Leonardo Da Vinci

Leonardo Da Vinci

Introduction

Leonardo da Vinci was an artist, scientist and an Italian painter. He is the largest representative of the Italian Renaissance. Leonardo da Vinci was not only a great artist, but also a great mathematician, mechanic and engineer, which required the most important discoveries of the most diverse branches of physics. He is considered one of the greatest geniuses of mankind (Simona, 2005).

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History

Leonardo da Vinci, born on April 15, 1452, was the illegitimate son of a Florentine lawyer, who did not allow him to meet his mother, a modest farmer. His father, Messer Piero di Antonio Fruosino was notary, chancellor and ambassador of the Republic of Florence. Leonardo himself was, therefore, descended from a wealthy family of Italian nobles (Simona, 2005). Leonardo was formed as an artist in Florence in the workshop of Andrea Verrocchio, but much of his career developed in other Italian cities such as Milan (where he stayed between 1489 and 1499 under the patronage of Duke Ludovico Sforza, il Moro) and Rome (where he worked for Giulio de 'Medici).

Leonardo da Vinci and Mathematics

Leonardo learned a lot from communicating with a major mathematician Paolo del Abaco. For mathematics he had a special respect in general. He believed that "there is no confidence in the sciences, where you can not make any of the mathematical sciences, and that has no connection with mathematics." (Frederich, 1970) In those days, many scientists mathematics was a means of escape from the contradictions between experience and the weakness of science. Leonardo da Vinci through geometry attempted to explain natural phenomena using mathematical language itself. His concept of nature was something that can be explained through numbers (Simona, 2005). He always tried to find a logic, equation or mathematical explanation in every natural process and natural thing. Leonardo believed that ...