LEONARDO DA VINCI: A GENIUS DESTINED TO BECOME A PART OF HISTORY

Abstract

The article is devoted to the multifaceted and controversial personality of Leonardo da Vinci. Special emphasis is placed on the inner qualities of the artist – expression, self-absorption, deep penetration into images. The legacy of the master of fine arts is so significant and diverse that some aspects of the literary observations of the writers presented in the article remain less studied. One of these aspects is the combination of perfection and incompleteness in genius, the divine and the diabolical. Most often, the main character of the artist is himself in his attitude to the realities of life. Embodying himself in the faces of those who pose for him, he approaches each image with a sense of worship. The images he created are full of power and movement. He is captivated by the work on the painting, which absorbed all his spiritual and physical strength. The artist’s canvases are born out of intuition, associations, premonitions. They record certain moments of life – moments of expectation of the upcoming and unknown, sadness, loneliness and emptiness.