Leonardo Da' Vinci: The True Renaissance Man

Leonardo da Vinci could really be categorized as a true renaissance man because of many reasons. Da Vinci was a genius in art, science, nature and technology, and with these talents he created great works that the world had never seen nor imagined of before. Throughout the course of his life Leonardo explored new ideas, created new inventions, taught and gave ideas to other people, and designed countless of buildings and machines. Leonardo Da Vinci pretty much gave a "rebirth" to all areas of the Renaissance: art, nature, science and technology.

Brunelleschi's Dome

One of the most important prompts to Filippo Brunelleschi's extraordinary success in building his dome was probably courage. To build the dome one would need to have tremendous courage because great skill, engineering and considerable risks had to be taken. To build the dome was to do something no one else had ever done before, and to redefine architecture and engineering of his days. Without this courage Brunelleschi would have never been able to even start thinking about accepting the task, let alone building it.

The actions and decisions of a person can greatly effect change, like in Brunelleschi's dome for example. If the magistrates had not allowed Brunelleschi to build the dome, or if Brunelleschi had never built it, Florence would not become as famous as it was, and architects and engineers today might still be working with the "basic" knowledge, and might not be able to progress further.

Where do new ideas come from?

I think new ideas come from past experiences. Theses experiences help you know more of the world, and it puts many new things in your head. So sometimes when I think of ideas, if they don't come to me naturally, I like to refer back to past experiences that I have had to find them. And lots of times, this is very useful.

My Favourite short story from our Unit.

In this short story unit we have read 3 stories: 1st is "The Sniper" by Liam O'Flaherty, then "Lamb to the Slaughter" by Roald Dahl, and finally "Thank You, Ma'am" by Langston Hughes. My favorite story out of the three would be "The Sniper", because I enjoy reading about wars and fast paced action stories, and "The Sniper" was best to my liking. Also, in this story the conflict was very tense, as there were many enemies to one sniper. Then, at the ending, the unexpected happen when the sniper had killed his own brother. I really like the way how the story ended quite sadly; it was very unique because most stories have a happy ending.