Leonardo Di Vinci's Impact On The World

The first thing when discussing the greatest inventor is to remember that when we compare these two inventors to each other is that they were living in two totally different times. Not only in the time as we know it; aka years and centuries, but also in different times of thought and knowledge. Thru the paper I will be using just their last names as references as not to take up as much space and also to show how much these two inventors have had an effect on the world as we do not have to say there whole name but just there last (Edison) for Thomas Edison or as in Leonardo di Vinci we can use both (Leonardo) or (Di Vinci) and most people will know who we are speaking about and even give you examples of the impact their inventions on daily

The term “Renaissance Man” was coined solely to describe one man for there were no other words in the Latin world to describe what or who Leonard Di Vinci was. Leonardo was born on April 15th 1452 in Vinci a region of Florence. He was sent to an art education studio with the renowned Florence painter Verrocchio. During this time with Verrocchio (1466-1476) (5) Di Vinci was to study the arts and the processes that would make him one of the most famous painters in the history of our time. Leonardo was stated as being a slow learner and even made a very large mistake on a painting he released named “The virgin” where he painted the forearm way off from the torso. Even with this kind of mistake, which it might have been done on purpose as with most writings and paintings of Leonardo there is some secrecy or supposed hidden agenda, he made his way to being a master painter in January 1478. He then worked around Italy from Florence ending in Venice. In Venice is where most of this amazing inventor not just artist started to shine. He was under the service of Cesare Borgia the son of the then Pope Alexander VI when Leonardo could start using the all the drawings that he had in his workbook to be put to good use. Most of the drawings that Leonardo did where of inventions that couldn’t possibly be assembled at the point in time of history. (5) Many of those works you can see come to reality; helicopter, parachute, armored car, 33-Barreled organ (machine gun) Robotic Knight, Self-Propelled Cart, and Scuba gear.(6) To say that he was ahead of this time is a huge understatement. Only thru the productions of mass production of metals and carbon sheeting can any of these inventions exist. For Leonardo to have the forethought on any of these kinds of inventions in the late 1400 and early 1500’s is amazing. Leonardo’s workbook of inventions cannot be numbered for over time they were either destroyed