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The Most Talented Human in History

Leonardo da Vinci was a scientist, engineer, and artist. Try https://brilliant.org/Newsthink/ for FREE for 30 days, and the first 200 people will get 20% off their annual premium subscription

I highly recommend Walter Isaacson's biography on Leonardo da Vinci: https://a.co/d/1l90Xi7

Chapters:

0:00 Introduction
1:03 Early life and education
2:12 Apprenticeship under Verrocchio
3:49 Milan and the Vitruvian Man
5:10 Anatomical studies and dissections
6:03 Engineering, flying machines, and military contributions
7:55 The Last Supper’s linear perspective
9:20 Bronze horse monument and move to France
10:18 The Mona Lisa
11:57 Death and mortality
12:42 Today’s sponsor: Brilliant

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Sources:

Leonardo da Vinci notebook: I, Sailko, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Woodpecker image (edited by Newsthink): hedera.baltica from Wrocław, Poland, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Statue of David: By Rufus46 - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=35354221
Image of music instrument lyre: Sailko, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Image of Milan cathedral: By Jiuguang Wang - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11566236
Refectory where The Last Supper is displayed (edited by Newsthink): By AI coolTIM - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=118131490
Leonardo’s red brick manor in France (Clos Lucé): Château du Clos Lucé / Léonard de Serres, CC BY-SA 4.0 //creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Clos Lucé close up: Nadègevillain, CC BY-SA 3.0 ://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Leonardo’s studio in Clos Lucé: Pieter van Everdingen, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Leonardo da Vinci’s tomb in the chapel: Gregorini Demetrio, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Close up of Leonardo da Vinci’s tomb: Peter Dutton, CC BY 2.0 ://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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