Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture ProCon Money Videos
Renaissance man
Table of Contents
Introduction References & Edit History Quick Facts & Related Topics
Images & Videos
Leon Battista Alberti Leonardo da Vinci: self-portrait
Leonardo da Vinci: More than just an artist
Explore the life of Italian painter, architect, engineer, and humanist Leonardo da Vinci
Related Questions
Read Next
Aerial view of Florence (Firenze), Italy from the campanile of the Duomo, with the gigantic dome (designed by Filippo Brunelleschi) in the foreground. Unidentifiable tourists are visible on top of the dome, which provide a measure of the building s scale.
25 Famous Paintings to See the Next Time You’re in Florence
Leonardo da Vinci's Salvator Mundi on show at Christies' Kings Street, before it is offered at auction by Christie's New York
Why Is the Salvator Mundi Called the World’s Most Controversial Painting?
Plato (left) and Aristotle, detail from School of Athens, fresco by Raphael, 1508-11; in the Stanza della Segnatura, the Vatican. Plato points to the heavens and the realm of Forms, Aristotle to the earth and the realm of things.
Plato and Aristotle: How Do They Differ?
Sculpture of woman before restoration (left) and after restoration on the exterior of an office building in Palencia, Spain. (art restoration)
5 Art Restorations Gone Wrong
Aristotle (384-322 BC), Ancient Greek philosopher and scientist. One of the most influential philosophers in the history of Western thought, Aristotle established the foundations for the modern scientific method of enquiry. Statue
Philosophers to Know, Part I
Discover
Aphrodite. Greek mythology. Sculpture. Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love and beauty.
12 Greek Gods and Goddesses
Washington, D.C. locator map.
What State Is Washington, D.C. In?
Malayan Leaf Frog - Megophrys nasuta
9 Animals That Look Like Leaves
The Lost Colony of Roanoke, North Carolina, where 115 people mysteriously disappeared c. 1590. John White discovers the word Croatoan carved onto a tree upon his return to the deserted Roanoke Colony in 1590
The Lost Colony of Roanoke
United States elections portal page linking to each election interactive
A History of U.S. Presidential Elections in Maps
A tornado in rural Iowa sweeps dangerously near a farm. Weather storm
Why Does the United States Have More Tornadoes than Any Other Country?
Demystified - Do Lemmings Really Commit Mass Suicide? illustration
Do Lemmings Really Commit Mass Suicide?

Renaissance man: References & Edit History

Article Contributors

Primary Contributors

Other Encyclopedia Britannica Contributors

Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: Internet Archive - The Renaissance Philosophy Of Man. Dec 20, 2024
Add new Web site: Internet Archive - The Renaissance Philosophy Of Man. Sep 14, 2024
Add new Web site: HistoryWorld - Renaissance man: 15th - 16th century AD. Jul 15, 2020
Media added. Sep 28, 2017
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
View Changes:
Article History
Revised:
By: