Reflections on Leonardo da Vinci

Abstract

This articles raises some questions about the frequent practice of considering the artist outside of his own time. It looks at Leonardo and analyzes him as a representative of Florentine Renaissance culture-which he represented and of which he was a legitimate heir. The ultimate Renaissance Man. Leonardo's work was inbued with the most important characteristics of this artistic period while. at the same time, he added to it his own significant innovations.