During the Renaissance, there were many famous artists and thinkers. Two of them were Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo. Their art has inspired many famous artists and is still admired. These two artists shared many similarities and differences such as their background, their style and their specialty. Leonardo da Vinci was born to a wealthy notary father and a peasant mother. He lived with his mother for his first five years, then went to live with his father and grandfather. His father had married a 16 year old girl who sadly died young and it was not until Leonardo was 16 that his father remarried. He received an informal education in Latin, geometry and mathematics. In 1466 he was the model for a master artist named Verrocchio. When Leonardo was 20, his father created a workshop for him and he was officially qualified as a master. Leonardo had his own unique style that many others followed. He believed that to paint objects or people, an artist must understand their structure and body. He was able to study things and understand them clearly. He ...