Everyone knows that Leonardo da Vinci (as much as he was spurned by Michelangelo as 'incapable of finishing anything') left a prodigious quantity of drawings, notes, plans and other works besides his handful of paintings.
But da Vinci died as a pensioner at the French court, not working as either artist or inventor, simply as a jewel in the French king's crown of patronage. He had been painter/artist to the duke of Milan, engineer to Cesare Borgia and inventor and thinker and part time musician in his own times. Amongst the drawings he left behind were the designs for (among others) a tank, a machine gun prototype, a parachute, a diving suit, a flying machine, as well as numerous notes on anatomy, geography, hydrography and optics.
What would the world have looked like if da Vinci had not been dismissed as a dreamer, and at least one or two of his inventions were built to his specifications?
Your thoughts and opinions are appreciated.
But da Vinci died as a pensioner at the French court, not working as either artist or inventor, simply as a jewel in the French king's crown of patronage. He had been painter/artist to the duke of Milan, engineer to Cesare Borgia and inventor and thinker and part time musician in his own times. Amongst the drawings he left behind were the designs for (among others) a tank, a machine gun prototype, a parachute, a diving suit, a flying machine, as well as numerous notes on anatomy, geography, hydrography and optics.
What would the world have looked like if da Vinci had not been dismissed as a dreamer, and at least one or two of his inventions were built to his specifications?
Your thoughts and opinions are appreciated.