Renaissance - Leonardo da Vinci

     I, Leonardo da Vinci, am an Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, cartographer, geologist, botanist, and also a writer. I have achieved many things in my lifetime, and as you can see, I am a diversely talented man.
     My father, Piero da Vinci, was a notary and my mother, Caterina, was simply a peasant woman. I was born out of wedlock, at Vinci, Italy in the region of Florence. I was born on the 15th of April in 1452. I never remember seeing my mother often.
     When I was at a very young age, I lived with my grandparents but then after some time, my father took me into his home. I was raised and educated in his house. You could say I was a child prodigy, because even at a young age I showed extraordinary talent, or so my father said. I was always sketching plants and animals. In my childhood, I learned to play the lyre and I loved to sing.
     My most famous artworks were each paintings - "Mona Lisa" and "The Last Supper". But painting was not my only talent. I had many engineering ideas, and images of a flying machine. Unfortunately, I never ha the opportunity to complete my inventions.
     I passed away at the age of 67 on the 2nd of May in 1519.