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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- Italian painter, engineer, and scientist. Often considered the most versatile genius of the Renaissance, Leonardo filled notebooks with engineering and scientific observations that were in some cases centuries ahead of their time. As a painter Leonardo is best known for The Last Supper (c. 1495) and Mona Lisa (c. 1503).
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- noun Italian painter and sculptor and engineer and scientist and architect; the most versatile genius of the Italian Renaissance (1452-1519)
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In astronomy, botany, psychology, physics—if anyone might be called the Leonardo da Vinci of his time, his name would be von Helrung.
The Curse of the Wendigo William James Henry 2010
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In astronomy, botany, psychology, physics—if anyone might be called the Leonardo da Vinci of his time, his name would be von Helrung.
The Curse of the Wendigo William James Henry 2010
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In astronomy, botany, psychology, physics—if anyone might be called the Leonardo da Vinci of his time, his name would be von Helrung.
The Curse of the Wendigo William James Henry 2010
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There was the good-tempered monk of the Carmine, Fra Filipo Lippi, the young Botticelli, and a youth just his own age whom they called Leonardo da Vinci, of whom it was whispered already that he would some day be the greatest master of the age.
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The film is just a treatment at the moment and is provisionally titled Leonardo da Vinci and the Soldiers of Forever, something I don't really see making the final cut for the film.
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When people describe someone who is good at lots of different things, they may say that person is “Leonardo-like,” referring to Leonardo da Vinci.
Now What? Nicholas Lore 2008
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When people describe someone who is good at lots of different things, they may say that person is “Leonardo-like,” referring to Leonardo da Vinci.
Now What? Nicholas Lore 2008
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Warner Bros. has picked up a treatment called Leonardo da Vinci and the Soldiers of Forever which takes the famed inventor and makes him the member of a secret society who gets into all kinds of trouble! re-imagines Da Vinci in "a supernatural adventure that pits the man against Biblical demons in a story involving secret codes, lost civilizations, hidden fortresses and fallen angels."
Celebrity gossip juicy celebrity rumors Hollywood gossip blog from Perez Hilton Perez Hilton 2010
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John Morton Lee even has some TB Hardy paintings for sale, including 'Château d'Amboise, Loire', famed for being the burial place of Leonardo da Vinci, which is featured in the book.
Art Knowledge News David Palmar 2009
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Many of the present-day artistic responses to the fundamental ethical questions associated with biotechnology build on past creative works - such as Leonardo da Vinci's portrayals of the human form and Dante's contemplations on the status of the human embryo.
Archive 2009-11-01 AGA 2009
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