You really should use the name Leonardo. DaVinci is the town where he was born. He was always known as Leonardo, not DaVinci. I’m not being snarky just being accurate. Dan Brown has a lot to answer for.
I’m lazy. Too much to type in my smart phone. :) sorry.
Ya. I wrote a paper on him in college. I was introduced to him through my interest in science and engineering. His perception of the world was incredible and his attention to detail was acute. It is clear that he had a fascination with the world, too.
Probably why I don’t like Picasso and other abstract artists. I look for perfection and beauty and abstract art is, well, subjective. I guess it might be like a gestalt and it is supposed to trigger some imperceptible part of the brain. But it doesn’t work for me.