What Made Leonardo da Vinci a Genius?
Hint: The great Italian artist was interested in everything.
Leonardo da Vinci was many things: a painter, an architect, an engineer, a theatrical producer—and gay, illegitimate, and wildly popular in Renaissance-era Italy.
By Simon Worrall
PUBLISHED November 4, 2017
Today, the term “genius” is bandied about to describe pop stars, stand-up comedians, and even footballers. But Leonardo da Vinci earned the description, explains Walter Isaacson in his lavishly illustrated new biography of the great Italian artist. From iconic paintings—“Mona Lisa” and “The Last Supper”—to designs for flying machines and ground-breaking studies on optics and perspective, Leonardo fused science and art to create works that have become part of humanity’s story. [Find out what science tells us about geniuses.]
https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/11/leonardo-da-vinci-genius-walter-isaacson/
