This covers Leonardo's entire life, from his illegitimate birth in Vinci to his death in France in 1519. Topics include:
- Growing up as a bastard son with no formal education
- The sodomy accusation in Florence that nearly killed him
- His famous letter to the Duke of Milan (where he lists military inventions and barely mentions painting)
- The Last Supper — and why it was already crumbling in his lifetime
- 7,000 pages of notebooks: flying machines, anatomy, submarines
- His rivalry with Michelangelo and the Battle of Anghiari disaster
- The Mona Lisa — carried for 16 years, never delivered
- His final years with Francis I in France
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by vifani