Leonardo
[,liə'nɑrdo]
Definition
(noun.) Italian painter and sculptor and engineer and scientist and architect; the most versatile genius of the Italian Renaissance (1452-1519).
Edited by Denny--From WordNet
Examples
- Cardan Ramelli and Leonardo da Vinci, learned Italians, and the accomplished Prof. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- In this same library we saw some drawings by Michael Angelo (these Italians call him Mickel Angelo,) and Leonardo da Vinci. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The grim Leonardo sate in state at the head of his council board. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- God 'a mercy, the cruel Leonardo lords it in the castle. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- We pass over Leonardo da Vinci and many others in Italy and elsewhere, whose names should be mentioned if we were tracing this method to its origin. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- He was the artist turned inventor, as many another has done, and if he was not as great an artist as Leonardo da Vinci neither was Leonardo as great an inventor as Robert Fulton. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- This amazing man was of the quality of Leonardo da Vinci (also an Italian) or Newton. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Leonardo da Vinci invented an early tank, but what military expert has ever had the wits to study Leonardo? H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Word was brought to Count Leonardo that a company of mountebanks besought his hospitality. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Of the scientific speculation of Leonardo we have already had occasion to speak. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- San Paolo be my witness that did ye but find the stout Count Leonardo in his cups, sheer from the castle's topmost battlements would he hurl ye all! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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