Western Civilization I / Unit 13 WC1 1225 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Leonardo: Vanishing Point and Dissection
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The idea
Leonardo, fourteen fifty-two to fifteen nineteen, painter and engineer, built The Last Supper around a vanishing point and drew dissected criminals precisely. His machines and anatomy stayed unpublished, so his own age knew him as a painter.
In practice
Chief painter and engineer to the French king at the end.
Where people slip
Inventor and anatomist are later titles. Attribute the fame.
Your place on the trail
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