The Renaissance was all about 'rebirth' and rediscovery. People at that time were finding lost knowledge from the Ancient Roman and Greek empires. They were inspired by them and started to question what they had learnt previously. Instead of reading from ancient books, people started to experiment themselves and Leonardo Da Vinci was no exception. Da Vinci wanted to go beyond what other people had, and he based all his findings on his experiments and observations. He always carried a notebook with him to jot down his ideas and drawings, which were exceptionally precise, detailed, and to scale. Leonardo was curious of everything and was always either painting, sculpting, studying science, singing and playing instruments, or inventing. One of his favorite hobbies was studying the flight of birds. He loved and researched aerodynamics and even drew some amazing machines which would allow a human to fly. Leonardo thought ahead more than anyone else in his time and because of this he was the first person to ever think of a tank, hot air balloon, helicopter, and many other inventions that weren't made until much later on. This undeniably shows that Leonardo Da Vinci was a true Renaissance man.
