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Leonardo da Vinci's creative process
How to approach problem-solving like da Vinci
The importance of curiosity and observation
The defining trait of Leonardo’s genius
To be creative, you must be interested in many fields rather than be a specialist.
Leonardo da Vinci was interested in everything in the universe, including how we fit into it. He tried to answer questions such as, Why do people yawn? Why is the sky blue?
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Leonardo da Vinci was interested in everything
Leonardo da Vinci was a genius in how he combined science and art to create his works.
His work includes iconic paintings of the Mona Lisa and The last supper, designs for flying machines and ground-breaking studies on optics and perspective.
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Natural elements that most fascinated Leonardo
Leonardo was self-taught. He didn’t go to school because he was born out of wedlock.
- He loved the flow of the streams that went into the Arno River. So he studied them and continued until his deathbed to draw the spiral forms to figure out the math behind them.
- He noticed ho...
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Where the “Mona Lisa” fit into Leonardo’s life and work
The Mona Lisa smile has managed to bewitch us for 500 years. It is the culmination of a lifetime spent studying art, science and optics.
Leonardo's notebook shows his dissecting the human face to understand how every muscle and nerve touched the lips. He dissected the human eye on cadavers ...
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The Last Supper is the most spell-binding narrative painting in history
The Duke of Milan asked Leonardo to paint The Last Supper on the wall of a dining hall of a monastery.
Leonardo doesn’t just capture a moment but captures a dramatic narrative. At first, you see Christ's hand, then, as you move up, you stare at his face as he is saying, “On...
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Leonardo wasn't known as a painter
Leonardo considered himself an engineer and architect, which he did with great passion. But his first job was as a theatrical producer.
Here, he learned how to do tricks with perspective. The stage in a theatre recedes faster and looks deeper than it is. Even a table onstage would be tilted...
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Embrace your childlike wonder
he was interested in EVERYTHING. Curious about all kinds of topics, he continued to ask questions like children of today do (why is the sky blue for example, one he answered in his journals) until his death. He even had long to-do lists filled with odd questions.
He dissected animals and pe...
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