Leonardo Da Vinci and His Contributions

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We have several inventions that have helped mankind triumph through history. Our understanding of history creates the most basic idea on how to live. What if we didn’t have the history books what would the outcome be for our future? In reality most things in our modern age can mostly be improved rather than discovered or invented thanks to several pioneers in the past. On April 15, 1452 Leonardo was born in Italy; he didn’t even realize that he would set an everlasting foot print in time with his great accomplishments and discoveries. Leonardo Da Vinci was born in the era of Renaissance which had several contributions to his views on life and artistic background. He was a successful scientist in the fields of Anatomy, Physics, and Aerodynamics; he also was an inspired painter in which created several masterpieces in his era. He was an aspired inventor with his combined abilities for the artistic eye and with his vast amount of knowledge in science he used to create extraordinary inventions that one day would change the world.
"The Mona Lisa" is one of Leonardo's greatest and most recognizable paintings in history in our days. The painting itself is a mystery because no one can explain who is the girl; or is this Leonardo disguised as a girl. "The Mona Lisa" girl is thought to have been Lisa Gherardini in which she posed for the painting. In reality the actual name for the painting is Monna Lisa in which translates to "My Lady". Monna is a common short hand style for writing Madonna in Italian. The painting is still available for viewing in Paris, London but behind a seven million dollar security system. Perhaps because of its mysterious whereabouts or famous creator the painting is actually an invaluable piece. The insurance co...

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