Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Picasso, Rembrandt — the artists whose work redefined what it meant to see.
60 GeniusesArt is the oldest form of intelligence: a way of compressing meaning into a visible surface. The artists on this list pushed that compression to its limit.
Da Vinci painted the most famous portrait in history while also designing flying machines. Michelangelo carved David from a block other sculptors had given up on. Picasso reinvented form at age 26 and never stopped.
Leonardo da Vinci is the most common answer. His Mona Lisa and The Last Supper are the two most-recognized paintings in history, and he was also a brilliant scientist and inventor.
Leonardo da Vinci, with estimates around 200, is the most common answer.
Roughly 4 years (1508–1512), painted while lying on his back on scaffolding. He was 33 when he started.
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