Leonardo Da Vinci Archetype

Leonardo da Vinci was often described as the archetype and the symbol of the Renaissance Man, a universal genius, a humanist philosopher, observer and experimenter with a 'rare gift of intuition of space' and infinite curiosity which was only equalled by the force of invention. A number of authors and historians considered him one of the greatest painters of all time and some as the most talented person in the largest number of different fields who has ever lived.

It is primarily as a painter that Leonardo da Vinci is recognized. Two of his works, the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper, are very famous paintings, often copied and parodied, and his drawing of the Vitruvian Man is also recaptured in several derivative works.