Sunday 15 November 2009

2nd year - ei, you're a genius!


Ok - it's time for you to talk about someone you consider a genius. You need to: 1) tell us the most relevant details about this person; why was/is s/he relevant?; 2) tell us why you admire the character and 3) send us a link to a picture you'd like to show. Remember to sign your comments. Your comments are due by Friday 20 November.

Leonardo da Vinci was the renaissance man par excellence. He was born in 1452 and lived for 67 years, during which he cultivated the fields of
botanics, mathematics, engineering, hydrodynamics, optics, anatomy, painting, sculpture, architechture, writing and music. He was a very curious man, and many of his works are considered masterpieces, as for example Mona Lisa and The Last Supper. Apart from these works, many others have become really famous, as (among others) the Vitruvian Man (aka The Canon of Proportions).
His work, apart from being influential in different areas of knowledge, is the example of an extreme sense of curiosity, zeal for work and interest in life in general, which is an example to follow by present day people.