Leonardo DaVini
...interests and is accomplished in areas of both the arts and the sciences.” Da Vinci excelled in both as well as combined them. He was a brilliant painter and even studied anatomy to further improve his artistic skills. Through the study of anatomy Leonardo learned how to best represent the human form in his paintings and sculptures. Realism is one of the new goals of the Renaissance artist. Confidence was also a new quality of the renaissance and Leonardo oozed of it. In his letter to Duke Ludovico Il Moro of Milan. Leonardo boasts of his craftsmanship, even going so far as to state that, “if any of [his inventions] should be impossible or impractical to anyone, [he] will make [himself] as ready to make trial of them in any park or in whatever place [necessary]…” He knew he was talented and wasn’t going to be modest about it to anyone. A renaissance man is always coming up with new ideas. Le...