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"Leonardo da Vinci...oh yeah, that is the guy who painted the Mona Lisa!"
That was all I knew about Leonardo da Vinci before I started this report. I
knew that he lived during the Renaissance and that he was a very important
man, but that is about it. There is so much more about Leonardo that he is
known for, other than him being the painter of the famous Mona Lisa. Leonardo
was a universal genius, (as said in "What Makes a Leonardo a Leonardo?" By:
Richard Mühlberger, Copyright: 1994) because he excelled in numerous areas of
knowledge and contributed so much to the Renaissance. He was one of the great
masters of the High Renaissance (as said in the following website:
http://metalab.unc.edu/cgfa/vinci/vinci_bio.htm) who was a painter, sculptor,
architect, engineer, mathematician, geologist, astronomer and scientist.
Birthplace and Childhood: Leonardo da Vinci was born at 10:30 PM on
Saturday, April 15th, 1452. He was born in the small Tuscan town of......

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