Without a doubt, Leonardo had the inability to finish a piece of work; however, has anyone considered that because of his compulsive obsession with the universal system of proportion and seeing abstract form in everything that Leonardo could have had an attention deficit disorder.
Most
importantly, it was through his keen observation that Leonardo was known as a
genius well before his time and legendary through his remaining perceptive notebooks
and the famous half-smile known all over the world. One wonders, what other kinds of information
that Leonardo had written in his misplaced notebooks. In addition, Leonardo knew how to handle the
most intolerable people in power and with wealth through his use of riddles,
fables and theatre productions, therefore, helping him to utilize his time in
further observation and study.
As
for his preference for women or men, who cares, as it is hard to believe that
he had the time to invest in relationships considering his upbringing with two
mothers and a father that sent off to a studio to learn more about art? What is noteworthy is the work that Leonardo
accomplished in his lifetime in so many different fields, such as, the
military, engineering, art, architecture and a romanticized side to historical
Leonardo.
I think your commentary on Leonardo's sexual orientation is very interesting. His sexuality hardly seems to influnece his body of work. It is heard to argue that was machines can be a testiment to a lover of any gender. It seems to me that Leonardo was madly in love with nature, and the biology of people, as well as the entire order of the universe rather than placing his affections in one gender, let alone a single individual.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the comment above that I myself have not noticed any influences of his sexuality in his art, but I was wondering if you thought otherwise? Are there any pieces that you believe to be evidence that his sexuality was a influential factor in his art?
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comment, Mercedes. I feel that there is no evidence to Leonardo's sexuality other than his intimate relationship to his how, why, what, and where observations in the wonderful world in nature and the human body.
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