Genius?

Do you think Leonardo deserved the title "Genius"?

Leonardo da Vinci made huge contributions to the Renaissance; however, he did not deserve the title "genius."  Art during the Middle Ages was two-dimensional and flat; it had no depth and didn't really have life-like qualities.  Da Vinci changed this perspective, for he transformed art into three dimensional work.  Da Vinci gave art more depth and realistic qualities.  His contribution to art during the Renaissance greatly affected art that is created today.   Leonardo was a perfectionist, not a genius.  "It is clear that Leonardo, through his comprehension of art, began many things and never finished one of them, since it seemed to him that the hand was not able to attain to the perfection of art in carrying out the things which he imagined; for the reason that he conceived in idea difficulties so subtle and so marvellous, that they could never be expressed by the hands, be they ever so excellent" (Medieval Sourcebook).


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"Medieval Sourcebook: Giorgio Vasari: Life of Leonardo Da Vinci 1550." FORDHAM.EDU. Web. 12 May 2010. <http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/vasari1.html>.