Leonardo da Vinci was a universal genius

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• Leonardo da Vinci — Da Vinci redirects here. For other uses, see Da Vinci (disambiguation). Leonardo da Vinci Self portrait …   Wikipedia

• universal — universalness, n. /yooh neuh verr seuhl/, adj. 1. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of all or the whole: universal experience. 2. applicable everywhere or in all cases; general: a universal cure. 3. affecting, concerning, or involving all:… …   Universalium

• Liste des peintures de Léonard de Vinci — La statue de Léonard sur le Piazzale des Offices de Florence. Cette page liste les peintures de Léonard de Vinci (Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci …   Wikipédia en Français

• mural — /myoor euhl/, n. 1. a large picture painted or affixed directly on a wall or ceiling. 2. a greatly enlarged photograph attached directly to a wall. 3. a wallpaper pattern representing a landscape or the like, often with very widely spaced repeats …   Universalium

• Leone Battista Alberti — Childhood and educationAn Italian humanist, Alberti is often seen as a model of the Renaissance universal man. He was born in Genoa, one of two illegitimate sons of a wealthy Florentine merchant, Lorenzo Alberti. Leon s mother, Bianca Fieschi,… …   Wikipedia

• painting, Western — ▪ art Introduction       history of Western painting from its beginnings in prehistoric times to the present.       Painting, the execution of forms and shapes on a surface by means of pigment (but see also drawing for discussion of depictions in …   Universalium

• Martin Kemp (art historian) — Martin Kemp is Emeritus Research Professor in the History of Art at Oxford University. He has written and broadcast extensively on imagery in art and science from the Renaissance to the present day. He speaks on issues of visualisation and… …   Wikipedia

• Polymath — A polymath (Greek polymathēs , πολυμαθής, having learned much )The term was first recorded in written English in the early seventeenth century Cite web url=http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=polymath searchmode=none title=Online Etymology …   Wikipedia

• Europe, history of — Introduction       history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …   Universalium

• History of Physics —     History of Physics     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► History of Physics     The subject will be treated under the following heads: I. A Glance at Ancient Physics; II. Science and Early Christian Scholars; III. A Glance at Arabian Physics; IV.… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …   Universalium