Leonardo da Vinci: The Renaissance Man

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Host - Simon Whistler
Author - Shannon Quinn
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[@TheCyberHawk1]

I love the fact that Leonardo just wanted to make dope ass weapons but the royals were like "make something pretty"

[@tomfisher9089]

No they were not LIKE anything. They SAID , Make something pretty. Do you LIKE get how to speak? And you' re LIKE, wow dude calm down LIKE Take a chill pill. Enjoy the false flag pandemic and you're LIKE , WTF???

[@heshamhanna5949]

@@tomfisher9089 is everything ok at home Tom?

[@SuperLumpyPumpkin]

@@tomfisher9089 Bro, ur like in need of a brain enema, my dude 🐱‍🐉🐱‍🐉🐱‍🐉

[@VikingCarpnter]

@@tomfisher9089 What did the bad man do to you Tom? You're safe, here...

[@Joeysaladslover]

Tom Fisher freak

[@barafow6810]

"Born a bastard died like a king " truly astounding to see what he has accomplished, very well said.

[@ignitionfrn2223]

Legend says he has been reincarnated into our Boy Simon : "Humanity , one channel at a time"

[@krumuvecis]

@@ignitionfrn2223 that's a false prophecy

[@randommf3549]

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[@archimidiz]

"..I also paint." -Leonardo Da Vinci

[@ballinbalgruuf8198]

The Duke: *R E A L S H I T ? !*

[@laos85]

Stop insulting the great man Leonardo Da Vinci. His an all in one genius and talent dummy.

[@MandyJMaddison]

@@ballinbalgruuf8198 So what he did for the Duke was mainly theatrical ephemera, of which nothing lasts to this day. It seems a pity that years of talent was spent on painted theatrical flats, and costumes

[@joongiefan]

Imagine Da Vinci being able to see the modern day versions of his ideas. OMG

[@matonmongo]

Fer sure, and first thing he'd probably do is show how they could be 'improved'.

[@dr.albekhan8640]

@@matonmongo Oww.... I loved your comment! 😍

[@akbarrmd7714]

Such beautiful and romantic possibility.

[@jeffreyfrost2840]

@@matonmongo km

[@jeffreyfrost2840]

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[@MarillSweatshirt]

Once again you forget to include how essential of a Ninja Turtle he was as a teenager.

[@Raul_Menendez]

The leader.

[@stephenvanburen1818]

Lol!

[@devoncleveland8071]

and how mutant

[@drunkensailor112]

😂😂

[@bearnunnemaker5453]

Took me a minute to figure that out. 🐯🐯😝😝🌈🌈

[@MidosujiSen]

"Bro just let me make the tank already ffs" -Leonardo Da Vinci, probably

[@MegaZz23]

Imagine watching da Vinci and Michelangelo fighting in the streets lmao worldstaaar

[@lucignolo8333]

Florence at that time was lit af

[@oscarrios5138]

da vinci was born 1452 and Michelangelo was born in 1475 so it wont me a fair fight

[@oscarrios5138]

maybe raphael would be a better fight

[@zt7441]

Michaelangelo would've clapped Leonardo. Leo is much older

[@robdiesel1579]

Leonardo was a hater

[@ShadyAli17]

you didn't talk about his friendship with the assassins and Ezio Auditure

[@AlbusDimpledore]

Could it be that Simon Whistler works for Absergo Industries?

[@ShadyAli17]

@@AlbusDimpledore oh yeah I think he does Good Point

[@DC-ru5xz]

YAS BOI

[@Majima23]

HP Fan knew someone was going to mention this 😂

[@Majima23]

HP Fan knew someone was going to mention this 😂

[@VHSNostalgiaSwe]

My man just wanted to make robots and tanks - but was forced to make paintings of old men

[@yankee2666]

Stupid comment.

[@evasbolci3005]

@@yankee2666 Ever heard of humour?

[@keylae7412]

Lmaooooo

[@yankee2666]

Stupid, inane comment.

[@ladistar]

Bahahahahahahaha so true

[@judastheman]

Two of the greatest artists to ever live were at each other's throats. Beautiful.

[@muhammadsaadmansoor7777]

who is the oher one? i didnt see the full video

[@judastheman]

@@muhammadsaadmansoor7777 Michaelangelo

[@bepinkfloyd814]

@@judastheman Michelangelo

[@judastheman]

@@bepinkfloyd814 ty

[@tannerwilson4843]

It’s a shame that Da Vinci and Michaelangelo hated each other. Imagine what they could have done together if they could get along.

[@sirdgar]

combine that with Filippo Brunelleschi and Niccolò Machiavelli....and you would have a wery potent quartet…...

[@ARedMagicMarker]

@Dalexis Peguero The more I learned about Michelangelo, the more I found that he is not a very likable person. Besides, I find Da Vinci's art to be much more pleasing to look at, and he's beyond a triple threat and an inventor to boot. Michelangelo was simply an illustrator for inventors.

[@ersturdevant2831]

Could've been the greatest gangsta rap duo....ever ......

[@crypto66]

It's still better than Leonardo's relationship with Raphael, they butt heads all the time.

[@MandyJMaddison]

Tanner Wlson, The notion that they "hated each other" is incorrect Leonardo was a tolerant man who found Michelangelo's aggressive nature hard to comprehend. If Michelangelo had been less difficult he could have availed himself of everything that Leonardo could teach him.

[@theroseexperience]

Arguably the most brilliant man who has ever lived. His genius spanned the sciences and the arts into even the unknown, unbelievable.

[@DubSalvation]

Not even close

[@tomscerbo1588]

Proud to be of Italian Ansestry!👌🛰️🚀🔭📡🇮🇹

[@tomscerbo1588]

This genious was in a league of his own! 👍

[@joshuacaithness678]

Could you imagine what he could accomplish if he were alive today?!

[@mickeytwoshoes2822]

Can’t dismiss Archimedes centuries before him

[@therealtea9374]

His studies of the human body were revolutionary and became the foundation of modern anatomy, and were used in medical textbooks for the next 500 years.

[@danapaul3216]

Michelangelo also dissected cadavers as part of his education of the human form.

[@maximusthegreatest]

Pretty sure his notebooks weren’t discovered for a while so I don’t think his anatomical studies contributed much to medicine

[@MandyJMaddison]

No. Unfortunately, they were not published, so were not used.

[@ignitionfrn2223]

1:00 - Chapter 1 - Early life 3:30 - Chapter 2 - The florence guild or artists 7:45 - Mid roll ads 9:05 - Chapter 3 - A new life in milan 13:10 - Chapter 4 - Homecoming 15:30 - Chapter 5 - Be careful for what you wish for 17:00 - Chapter 6 - Mona lisa 's smile

[@cherylabellar2311]

"Born a Bastard died like a King" Touche Simon.

[@phenixz1981]

I was always a fan of DaVinci's work. I even did my first biography paper about him which even included us writing like we were the person we were writing about, so I dressed up like him and did an oral presentation as DaVinci. Learning about him is what started my interest in the man. He still fascinates me to this day and its been over 30 years since I did that assignment lol.

[@igoroliveira9778]

Currently seeing this video bcs Im doing research for a similar assignment :D

[@DrDolan2000]

I did something like that, too, in 5th grade. However, it was on Thomas Edison instead of like Nikola Tesla. I forget why I ended up with Edison, but I will always regret not saying something

[@AvioftheSand]

He was so brilliant that many of his ideas would take hundreds of years to be accomplished by humanity. Such an amazing person.

[@nickseginowich1340]

Da Vinci wrote a lot of his journals in "mirror script" not because he wants to hide his ideas but because he was left handed and writing backwards (from right to left) allowed him to drag his hand along the page without smudging the writing.

[@chickydoe7728]

He did the first iron man prototype before the great grandfathers of Tony Stark cease to exist. What a legend!

[@redyokai3726]

Tony stark isn’t real

[@o_nigiri.mp4]

Makes me kinda angry how revolutionary he was, but was so unnoticed.

[@Casey_Truman]

JRR Tolkien was the same way. Shows you how crappy the public's judgment is.

[@curt3494]

Isn't it pronounced 'Vinchi', rather than 'Vinsi'?

[@Sun_Flower1]

Yes, VinCHi is correct.

[@curt3494]

@Simaka Wolf How is it possible to produce a biographical piece on arguably one of the greatest humans to have ever lived, and not know how to pronounce his name? Lol.

[@websta72]

first thing i thought when i started watching, C'mon Man!

[@pegasusted2504]

Well, I suppose it could be differently pronounced in different parts of the world dependant upon ones mode of speech? ;~) Also Simaka if you let that stop you watching this then that is both a shame and a bit odd, unless you are his direct relative, even then I don't think it would matter all that much :~) It was interesting stuff as always.

[@acetate909]

I bet you're super fun at parties. "Um, actually it's pronounced........."

[@ericwalden7947]

What if Simon knows how to pronounce everything correctly but doesn't because he just likes to make people mad? Love the video!

[@trouble5783]

This was written by Simons second account XD

[@jeffusher947]

About time. I Have been waiting on this video. Thanks!

[@darrylbutt2570]

Me too.

[@matthewpettipas8233]

Walter Isaacson's biography on Leonardo is fantastic, it's well written and jam packed with information. Great video!

[@madelcyfuentes6709]

Great video!! As an art student myself, I deeply enjoyed your take on Leonardo and Michelangelo. I encourage ypu to make more videos on the livs of famous artists. Since you´ve covered two from the Renaissance, maybe you could move onto the Baroque movement; perhaps Cravaggio or Gian Lorenzo Bernini...

[@lobster420x8]

I wish he would have gone through all the Mona Lisa theories because its one of his more mysterious works

[@rupertprawnworthy758]

Most of them are disgraceful rubbish and it would be a waste of everyone's time.

[@michaeladrian2210]

I favour this theory: The Mona Lisa is a study in how the human eye "sees"! Peripheral vs forward looking vision. When you look at the smile directly..it is smaller and contracted compared with viewing her smile with peripheral vision...as when you look upon the landscape in background but see smile from a sideway glance...it broadens widely as the multilayered darker shadowing in her right side was designed to do.

[@signalfire6]

It was his mother. He never quite got it right because he rarely saw her after he left her care at age 5.

[@brianlonjak9424]

I absolutely adore this channel!! I settle in for a vid, and 3 hours later I'm still working my way through back catalogue! Amazing work all.

[@sunesnigel]

This channel is amazing. This and Answers With Joe is probably my favourite on KZbin. I never skip the commercials.

[@lorabrowni9255]

I found this very interesting. I think somewhere along his journey, he knew that he would be remembered throughout time. The world didn't know back then.. but he knew.

[@mattmichaela]

He was not in over his head with the equestrian statue. He has designed ingenious equipment for achieving the casting. 500 years later replicas of the horse stand in Milan and in a park in the US. They are based on Leonardo’s drawings.

[@donnieg5191]

Thank you so much Simon, I've been asking for this one for awhile now.

[@arulsaotome5046]

Taking notes from this video, I find it very informative and helpful. Thanks for the explanation.

[@mammamiia08]

Truly a man from the future living in the past, imagine how frustated he must've been that the world seemed not able to keep up with him. I wonder what he would do if he had been born today.. I really liked how his father took care of him too despite being a bastard, he seemed to really care for him.

[@hazevthewolf178]

Great video. Could you possibly, please, please, do a video on Archimedes, the greatest mathematician of antiquity? As was Leonardo, Archimedes was millennia ahead of his time, a guy who nearly invented calculus in the sense that he used its methods without formally defining a theory way before Newton and Leibnitz came along. He also happens to be the first person ever to express numbers in base 10 which is a huge improvement over the clumsy methods of the ancients for expressing numbers.

[@Donald_Shaw]

Excellent video. Thanks so much for the research and hard work.

[@michaelbatts5655]

Another excellent presentation, Simon. Thank you.

[@bradgarner878]

Very informative, as usual. I noticed the sign off has changed from "every day of the week" to "several times a week". I don't blame you, hard to produce quality content on such a hectic schedule.

[@Locutus]

I don't think Biographics has been everyday. I think it's been 2-3x a week.

[@redtowergaming9087]

Assassins creed 2 was remarkably historically accurate apart from the assassin bit.

[@beemail6983]

A rubbish game made by ubiscam... Yeah. Real accurate

[@redtowergaming9087]

@@beemail6983 Well everyone has an opinion. If you play them they are known for their historical accuracy. Have you played them or are you jealous that you haven't. I'm not being an ass I'm just curious.

[@pacificblue5461]

Well, at least they got the Creed part right

[@valtontony826]

@@redtowergaming9087 Assassin's Creed is not historically accurate but some games were good

[@connieoglayon3421]

Assassin's Creed taught me History and English lol.

[@dankbudew4830]

it honestly comforts me hearing about these great artists back then were also plagued by anxiety and inferiority. Him feeling he wasn't as good as Michaelangelo hit close to home for me.

[@stephenlane9168]

Fantastic video Simon & team of a truly supremely talented legend, way ahead of his time. 👌👏

[@bradagee9041]

One of the details that made Da Vinci's apprentice work on the angel painting impressive was that he deliberately ignored the original sketch and created a design of his own. In particular, it was entirely his idea to depict the far left angel's halo as a three-dimensional disc positioned partially in front of the back of her head.

[@Major98]

Crazy that his journal on anatomy was found a 100 years after he wrote it and it was still beyond revolutionary

[@Sonny0276]

Great Video. Thank you for posting. This was informative and helpful.

[@shadypinesma8909]

EXCELLENT VIDEO! Definitely a bio done with great research and not copied from some history book or encyclopedia. Simon you sir, are the best! look forward to your videos, all the time. I put on a playlist while I'm, cooking, or doing dishes. I have learned so much from you. 😘😘😘😘

[@mattmichaela]

Not sure I agree. He can’t even say his name properly and the bit about the horse was way off.

[@heathersheldrick3833]

Da Vinssy? Medissy? First time I've ever heard anyone pronounce it like that!

[@krednevalga1686]

Lol I pronounced it Da Vinsi when I was 10

[@roberto-maddaloni]

It hurts every time

[@jeroenbraun9129]

I stopped watching after the first time he said Medissy

[@Nvdatan]

Arti maggiori was the worst one 😓

[@sylviasaxby5768]

It’s like when someone say “Wachingtong” (Washington)! 😵😂

[@imNotGivingMyNameToAComputer]

The curse of genius

[@yankee2666]

Since when?

[@thearabianmage]

All kinds of yes. Thank you Simon, you’re a legend.

[@jimhoulistonful]

Such a great video! Watched it three times in a row.

[@flamencoprof]

When I toured Italy back in '96, spotted Vinci on the map near Florence and went there. Tiny place, very modest home with very quiet museum with some models of his inventions. Surprisingly underwhelming, considering his fame.

[@winterramos4527]

Remember that Michaelangelo died poor...

[@kentajin7860]

@@winterramos4527 he was rich, but he always lived like a poor man!

[@herbtenderson7335]

Simon is my Dad. Shell told me its because of my smooth pumpkin head. Love you dad!

[@shirleyvz11]

Debunked. More like mango.

[@Biographics]

I did tell you that. Well done! -Shell

[@TheAkshay]

Can’t get enough of Leonardo Da Vinci videos!

[@maureenvincent4414]

HELLO MIKEY...NICE work on the bound slave...the small imperfections are wonderful:)

[@Janovjev]

I'd love to see a video on field-marshall Suvorov the unbeatable and last Knight of Europe

[@angelcollina]

Now I feel like I'm in good company... I have trouble finishing my projects too.

[@BlakeTimmonsArt]

I think it’s an artist conundrum at whole. If one of the best in western history didn’t, then the least we can do is be a bit less critical of ourselves and try to complete more of our projects in his memory lmao

[@VesaGuardian]

And again you and your team exceed my expectations. My most sincere thanks for your effort!

[@fangoram29]

Binging the content on this channel it's refreshing that a father of a famous person didn't abandon them.

[@jimmyfortef3674]

Great bio as usual, but it would've been great if you spent more time going into his inventions, notes and sketches

[@Cottontailart]

Da Vinci and stan lee are what inspired me to draw

[@brentgranger7856]

Thanks for doing one of my all-time favorite men in history! Other future episodes from around this time could include Ferdinand Magellan, Queen Elizabeth I, King Henry VIII, Galileo Galilei, Nicolaus Copernicus, William Shakespeare, the Medici family, and Francis Drake.

[@julemandenudengaver4580]

the most of the town of Vinci is a museum.. it's really nice to see and try some of the inventions

[@brandonh2065]

Da Vinki

[@arrow029]

He is genuinely the most intellegent man that walked the EARTH.

[@JaelaOrdo]

Awesome video about an amazing and talented man. Great job as always.

[@princetonnobelofficial4286]

Thanks for the video Simon

[@marcodaviderusso3557]

It’s freaking Vinchi!!! Damn....

[@afinoxi]

"Renaissance Man" Somebody make a movie with that title lmao 😂

[@shacoishere]

They made it in Thailand

[@pegasusted2504]

They did in 1994, Danny DeVito. :~)

[@victorhbarajas8685]

Great video Simon!

[@thealmightychozen5311]

Amazing. Truly a wonderful story

[@igb81]

I really like your videos, but the italian names are all misspronounced.

[@L33TZER]

Bruce I assume you’re Italian Bruce?

[@fishypaw]

@@sam-xw2vf Accent and pronunciation are not the same thing. It is ignorant, and borderline insulting, to not to attempt to pronounce things correctly.

[@akrobatish]

​@@gordonferrar7782 lmao

[@NRH111]

Almost like he doesnt speak italian lol

[@scottibee2167]

Mispronouncing names is Simon's thing. How do you not know that?

[@Jack-lm3hh]

Me, watching in 2020: Da Vinky?!?!

[@keningall5404]

Once again an excellent presentation Simon

[@MrPoupard]

Fascinating and compelling. Thank you.

[@sandymckenna9727]

I really love the fact that leonardo wrote most of his manuscripts in mirror writing 😌

[@michaelhawkins1528]

Hi Simon can you please made a video about Joan of Arc?

[@MusicaNota]

Yes, please please please!

[@philipcunningham4125]

Yes Oui Si

[@jeffmurphy8283]

He Has Already. 6-2319.

[@louise-yo7kz]

Great idea

[@BlackBeanChicken]

Could have mentioned the painting contest between Leonardo and Michelangelo at Palazzo Vecchio. Great video

[@bworl5]

I will try Brilliant one day, just not ey this point in time... I realised before that I had watched all but two of your videos (ever)! Keep up the amazing work my good friend :)

[@mariawhite7337]

I just had the thought, but with Da Vinci's history of not being able to focus on paintings, things, etc, and being kinda easily distracted. I think there is even proof of him possibly having ADHD, or ADD.

[@kikima258]

I've seen many documentaries about him it seems that he was a prefectionist

[@danapaul3216]

When you have such a brilliant mind that thinks of so many different areas of art, science, architecture and mechanical devices it was difficult to keep his mind quiet enough to finish things that in his own mind were already finished.

[@alexawriting1629]

I think he's one of the few historical figures who can be posthumously diagnosed accurately. He had textbook ADHD. I have ADHD-Primarily Inattentive (previously known as ADD), so I've gone on several research binges on this. His mentor actually said Da Vinci would be great if he would just focus on one thing (and this was when he was a kid), so he had symptoms from childhood, which is the key in distinguishing it from other disorders. He also had emotional dysregulation, which is considered a symptom, although it was ultimately not added to the DSM. I forgot why it wasn't. He was probably ADHD-PI, though he could be ADHD-Combined too. I wish his ADHD was mentioned more often because it seems to be an integral part of who he was. And ADHD kids do need to have ADHD successes to look up to. ADHD is MUCH more pervasive than people give it credit for. Like everything down to his imposter syndrome can be connected to ADHD. It was also what made him as great as he was, but there's no doubt he struggled with it too. ADHD is a total double-edged sword, and he is a fantastic example of that. Having a constant frustration about things never being done or perfect or brilliant or world-changing is extremely common in ADHD, including me. That similarity in Da Vinci is what convinces me to 100% he had it.

[@poolsclosed7757]

Please do Albert Einstein please please please please please PLEASE PLEASE

[@beemail6983]

I thought 4chinners hated Jews ?

[@9-11wasthecoolestthingever9]

Hello there anon

[@laos85]

Alber Einstein sucks anywhere. His just a nerd writing physics math on a paper and need school. Leonardo Da Vinci is light years away better.

[@StefanMedici]

The story I read when I was young said he wrote backwards in his notebooks as he found this the best way to write with his left hand, as he was ambidextrous, this allowed him to use both hands at the same time.

[@robinjohnson8149]

I grew up playing a Di Vinci accordion...it was the best around. In fact, my studio had a Di Vinci club that I belonged to.

[@ethanaleman]

One of my mortal heros.

[@mrs.josiemolitor2833]

Yess my favorite Renaissance crazy man!! :) Great inventor and painter!!!!

[@designertjp-utube]

Hi! Love this piece on Leonardo! Thought I was the only one who had a problem with *procrastination* .

[@IAmSweetPea]

Always great videos Shell but what’s up with the faint audio?! I had to max out the volume again.

[@jerrysmolkin9619]

YES!!!

[@TheLastProzacNation]

Vinsi and Medisi just ... *explodes* but you got Baroncelli right. Otherwise a great video

[@annamariatropea604]

fantastic video,you did a great job

[@aryiastark4698]

Thank you for doing this video .

[@keving.6851]

A man to look up to.

[@Fox1223]

Filósofo Pratão a man to have his name said properly

[@laos85]

His the definitive of genius. Art, engineer, thinker, writer, and imaginator. No celebrities are as awesome as he is.

[@mcfluffberry3170]

Da VINKI!

[@SkywalkerSamadhi]

The most complete human being that ever existed.. or at least that we know of. Shows the depth that humans are capable of. My favorite person ever!!!

[@cherrimullins9632]

Very interesting..had not known his story,how frustrating to not be in a time,when his plans could come to fruition.

[@happyg556]

Can you please do a biographic on Michael Collins?

[@michaeladrian2210]

The Valley of Flowers

[@keiranaaron1537]

When are you doing Yuri Gagarin??

[@Rolletti21]

I LOVE what you do, Simon! BRAVO DUDE! 💋

[@johnmccann8319]

Great info so well explained!💚

[@acetate909]

Is that fight between Leonardo and Michelangelo apocryphal or has it been substantiated? I've never heard that story before.

[@MandyJMaddison]

Evan Fields, The biographer Giorgio Varsari records that Michelangelo resented Leonardo and was very rude nd critical of him. It was essentially a one way thing, as Leonardo was a very gentle person who willingly shared his knowledge.

[@matthewkinney233]

I think you’re the only person ever to call him da Vinsy

[@rubini46]

500 years and loved more than ever. 💕

[@schristy3637]

Now do a Bio on the Medici. Love the vid. Please do a whole video on how the sponsors pay for your show and a lot of other KZbin shows.