THE GREAT ARTIST LEONARDO DA VINCI

Leonardo was a uniquely gifted artist who produced paitings of unequalled beauty and complexity, yet as the renaissance art historian giorgio vasari relates he envisaged such subtle ,marvellous,and difficult problems that his hands,while extremely skilful were ever completed.those that were finished are often in a poor state today,because Leonardo constantly experimented with new pigments and materials , and many of these have failed to stand the test of time.
In about 1503,leonardo began to paint a portrait of a local florentine woman,believed to be lisa gheradini, the wife of a wealthy merchant the portrait , known as the mona lisa, now hangs in the louvre gallery in paris. its subject''s enigmatic smile made it one of the world''s most famous paintings.
Leonardo was a skilled scientist and inventor. throughout his life he drew designs for flying machines,weapons,mathematical puzzles and musical instruments .he invented a centrifugal pump and a diving suit.he designed buildings and fortifications , and built military canals and collapsible bridges for use in wartime.he was painter,draftsman,sculptor,inventor,scientist,anatomist and architector.