In Milan, he designed an ingenious 32-mile waterway linking Milan and Lake Como. Leonardo produced several ambitious architectural designs.Gombrich put it, "the more one reads these pages, the less one can understand how one human being could have excelled in all these different fields of research and made important contributions to all of them". These contain scientific diagrams (predicting future inventions such as the parachute, the helicopter, and the military tank), anatomical and botanical sketches and drawings, and his philosophy on painting. Leonardo's intellectual curiosity and imagination produced many ideas and inventions that were described in his vast collection of notebooks.Sfumato achieved such realistic effects it contributed significantly to the birth of the era referred to now as the High Renaissance. The most influential of these was his signature sfumato effect in which he blended shades of color to blur - or to "smoke" - the outlines of figures, facial features, and objects. Leonardo surpassed the naturalistic techniques of Early Renaissance masters through his meticulous attention to detail and through the introduction of new methods.These priceless works are amongst the most known images of all time. He has gained world-wide fame for his enigmatic portrait, the Mona Lisa, the religious fresco, The Last Supper, and his Vitruvian Man, a mathematically precise anatomical drawing.
While his yearning for new knowledge that saw him excel in many fields within the humanities and sciences, Leonardo has achieved most acclaim as a painter.
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