Leonardo da Vinci was born April 15, 1452 in the village of Vinci, near Ankiano. Separated from his mother Leonardo life trying to recreate her image in their masterpieces. It was an Italian artist painter, sculptor, architect, anatomist scholar, scientist, inventor, writer, one of the leading representatives of art of the High Renaissance, a vivid example of the "universal man". The following are examples of his paintings and drawings of some of the inventions!