He never stopped experimenting, which unfortunately doomed some of his paintings to premature decay due to unstable primers. According to legend he had such physical strength, could bend horseshoes with his hands, and it is well-known that he wrote his notebooks in script which was backwards. He was practical, and apparently charismatic, and brilliant enough to produce works beyond anything seen before. Da Vinci himself was a intellectual paradox: he exerted a curiosity about practical and mechanical things, how they worked, and his artistic thoughts derived from the practical. As Bach and Mozart produced the finest music in the styles of their times, Da Vinci was a member of secret orders, most notably the Priory of Sion, a secret fraternal organization founded in 1099. While we think that the Renaissance Era was a peaceful time of painting flowers, and a free atmosphere in which creative genius flourished, it was this period of time that brought turbulent years which gave birth to the rebirth of civilization. Born illegitimately in Tuscany in 1452, Leonardo da Vinci took advantage of his considerable artistic and mechanical talents to break free of class constraints and achieve lasting recognition. Leonardo Da Vinci the man, certainly fits our idea of a man of all seasons who lived by no code other than his own.
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