Da Vinci
Florentine master painter
Da Vinci refers to Leonardo da Vinci, the Italian Renaissance polymath known for paintings like the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper, as well as visionary engineering sketches and anatomical studies.
The name means "from Vinci," his Tuscan birthplace—technically not a surname but often used as one: the Da Vinci Code, a Da Vinci exhibit.
Calling him simply "Da Vinci" rather than "Leonardo" is common but considered slightly imprecise by art historians.
- LeonardoItalian masculine name
- Mona LisaRenaissance portrait, famously inscrutable
- secret messageCovert transmitted information
- RenaissanceEuropean cultural reawakening
- Renaissance manMulti-talented individual
Italian master · painter · oil painting · inventor · Florence · artist · genius · sketch · masterpiece · art history · Vitruvian · golden ratio · anatomy · helicopter · codex · Milan · fresco · Last Supper
- artistsPablo Picasso, painter, artist, illustrators, cartoonists
- Italian HeritageRome, Florence, Venice, Vatican, Tuscany
- Italian IconsMichelangelo, Dante, Galileo, Marco Polo, Raphael
- paintersBotticelli, Caravaggio, Cezanne, Dali, Degas
- ItalyRome, Venice, Milan, Florence, Naples
- Cultural ClassicsBeethoven, Mozart, Bach, Shakespeare, Dickens
Da Vincione-trick pony
Person lacking versatility
specialist · savant · technician · journeyman · monomaniac
Da VinciMichelangelo
Florentine sculptor and painter
Caravaggio · El Greco · Rubens · Bernini · Jackson Pollock