Leonardo da Vinci
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Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci, April 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519) was an Italian polymath: scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, painter, sculptor, architect, musician, and writer.
He is best-known for his painting Mona Lisa and his drawing Vitruvian Man (c.1485).
His lesser-known works include several grotesques [1] and caricatures[2]. Notable works in this category are the creepy caves in Virgin of the Rocks and the vampiric "Portrait of Ginevra de Benci." He was a huge influence on Symbolism, Surrealism and more recent Fantastic Art.See the book Leonardo Da Vinci: The Divine and the Grotesque by Martin Clayton.
His "Leda and the Swan" is an Icon Of Erotic Art.
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