HISTORY78 - Introduction to Leonardo da Vinci
I’ve had Leonardo da Vinci on my list of potential blog topics for a long time. But I couldn’t figure out how to approach writing about this fascinating person. So, with this blog, I decided just to “jump in,” and see what develops. This is an overall introduction to Leonardo the person, his life, and his accomplishments. I may come back later to do more on his multidiscipline accomplishments. In this blog, first I’ll provide some historical perspective, then I’ll cover Da Vinci’s birth and childhood, next I’ll summarize his accomplishments in historically-ordered periods of his life, and end with a discussion of his legacy. My principal sources include: “Renaissance,” history.com; “Leonardo da Vinci” and “List of Works by Leonardo da Vinci,” Wikipedia.com; “Leonardo da Vinci - Paintings, Drawings, Quotes, Biography,” leonardodavinci.net; “Leonardo da Vinci (1452 – 1519),” metmuseum.org; “Leonardo da Vinci - Italian artist, engineer, and scientist,” ...