Life
Leonardo da Vinci was the archetype of the Renaissance mind — painter of the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper, anatomist, engineer, and tireless notebook-keeper. Born in Vinci, Italy, he dissolved the line between art and science, sketching flying machines centuries before flight and studying the human body with unprecedented rigor. He died in Amboise, France, in 1519, leaving a legacy that still shapes how we imagine human curiosity itself.