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*The illegitimate son of a notary in Vinci, 1452. No formal education. He speaks Latin poorly, scorns book learning, and calls himself omo sanza lettere —a man without letters. Yet his classroom is the world: flowing water, dissected wings, the curl of a woman’s hair.

*Florence, age 14. Apprentice to Verrocchio. He paints an angel so beautiful that his master, legend says, never paints again. Leonardo’s secret: observation so intense it becomes metamorphosis. He sees the skeleton beneath the skin, the physics in a splash, the geometry in a leaf. leonardo da vinciplein 60

In the blink of an eye, he remains unfinished—and therefore, immortal. *The illegitimate son of a notary in Vinci, 1452