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{{Cquote|A genius by every conceivable measure, Leonardo Da Vinci envisioned the first airplane, conceptualized a helicopter, a tank, concentrated solar power, a calculator, the double hull – and plate tectonics – while advancing the study of anatomy, civil engineering, optics, and hydrodynamics – all detailed centuries before modern science would prove him right.  Though born out-of-wedlock and the recipient of only a modest education, Da Vinci was gifted with an insatiable curiosity about how things worked. He indulged his fascination with nature, and honed his considerable artistic gifts, by capturing in exquisite detail virtually every aspect of the world around him in hundreds of notebooks. Through his studies of light and shadow, his mastery of perspective drawing, and his experiments with pigment and media, Da Vinci perfected a muted style of portraiture that produced reflected depth through the application of thousands of nearly transparent - but slightly tinted - brushstrokes. Notorious in his own time for having far more unfinished artistic works than completed commissions, Da Vinci is nonetheless considered to be the greatest artist of all time; with his Last Supper and Mona Lisa among the most famous paintings ever created.<ref>[https://legacyprojectchicago.org/person/leonardo-da-vinci#:~:text=A%20genius%20by%20every%20conceivable,hydrodynamics%20%E2%80%93%20all%20detailed%20centuries%20before Leonardo da Vinci - Nominee]</ref>}}  

{{Cquote|A genius by every conceivable measure, Leonardo Da Vinci envisioned the first airplane, conceptualized a helicopter, a tank, concentrated solar power, a calculator, the double hull – and plate tectonics – while advancing the study of anatomy, civil engineering, optics, and hydrodynamics – all detailed centuries before modern science would prove him right.  Though born out-of-wedlock and the recipient of only a modest education, Da Vinci was gifted with an insatiable curiosity about how things worked. He indulged his fascination with nature, and honed his considerable artistic gifts, by capturing in exquisite detail virtually every aspect of the world around him in hundreds of notebooks. Through his studies of light and shadow, his mastery of perspective drawing, and his experiments with pigment and media, Da Vinci perfected a muted style of portraiture that produced reflected depth through the application of thousands of nearly transparent - but slightly tinted - brushstrokes. Notorious in his own time for having far more unfinished artistic works than completed commissions, Da Vinci is nonetheless considered to be the greatest artist of all time; with his Last Supper and Mona Lisa among the most famous paintings ever created.<ref>[https://legacyprojectchicago.org/person/leonardo-da-vinci#:~:text=A%20genius%20by%20every%20conceivable,hydrodynamics%20%E2%80%93%20all%20detailed%20centuries%20before Leonardo da Vinci - Nominee]</ref>}}  

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[[Image:Last supper.jpg|thumbnail|center|The Last Supper]]  

[[Image:Last supper.jpg|thumbnail|center|700px|The Last Supper]]  

[[File:Da Vinci Gioconda Del Prado.JPG|thumbnail|center|Prado Mona Lisa]]

[[File:Da Vinci Gioconda Del Prado.JPG|thumbnail|center|Prado Mona Lisa]]

== Petit Gallery ==

== Petit Gallery ==