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The Renaissance was a time of "rebirt" for the Greek and Roman culture. The Renaissance was a complete change in thinking. It was a time of focusing on human potential and being well-rounded. A person who was known for being very well rounded was Leonardo da Vinci.

Leonardo da Vinci was a very well-rounded man. He typified the idea of the Renaissance. He was an Italian Renaissance polymath: painter, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist, mathematician, [|engineer], inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist, and writer. He was considered a "Renaissance Man" which refers to one who was capable of excelling at a wide variety of activities. Truly he was not simply a man of the Renaissance, he was the prototype of the Renaissance Man. Leonardo is mainly known for his paintings. The Mona Lisa is the most famous and most parodied painting and The Last Supper is the most reproduced religious painting of all time.

Leonardo was born was born on 15 April 1452, in a farmhouse about 3 kilometers (1.9 mi) from the town, between Anchiano and Faltognano. His full name was "Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci", which means "Leonardo, son of Piero, of Vinci". Half a million visitors a year come to visit the Museum of Leonardo and his birthplace.

Leonardo is also for his technological ingenuity. He conceived the idea for many of the resources we use today including: helicopter, a tank, concentrated solar power, a calculator, and the double hull, and he outlined a rudimentary theory of plate tectonics. These ideas were so ahead of their time that relatively few of his designs were constructed or were even possible to construct during his lifetime.