How does Giorgio Vasari praise Leonardo da Vinci? Use examples from the excerpt as support.

Answer: The answer is:

Da Vinci was the Ultimate "Renaissance Man" because he was intellectually curious about many different subjects.

Explanation:

Giorgio Vasari was an Italian painter, architect, writer and historian. He does describe him with lots of respect and holds him to high standards. Leonardo is definitely a "Renaissance Man" because he has so many talents and he is good at all of them

He tells about the many talents of Leonardo. He talks about his plans to remove mountains or go through them using levers, cranes, and screws.

"This work has been a veritable beacon to our art, illuminating all painting and the world which had remained in darkness for so any centuries."

" In another part he did God dividing the waters from the land, marvelous figures showing the highest intellect and worthy of being made by the divine hand of Michelangelo".

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