Leonardo da Vinci is generally recognised as one of the great figures of the Renaissance and one of the greatest ever polymaths.
As the world marks the 500th anniversary of his death, it’s important to look at some of the ways in which he showed that he was a thinker who was way ahead of his time, as well as being a painter, sculptor and engineer.
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