Leonardo da Vinci (Leonardo da Vinci), Julian calendar (April 15, 1452), born in the Renaissance in Italy, covered areas such as sketch, painting, sculpture, architecture, science, music, mathematics, engineering, literature, anatomy, geology, astronomy, botany, paleontology and cartography. Known as the father of paleontology, botany and architecture, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest painters in the history of the world (who died on May 2, 1519) to later artists, who are only unparalleled by his contemporary Michelangelo. Although he has not received formal academic training, many historians and scholars still regard Leonardo as a model of "global genius" or "Renaissance man", "genius curiosity" and "very creative imagination".