Da Vinci, a man born in 1452 in Vinci, Italy, was a famous Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, architect, engineer, mathematician, inventor, anatomist, and writer who passed away on May 2, 1519, in Amboise, France. Because of his accomplishments in different areas such as painting, sculpture, architecture, engineering, mathematics, anatomy, and writing, he became one of the most famous and representative people in the Renaissance.