for questions about claims based on Leonardo da Vinci, a polymath during the Renaissance known for painting the Mona Lisa.
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Did a banned treatise claim Leonardo da Vinci converted to Islam?
I found this to be strange, if not absurd:
Morteza Khalaj Amirhosseini, the author of the book "Leonardo Da Vinci's Drawings", went on to say that the book presents a complete biography of Da Vinci in which he has proved based on first-hand sources…
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Was Leonardo da Vinci a polyphasic sleeper?
I have read from various (low quality) sources that Leonardo da Vinci practiced polyphasic sleep, maybe the Uberman's sleep schedule. Polyphasic sleep refers to the practice of sleeping multiple times in a 24-hour period—usually more than two, in…
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Is this sketch from Leonardo Da Vinci or his pupil Salai?
Please excuse me if this question appears to be extremely inappropriate but it just looks quite strange to me... Recently I came across this sketch that is claimed to be from Leonardo Da Vinci or his pupil Salai (source of picture:…
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Was Leonardo da Vinci homosexual?
I have heard it a lot and read somewhere that he was homosexual like one of answers under the same question here:
It's rather possible. He had been charged sometime in the late 1400's with sodomy as well as three other men. With the exception of…
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Did Leonardo da Vinci say this quote about principles for the development of a complete mind?
I have read on many sites online, like Reddit and Goodreads, the following quote supposedly from da Vinci's notebooks:
“Principles for the Development of a Complete Mind: Study the science
of art. Study the art of science. Develop your senses-…
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Did Leonardo da Vinci say "Simplicity is the ultimate form of sophistication"?
I came upon this quote on p.51 of National Geographic's Sublime Nature: Photographs That Awe and Inspire.
I don't think da Vinci wrote in English, but what's this source? Wikiquote disputes it.
What does this quote mean exactly? Does it just mean…
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