Renaissance person
At the end of the 15th century, people in Europe began to develop new ideas about the world. They started investigating and doing experiments instead of just accepting existing ideas. This time became known as “Renaissance”, which is French for rebirth or revival.
A “Renaissance person” is somebody who has a wide range of knowledge or skills. I think that Leonardo da Vinci is probably the best example of a “Renaissance person” as he was one of the greatest men of the Renaissance. He had extensive knowledge on various subjects and had tremendous skills in many things and I am really inspired with the accomplishments he made.
He was a painter, a scholar of medicine and mathematics and a very talented inventor. In one word he was a genius.
As a painter, he made beautiful paintings like the Mona Lisa, The Baptism of Christ, and the Annunciation.
As a scholar in medicine he made very accurate drawings of plants, animals and the human body. Actually, he was one of the first people to cut into death bodies for research.
He was also a great inventor who really thought more ahead than other people of his time. He made a lot of sketches on all kinds of machinery. He also thought a lot about making a flying machine. He designed the “ornithopter”, which he worked out by watching birds. Most of his inventions would have worked, but not his o so famous flying machine. However he made a hang glider which he tested on January 3, 1496 and it really worked.
Having said all this, I conclude that Leonardo da Vinci is definitely a “Renaissance person” and even today he is considered a real genius!
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