Leonardo Da Vinci Research Paper

And if anyone wishes to go through the whole place by the high-level roads he will be able to use them for this purpose, and so also if anyone wishes to go by the low-level roads. The high-level roads are not to be used by wagons or like vehicles but are solely for the convenience of the gentle-folk. (da Vinci, 201)

It was during the late 1480s that Leonardo had drawn floor plans of buildings centered on a showground. They mostly looked like cathedrals, but those studying his work said that a cathedral was probably not his intention. Whatever it was, it was an innovative idea that happened to be before his time. In 1487 he entered a competition for the design for Milan’s cathedral. He had also written a draft of a speech on his model as to introduce it to the judges

The artist, as have said before, was born to a common peasant, but went to live with his wealthy father. Although we know nothing of Leonardo’s early education, we have proved that he had been drawing since he was young. Vasari, who has given us the information on Leonardo, states that he was talented in music and in math. Wells and Kemp state:
He proceeded step by step. 1) Experience of the world around us as gained through the senses is taken as the starting point. 2) Reason and contemplation, which, though linked to the senses, stands above and outside them, deduces eternal and general laws from transitory and particular experiences. 3) These general laws must be demonstrated in logical sequence like mathematical propositions, and finally 4) they must be tested and verified by experiment, and then applied to the production of works and utility or of art according to plan. (Wells, 3)
While we remember that Leonardo was a painter, sculptor, man of science, and math, we forget that he was also a musician, and was exceptionally well on the