![]() ![]() ![]() He explored the mathematics of optics, showing how light rays enter the eye, and produced magical illusions of changing visual perspectives in The Last Supper. He studied human skulls, making drawings of the bones and teeth, and conveyed the skeletal agony of Saint Jerome in the Wilderness. By standing astride the intersection of the arts and the sciences, he became history’s most creative genius. He wanted to know everything there was to know about everything that could be known. With a passion both playful and obsessive, he pursued innovative studies of anatomy, mechanics, art, music, optics, birds, the heart, flying machines, geology, and weaponry. Leonardo da Vinci liked to think that he was as good at engineering as he was at painting, and though this was not actually the case ( nobody was as good at engineering as he was at painting), the basis for his creativity was an enthusiasm for interweaving diverse disciplines. ![]()
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