Leonardo Da Vinci

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he is commonly remembered for is painting, which in where he mastered the two techniques of sfumato and chiaroscuro. Sfumato is the technique to transition color, into a smoky or hazy effect. Chiaroscuro is the mastery of shadows and shading (Encarta-96). He uses these techniques very well in his most famous painting, the "Mona Lisa". Combining science and techniques at times left his works into technical disaster, yet left the work itself marvellous. The best example for that was possibly 's last piece, "The Last Supper" (Costantino 18). By his understanding and involvement of nature, Leonardo made art a science, by his inner sense of form and beauty, he made science an art.
More absorbent than a sponge he was, for he was always in the search for answers and he had asked himself questions that was never asked before. He cliched knowledge as the "mother of love" and impatience as the "mother of stupidity." (5) He explored vast varieties of subjects, including anatomy. This was his ...

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