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My artist I will be talking about in this report is Leonardo Da Vinci (1452-1519). He was a great manwith many accomplishments. Literally the term Renaissance Man was used to describe the absolute genius of Leonardo Da Vinci. He accomplished so much in his life in all forms of science, art, you name it, he was gifted in that area. Most all people know at least one of his great works. This well known work is the La Gioconda, or most commonly known as the Mona Lisa. Another one some normal people may know of is the huge mural type painting of The Last Supper, that was painted on the wall of the dining hall in the monastery of Santa Maria Delle Grazie in Malan, Italy. His paintings would have alone given him enormous fame with all the nobles in the area, not to mention all his sculpting, architectural works, and his scientifical contributions. He did serious investigations into the physical and natural sciences, engineering, mathematics, and mechanics. Well more than three hundred years before any type of flying machines were even conceived of, Leonardo Da Vinci had drawn up numerous proto type plans for ‘airplanes’ and even planes for a sort of ‘helicopter’. Now a days huge airplanes and helicop