One such man was Leonardo Da Vinci, an Italian artist, scientist, inventor and engineer. ... The next ideal aspect of the Renaissance Man, according to Jacob Burckhart is humanism. It goes without saying that Leonardo Da Vinci was a well rounded man. ... Also during the Renaissance, artists began to paint with the goal of greater realism. ... Da Vinci is known for his landscapes, but probably his most famous painting is the Mona Lisa, a non religious portrait of a young lady, primarily known for the mysterious smile she is given. ...

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He's an artist known for his paintings, drawings of the human body, and as an inventor well ahead of his time. Some of his more famous works of art are "The Last Supper" and "The Vitruvian Man." ... Even as a young boy, he showed interest in painting, sculpture, invention, architecture, music, engineering, geology, cartography, mathematics, botany, and writing. ... But how does this portrait stand against his other female portraits? ... But why is it his most famous female portrait? ...

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He also completed another great painting of John the Baptist as a young man. ... Because young Leonardo demonstrated a great talent for drawing, his father later made him an apprentice in the studio of Andrea del Verrocchio, a leading artist in Florence. ... Artists in the fifteenth century Italy were more than just expert painters and sculptors however. ... He completed his most famous portrait La Gioconda (Mona Lisa). ... He planned the costumes and sets for festivals and plays, designed and built forts, laid out new canals for the city and painted many portraits. ...

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