On April 23, 1452, a baby boy was born in the home of the legal notary of Vinci, Italy, Piero da Vinci. Piero named him Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci. Chinese meaning: Leonardo, son of Se Piero in the town of Vinci. In other words, in this long list of names, the name that really belongs to the baby boy is actually just four words: Leonardo.
However, no one thought at the time that this baby boy would later become one of the greatest figures in human history. And his name Leonardo was gradually forgotten by people, because everyone only called him: Da Vinci.
Many people suspect that Leonardo da Vinci was a traverser from the modern world to the Renaissance , because his talents are far beyond the limit that people can imagine. So what is so special about Leonardo?
In 1475, Da Vinci's teacher and famous painter Verrocchio received a commission to paint a picture of "Christ Baptism". The 23-year-old Da Vinci assisted the teacher as an apprentice Complete this work.
At that time, Da Vinci's main task was to draw the little angel on the left side of this picture. However, when Verrocchio saw Da Vinci's depiction of the vivid little angel in the painting, he immediately realized that Da Vinci's painting level was far above himself. So Verrocchio introduced Leonardo da Vinci to another master painter, and he has since retired from the painting world to specialize in sculpture.
As one of the most famous painters in human history, Leonardo’s painting skills need not be said. There are only more than 20 oil paintings handed down to later generations, but each one is a classic handed down, especially his representative works " Mona Lisa" and " Last Supper", which are more commendable. The above is the pinnacle of oil painting.
As the saying goes, "everything is good, everything is sloppy", which means that a person who knows everything is often not good at everything.But this sentence does not apply to Da Vinci at all. In addition to paintings that are widely known around the world, Da Vinci has reached a master level in many other fields.
Da Vinci is proficient in anatomy and medicine. He has dissected dozens of human corpses and drew more than 200 sketches of human anatomy. He is known as the ancestor of modern physiological anatomy. He observes the structure of the human body into the smallest detail, and sums up a large number of medical results through these observations. For example, he is the first person known to realize that blood plays a role in human metabolism. He also discovered that one of the causes of death in the elderly is arteriosclerosis, and the cause of arteriosclerosis is lack of exercise.
Da Vinci was obsessed with mechanical technology. From his existing manuscripts, you can find a large number of mechanical manufacturing drawings. Including robot design drawings, human flapping wing aircraft design drawings, razor chariot design drawings, and mobile turret design drawings (some people think this is the prototype of a tank).
In addition, Da Vinci is also proficient in astronomy, geography, physics, optics and many other fields. He put forward the "heliocentric theory" earlier than Copernicus; he believes that the fossils of marine life on the mountains are caused by the changes of the sea and land caused by the movement of the earth's crust; he discovered the existence of hydraulic pressure and proposed the principle of connected devices; He believes that light and water waves and sound waves move in similar ways, and imagine that light travels outward from the center...
In 1483, 31-year-old Leonardo came to Milan. In order to find a job, he wrote a cover letter to the Grand Duke of Milan, Ludovico Sforza. In the letter, Leonardo enumerated various skills he had mastered, such as proficient in mechanical manufacturing, good at bridges, and authenticity. Design and so on. At the end of the letter, he also added: "In addition, I am also good at building other civilian facilities, and at the same time good at painting and sculpture."
Unfortunately, the versatile Leonardo did not get the Grand Duke of Milan. Pay attention to. Although he was successful in his job search, his salary was paid according to the minimum standard.
In 1515, France captured Milan. At this time, Leonardo da Vinci had a high reputation and was invited to settle in France. Leonardo took one of his most cherished paintings and left the motherland. This painting was brought to France by Leonardo. Na Lisa.
Da Vinci is undoubtedly an erudite all-rounder, and he is not as simple as many people, but he has reached the extreme in his field. What's even more amazing is that many of his views were gradually verified after tens or even hundreds of years, so only so many people suspect that Leonardo was a translator. So did Leonardo travel from the modern world to ancient times? The night reading history book thinks this is a kind of praise to Leonardo, but it is not a fact.
Da Vinci knows astronomy on the top, geography on the bottom, and is omnipotent in liberal arts and science. However, these seemingly unrelated fields are actually very related. For example, if he wants to reach the extreme level in the fields of painting and sculpture, it is necessary to have a deep understanding of human body structure, thus opening the door of Da Vinci to anatomy and medicine. After in-depth study of the structure of the human body, he discovered that the human body is like an ingenious machine, which turned his interest to machinery. In the process of researching machinery, it is bound to involve fields such as physics, climate, geological structure, etc. Therefore, Da Vinci had to "by the way" study these aspects of knowledge... It is this way of continuous study, which makes Da Vinci Vinci became a god-level figure, a figure that ordinary people can't understand.
It is worth mentioning that Leonardo was also a master of time management. He sleeps for 15 minutes for every 4 hours of work, and then resumes work. In this way, he only needs 1.5 hours of high-quality sleep to maintain his vigorous energy throughout the day. Of course, Da Vinci's routine of work and rest, presumably no one can do it. The world of the great god of "mountain rise and stop, Jingxingxing stop", we ordinary people just look at it.
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