diversely talented person ever to have lived, being a scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, painter, sculptor, architect, botanist, musician and writer. Leonardo has often been described as the archetype of the "Renaissance man", a man whose seemingly infinite curiosity was equaled only by his powers of invention.
成就
It is primarily as a painter that Leonardo was and is renowned. Two of his works, the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper, occupy unique positions as the most famous, most reproduced and most parodied portrait and religious painting of all time, their fame approached only by Michelangelo's Creation of Adam. His drawing of the Vitruvian Man is also iconic. Perhaps fifteen of his paintings survive, the small number due to his constant, and frequently disastrous, experimentation with new techniques, and his chronic procrastination. Nevertheless, these few works, together with his notebooks, which contain drawings, scientific diagrams, and his thoughts on the nature of painting, comprise a contribution to later generations of artists rivalled only by that of his younger contemporary, Michelangelo.
As an engineer, Leonardo's ideas were vastly ahead of his time. He conceptualised a helicopter, a tank, concentrated solar power, a calculator, the double hull. Relatively few of his designs were constructed or were even feasible during his lifetime, but some of his smaller inventions, such as an automated bobbin winder and a machine for testing the tensile strength of wire, entered the world of manufacturing unheralded. As a scientist, he greatly advanced the state of knowledge in the fields of anatomy, civil engineering, optics, and hydrodynamics, and even outlined a rudimentary theory of plate tectonics.
文艺复兴
Leonardo commenced his apprenticeship with Verrocchio in 1466, the year that Verrocchio's master, the great sculptor Donatello, died. The painter Uccello whose early experiments with perspective were to influence the development of landscape painting, was a very old man. The painters Piero della Francesca and Fra Filippo Lippi, sculptor Luca della Robbia, and architect and writer Alberti were in their sixties. The successful artists of the next generation were Leonardo's teacher Verrocchio, Antonio Pollaiuolo and the portrait sculptor, Mino da Fiesole whose lifelike busts give the most reliable likenesses of Lorenzo Medici's father Piero and uncle Giovanni.
评论
Giorgio Vasari, in the enlarged edition of Lives of the Artists, 1568, introduced his chapter on Leonardo da Vinci with the following words:
In the normal course of events many men and women are born with remarkable talents; but occasionally, in a way that transcends nature, a single person is marvellously endowed by Heaven with beauty, grace and talent in such abundance that he leaves other men far behind, all his actions seem inspired and indeed everything he does clearly comes from God rather than from human skill. Everyone acknowledged that this was true of Leonardo da Vinci, an artist of outstanding physical beauty, who displayed infinite grace in everything that he did and who cultivated his genius so brilliantly that all problems he studied he solved with ease.
—Giorgio Vasari

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Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (April 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519) is widely considered to be one of the greatest painters of all time and perhaps the most diversely talented person e...

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Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (April 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519) is widely considered to be one of the greatest painters of all time and perhaps the most diversely talented person ever to have lived, being a scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, painter, sculptor, architect, botanist, musician and writer. Leonardo has often been described as the archetype of the "Renaissance man", a man whose seemingly infinite curiosity was equaled only by his powers of invention.
Born the illegitimate son of Piero da Vinci, a middle-class notary, and a peasant woman, Caterina, at Vinci in the region of Florence, Leonardo was educated in the studio of the renowned Florentine painter Verrocchio and spent much of his earlier working life in the service of Ludovico il Moro, ruler of Milan. He later worked in Rome, Bologna and Venice, and spent his last years in France, at the home awarded him by King François I.
It is primarily as a painter that Leonardo was and is renowned. Two of his works, the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper, occupy unique positions as the most famous, most reproduced and most parodied portrait and religious painting of all time, their fame approached only by Michelangelo's Creation of Adam. His drawing of the Vitruvian Man is also iconic. Perhaps fifteen of his paintings survive, the small number due to his constant, and frequently disastrous, experimentation with new techniques, and his chronic procrastination.[nb 2] Nevertheless, these few works, together with his notebooks, which contain drawings, scientific diagrams, and his thoughts on the nature of painting, comprise a contribution to later generations of artists rivalled only by that of his younger contemporary, Michelangelo.
As an engineer, Leonardo's ideas were vastly ahead of his time. He conceptualised a helicopter, a tank, concentrated solar power, a calculator, the double hull. Relatively few of his designs were constructed or were even feasible during his lifetime,[nb 3] but some of his smaller inventions, such as an automated bobbin winder and a machine for testing the tensile strength of wire, entered the world of manufacturing unheralded.[nb 4] As a scientist, he greatly advanced the state of knowledge in the fields of anatomy, civil engineering, optics, and hydrodynamics, and even outlined a rudimentary theory of plate tectonics.

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中文翻译：列昂纳多·达·芬奇（台湾人读作“达文西”）
英文原名：Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci
在世时间：1452年4月15日－1519年5月2日
注意：达·芬奇并不是姓，而是表示芬奇镇出身之意，全名列昂纳多·迪·塞尔·皮耶罗·达·芬奇的意思是芬奇镇迪·塞尔·皮耶罗之子——列昂纳多·达。
国籍：意大利
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中文翻译：列昂纳多·达·芬奇（台湾人读作“达文西”）
英文原名：Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci
在世时间：1452年4月15日－1519年5月2日
注意：达·芬奇并不是姓，而是表示芬奇镇出身之意，全名列昂纳多·迪·塞尔·皮耶罗·达·芬奇的意思是芬奇镇迪·塞尔·皮耶罗之子——列昂纳多·达。
国籍：意大利
星座：白羊座
智商：220
习惯：左撇子
家庭状况：父：迪·塞尔·皮耶罗·达·芬奇
母：卡特里娜
注意：达·芬奇的生母卡特里娜因出生卑微不能和其父结婚，从达·芬奇出生后的洗礼记录来看，她生下达·芬奇后不久就和同村的另一人结婚，达·芬奇从小在祖父的田庄中长大。
婚姻状况：终身未婚
编辑本段个人简介
列昂纳多·达·芬奇，意大利文艺复兴时期的一位画家，也是整个欧洲文艺复兴时期最完美的代表。他是一位思想深邃，学识渊博，多才多艺的画家、作家、雕塑家、发明家、哲学家、音乐家、医学家、生物学家、地理学家、建筑工程师和军事工程师。他生于佛罗伦萨郊区的芬奇镇，卒于法国的昂布瓦斯城堡，其父为律师兼公证人，生母为中东女奴。他14岁来到佛罗伦萨，学艺于韦罗基奥的作坊。 1472年达·芬奇入画家行会，在15世纪70年代中期个人风格已趋成熟。1482--1499年他一直住在米兰，主要为米兰公爵服务，进行了广泛的艺术和科学活动。《岩间圣母》是他在这段时期创作的最有名的代表作。他是一位天才，他一面热心于艺术创作和理论研究，研究如何用线条与立体造型去表现形体的各种问题，另一方面他也同时研究自然科学，为了真实感人的艺术形象，他广泛地研究与绘画有关的光学、数学、地质学、生物学等多种学科。他的艺术实践和科学探索精神对后世产生了重大而深远的影响，他是人类智慧的象征，他的逝世是对全世界的一个伤害。其代表作还有壁画《最后的晚餐》《安吉里之战》和肖像画《蒙娜丽莎》。
编辑本段个人生平
天才少年
达·芬奇诞生在意大利芬奇镇附近的安奇亚诺村，芬奇镇靠近佛罗伦萨。父亲是当地有名的公证人，家庭富有。达·芬奇是非婚生子，他的童年是在祖父的田庄里度过的。孩提时代的达·芬奇聪明伶俐，勤奋好学，兴趣广泛。他歌唱得很好，很早就学会弹七弦琴和吹奏长笛。他的即兴演唱，不论歌词还是曲调，都让人惊叹。他尤其喜爱绘画，常为邻里们作画，有“绘画神童”的美称。
皮耶罗确信儿子有绘画天赋，便将小芬奇送往佛罗伦萨，师从著名的艺术家韦罗基奥，开始系统地学习造型艺术。此时的达·芬奇只有14岁。 当时，皮耶罗受一位农民的委托，要画一幅盾面画。他听说儿子会画画，想试试儿子的画艺，便将这任务交给了小芬奇。小芬奇凭借自己丰富的想象力，用了一个月的时间，画成了一个骇人的妖怪美杜莎。这幅作品完成后，小芬奇请父亲来到他的房间。他把窗遮去一半，将画架竖在光线恰好落在妖怪身上的地方。皮耶罗刚走进房间时，一眼就看到了这个面目狰狞的妖怪，吓得大叫起来。小芬奇则笑着对父亲说：“你把画拿去吧，这就是它该产生的效果。”
韦罗基奥的作坊是当时佛罗伦萨著名的艺术中心，经常有意大利人文主义者在这里聚会，讨论学术问题。达·芬奇在这里结识了一大批知名的艺术家、科学家和人文主义者，开始接受人文主义的熏陶。 达·芬奇在20岁时已有很高的艺术造诣，他用画笔和雕刻刀去表现大自然和现实生活的真、善、美，热情歌颂人生的幸福和大自然的美妙。
达·芬奇并不满足他的这些才干，他要掌握人类思想的各个领域。他眼光独到，做事干练，具有艺术的灵魂。有一次，他在山里迷了路，走到了一个漆黑的山洞前。他在后来回忆这段经历时说：“我突然产生了两种情绪——害怕和渴望：对漆黑的洞穴感到害怕，又想看看其中是否会有什么怪异的东西。”他一生都被这两种情绪所羁绊——对生活的不可知性或无力探知的神秘感到害怕，而又想把这个神秘的不可知性加以揭露，加以研究，解释其含义，描绘其壮观。
科学巨匠
在文艺复兴早期，人们盲目地接受传统观念，崇拜古代权威和古典著作。人们学习科学知识也只是学习像《圣经》一样的亚里士多德理论，只相信文字记载。达·芬奇反对经院哲学家们把过去的教义和言论作为知识基础，他鼓励人们向大自然学习，到自然界中寻求知识和真理。他认为知识起源于实践，只有从实践出发，通过实践去探索科学的奥秘。他说“理论脱离实践是最大的不幸”，“实践应以好的理论为基础”。达·芬奇提出并掌握了这种先进的科学方法，采用这种科学方法去进行科学研究，在自然科学方面作出了巨大的贡献。他提出的这一方法，后来得到了伽利略的发展，并由英国哲学家培根从理论上加以总结，成为近代自然科学的最基本方法。 达·芬奇坚信科学，他对宗教感到厌恶，抨击天主教为“一个贩卖欺骗的店铺”。他说：“真理只有一个，他不是在宗教之中，而是在科学之中。”达·芬奇的实验工作方法为后来哥白尼、伽利略、开普勒、爱因斯坦、牛顿等人的发明创造开辟了道路。
1、天文
达·芬奇对传统的“地球中心说”持否定的观点。他认为地球不是太阳系的中心，更不是宇宙的中心，而只是一颗绕太阳运转的行星，太阳本身是不运动的。达·芬奇还认为月亮自身并不发光，它只是反射太阳的光辉。他的这些观点的提出早于哥白尼的“日心说”，甚至在当时，达·芬奇就幻想利用太阳能了。
2、物理
达·芬奇重新发现了液体压力的概念，提出了连通器原理。他指出：在连通器内，同一液体的液面高度是相同的，不同液体的液面高度不同，液体的高度与密度成反比。他发现了惯性原理，后来为伽利略的实验所证明。他认为一个抛射体最初是沿倾斜的直线上升，在引力和冲力的混合作用下作曲线位移，最后冲力耗尽，在引力的作用下作垂直下落运动。他的这一发现使亚里士多德的落体学说产生了动摇。他发展了杠杆原理，除推导出作用力与臂长关系外，还算出了速度与臂长的关系。他指出了“永动机”作为能源的不可能性。达·芬奇还预示了物质的原子原理，形象生动的描述了原子能的威力：“那东西将从地底下爆起，……使人在无声的气息中突然死去，城堡也遭到彻底毁坏，看起来在空中似乎有强大的破坏力。”
3、医学
达·芬奇在生理解剖学上也取得了巨大的成就，被认为是近代生理解剖学的始祖。他掌握了人体解剖知识，从解剖学入手，研究了人体各部分的构造。他最先采用蜡来表现人脑的内部结构，也是设想用玻璃和陶瓷制作心脏和眼睛的第一人。他发现了血液的功能，认为血液对人体起着新陈代谢的作用。他说血液不断的改造全身，把养料带到身体需要的各个部分，再把体内废物带走。达·芬奇研究过心脏，他发现心脏有四个腔，并画出了心脏瓣膜。他认为老年人的死因之一是动脉硬化，而产生动脉硬化的原因是缺乏运动。后来，英国科学家哈维证实和发展了达·芬奇这些生理解剖学的成果。
4、建筑
在建筑方面，达·芬奇也表现出了卓越的才华。他设计过桥梁、教堂、城市街道和城市建筑。在城市街道设计中，他将车马道和人行道分开。设计城市建筑时，具体规定了房屋的高度和街道的宽度。米兰的护城河就是他设计和建造的。
5、军事
达·芬奇的研究和发明还涉及到了军事领域。他发明了簧轮枪、子母弹、三管大炮、坦克车、浮动雪鞋、潜水服及潜水艇、双层船壳战舰、滑翔机、扑翼飞机和直升机、旋转浮桥等等。2008年4月26日，在瑞士西部城市帕耶讷，36岁的瑞士人奥利维耶·维耶提-特帕使用由达·芬奇设计的金字塔型降落伞从距地面600米高的直升机上成功跳下。
6、水利
达·芬奇对水利学的研究比意大利的学者克斯铁列早一个世纪。为了排除泥沙，他作了疏通亚诺河的施工计划。他设计并亲自主持修建了米兰至帕维亚的运河灌溉工程。由他经手建造的一些水库、水闸、拦水坝便利了农田灌溉，推动了农业生产的发展。有些水利设施至今仍在发挥作用。
7、地质
达·芬奇根据高山上有海中动物化石的事实推断出地壳有过变动，指出地球上洪水的痕迹是海陆变迁的证明，这个思想与300年后赫顿在地质学方面的发现颇为近似。并且在麦哲伦环球航行之前，他就计算出地球的直径为7000余英里。
8、达·芬奇密码筒
看过《达·芬奇密码》的人大概都知道达·芬奇密码筒。而事实上在当时的社会，人们也越来越重视文件的保密工作。达·芬奇设计的这种密码筒造型古典，内涵着文艺复兴特质，设计优雅，符合达·芬奇的睿智风格。按照故事情节，密码筒里藏匿着关于郇山隐修会乃至整个基督教最大秘密的莎草纸。达·芬奇设计的密码筒内有一个装着醋液的容器，如果强行砸烂密码筒，醋液就会流出溶解莎草纸。要打开密码筒，必须解开一个5位数的密码，密码筒上有5个转盘，每个转盘上都有26个字母，可能作为密码的排列组合多达11881376种。
9、设计出初级机器人
最为奇妙的是，达·芬奇还设计了一套方法以做心脏修复手术。
达·芬奇曾称自己没有受过书本教育，大自然才是他真正的老师。为了认识自然，认识自己，这位文艺复兴时期的天才不遗余力地探索着。为了认识人类自身，达·芬奇亲自解剖了几十具尸体，对人体骨骼、肌肉、关节以及内脏器官进行了精确了解和绘制。
令人惊讶的是，当年达·芬奇连人体循环系统工作机理的概念都没有。更为神奇的是，2005年一名英国外科医生还利用达·芬奇设计的方法做心脏修复手术。不过，解剖学的研究在当时并没有给达·芬奇带来声誉，而是遭到了无数的诽谤。
不过，就是有了对人体的这种深入了解，达·芬奇才在手稿中绘制了西方文明世界的第一款人形机器人。
达·芬奇赋予了这个机器人木头、皮革和金属的外壳。而如何让机器人动起来，才是让达·芬奇大伤脑筋的。他想到了用下部的齿轮作为驱动装置，由此通过两个机械杆的齿轮再与胸部的一个圆盘齿轮咬合，机器人的胳膊就可以挥舞，可以坐或者站立。更绝的是，再通过一个传动杆与头部相连，头部就可以转动甚至开合下颌。而一旦配备了自动鼓装置后，这个机器人甚至还可以发出声音。
原来，500多年前，就已经有了机器人的雏形。
10、点燃现代汽车发明灵感之火
达·芬奇长达1万多页的手稿(现存约5000多页)至今仍在影响科学研究，他就是一位现代世界的预言家，而他的手稿也被称为一部15世纪科学技术真正的百科全书。
很早，达·芬奇就对当时的四轮马车不满。在他的科学世界中，早就有了汽车的影子。事实上，点燃现代汽车发明灵感之火的正是这辆“达·芬奇汽车”。
既然是汽车就要考虑动力问题，达·芬奇在汽车中部安装了两根弹簧以解决这个问题。人力转动车的后轮使得各个齿轮相互咬合，弹簧绷紧就产生了力，再通过杠杆作用将力传递到轮子上。
那么怎么控制车速呢？达·芬奇也想到了。他在车身上安装了一个圆盘装置，圆盘表面设置了很多方形的木块，和每个轮子连接的铁杆的另一端与圆盘相接，这就是用于控制车速的装置。圆盘上放置的木块数量越多，与铁杆之间的摩擦就会越大，阻力也越大，轮子的运转速度越慢，行驶的距离越长。
当然，达·芬奇也想到了刹车装置。位于齿轮之间有一个木块，拉动绳索将木块卡在齿轮之间，车就可以停止。不过，这辆汽车不能载人，因为仅靠弹簧的动力根本无法行驶很长的距离。
同时，达·芬奇还将弹簧巧妙地运用在了钟表设计上。后来大型钟表采用的原理，就是出自达·芬奇的设想。只是在这个设想中，弹簧的弹力被物体的重力所代替，物体向下的重力通过众多齿轮咬合作用被均匀传递，钟表便得以保持匀速运动。
此外，乐器、闹钟、自行车、照相机、温度计、烤肉机、纺织机、起重机、挖掘机……达·芬奇曾有过无数的发明设计，而这些发明设计在当时如果发表足足可以让我们的世界科学文明进程提前100年。
11、对机械世界痴迷不已
水下呼吸装置、拉动装置、发条传动装置、滚珠装置、反向螺旋、差动螺旋、风速计和陀螺仪……达·芬奇将他无数的奇思妙想呈现在世人面前。故事的开头不得不说起达·芬奇初到佛罗伦萨学画的经历。事实上，这段经历开启了艺术家达·芬奇的大门，也开启了科学家达·芬奇的大门。
1460年达·芬奇随父亲来到佛罗伦萨，开始了他的学徒生涯，同时开始学画。学画的达·芬奇参与安装佛罗伦萨圣母玛丽亚大教堂穹顶灯塔上的巨型铜球，由此接触并感受到了各式各样机械系统的神奇。
佛罗伦萨圣母玛丽亚大教堂是文艺复兴建筑的开端。达·芬奇在安装穹顶灯塔上的巨型铜球时，亲眼目睹了三速提升机等机械装置的效率，深感其中的神奇。
由此，布鲁内莱斯基的机械系统设计理念对达·芬奇产生了很大影响。当时一批锡耶纳工程师对达·芬奇的科学世界也产生了重要影响。锡耶纳的工程师们设计了一种外形像船的河道淤泥挖掘机，用来清除浅水口的沙砾和淤泥，还有一种能够提高装载量又加快行驶速度的桨叶船。这些锡耶纳工程师的发明，让达·芬奇对机械的魔力产生了巨大的兴趣。
从此，达·芬奇对机械世界痴迷不已。
艺术巨匠
说到艺术创作，在文艺复兴时期当数达·芬奇、米开朗基罗和拉斐尔的成就最高。他们的艺术成就达到了西方造型艺术继古希腊之后的第二次高峰，仅绘画而言，则达到了欧洲的第一次高峰。其中尤以达·芬奇最为突出，恩格斯称他是巨人中的巨人。在艺术创作方面，达·芬奇解决了造型艺术三个领域——建筑、雕刻、绘画中的重大问题：
1、解决了纪念性中央圆屋顶建筑物设计和理想城市的规划问题；
2、解决了15世纪以来雕刻家深感棘手的骑马纪念碑雕像的问题；
3、解决了当时绘画中两个重要领域——纪念性壁画和祭坛画的问题。
达·芬奇的艺术作品不仅能像镜子似的反映事物，而且还以思考指导创作，从自然界中观察和选择美的部分加以表现。壁画《最后的晚餐》《安吉里之战》和肖像画《蒙娜丽莎》是他一生的三大杰作。这三幅作品是达·芬奇为世界艺术宝库留下的珍品中的珍品，是欧洲艺术的拱顶之石。
达·芬奇最为世人所熟悉的就是他绝高的绘画艺术，其最著名的作品有：《蒙娜丽莎》《最后的晚餐》《岩间圣母》《圣母子与圣安娜》等。
《蒙娜丽莎》的绘制前后历时四年。据说模特是佛罗伦萨人，刚刚丧婴，为解除她的痛苦并露出自然的微笑，列昂纳多便请人来为她奏乐。她的微笑是人们津津乐道的话题，有时似乎严肃有时又很温柔，有时略含忧伤有时又显讥讽。蒙娜丽莎的右手更被称为“美术史上最美的一只手”。
《最后的晚餐》绘制在格雷契修道院饭厅的墙壁上。达·芬奇一改前人绘制“最后晚餐”围桌而座的布局，让所有人物坐成一排面向观众，而耶稣基督坐在最中间。
溘然长逝
达·芬奇晚年被法兰西国王弗朗索瓦一世邀入法国，弗朗索瓦一世给予了他至高的接待，将其安置于昂布瓦斯城堡中，并时不时地去请教。后来，年事已高的达·芬奇因病逝世了，据说是在赶来的弗朗索瓦一世怀中咽下最