The Secret Discovery in Da Vinci’s Notebook…

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[theace]

Well, people often forget that Da Vinci was the true Renaissance man after all. Engineer, painter/artist, scientist. The man could do it all

[entropic]

I have honestly never heard of anyone describe DaVinci as only an artist. All his inventions are a huge part of what he sketched.

[runner]

A painter, a scientist, a ninja turtle. My man has done so much in his life, damn

[SoldierBoy]

Da Vinci wasn’t an artist into science, he was a scientist who liked art but primary he was a scientist

[grimble]

Da Vinci should get his own holiday just for being an absolute mental powerhouse

[DebTheDevastator]

We know Leonardo da Vinci for his art, but he didn't advertise himself for his art. He listed his war machines and then added he could make them look cool. He was an engineer first and formost.

[Vohasiiv]

I always forget he's the painter of the Mona Lisa. I always think of the flying machines whenever I hear his name.

[connorgrynol]

Fun Fact, Da Vinci payed off a mortician friend of his to illegally get his hands on human corpses so that he could dissect them. In his life, he secretly dissected a total of 18 cadavers. One of the reasons people believe his representation of the human body was so good was because he studied anatomy down to even the form of the muscles and bones. Something no other artist, or physician for that matter, did at the time. Nowadays, teaching artists human anatomy is expected in most classes.

[segevkrespi]

Dude was basically both a jack of all trades AND a master at everything he did

[Vinetio]

Da Vinci was simply the pinnacle of the human species. The dude was a "once every 100 years"-talent in every discipline he tried. Had his inventions been found and interpreted earlier he could've quite literally advanced scientific and technological progress by centuries, all by himself. And he did that while also being an amazing artist. It's humbling to learn about the genius of this man.

[buddyb]

Da Vinci was really into science! He just happened to be able to pay the bills by being a pretty good painter too.

[TheRealStewpid]

Imagine painting literally the most prized art piece on the planet and also discovering gravity as a hobby... *FIVE HUNDRED YEARS* ago

[LunDruid]

That is cooler than "secret Vatican society."

[FilmFlam-]

After 20 hours of watching naked men doing jumping jacks for your sketches, you figure out acceleration due to gravity pretty quickly.

[bsmithu]

DaVinci is literally THE definition of a Renaissance Man. Not just an artist.

[ritarevell]

DaVinci was a man before his time. He has continued to bless the world for decades. What a gift he is.

[frostyvoid]

“A jack of all trades is a master of none”
Da Vinci: “hold my beer”

[DaveWasHere]

Fun fact: Da Vinci was also really into plants, he loved them so much that he had his own greenhouse type build in his house where he kept multiple species of plants and he would sketch them in his notebooks for hours at a time.

[Draelyn]

Imagine not knowing Da Vinci was anything other than an artist.

[michaellowe]

Whenever life gets you down, has you wearing a frown. - Da Vinci's notebook.