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Leonardo da vinci was a famous artist and thinker. He created well-known paintings like the mona lisa and the last supper, and even had ideas for modern-day inventions like cars and contact lenses. Before he amazed the world with his creative mind, he was a bright kid who loved asking questions. As a teenager, he studied under an expert artist who taught him different ways to create, like painting and sculpting. Explore how leonardo went from being a thoughtful young boy to an artistic genius whose artwork still hangs in museums all over the world. In this book you are going to find: Leonardo's biography Leonardo's friends, family, enemies and his relationships with them Great persons in the history whom leonardo befriended Paintings and detailed explanations Inventions and detailed explanations with pictures Secrets, theories and surprises. Leonardo had some strange attributes: he was left-handed at a time when this was not widely accepted as appropriate, he was gay at a time when it was not only socially unacceptable but illegal, and he was a free thinker at a time when northern italian society was extremely stratified. We are about to embark on a journey through the known life and work of the world's greatest creative genius, examining many of the lesser known facts of his creative and personal life.

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