... they created a piece of exquisiteness or of grotesque works of art. Leonardo Da Vinci is perhaps the most recognised and applauded artist when studying the contrast between the beauty and grotesqueness the human body is able to offer. He was born April 15, 1452 in the small town of Vinci which is located near Florence Italy. He was said to be the son of a peasant woman and a wealthy Florentine notary. Sometime in the 1460's, his family moved to Florence - the artistic centre of Italy at the time - where he received one of the better educations available in the city. From 1516 to his death in 1519 he resided in France under the service of King Francis I spending his years at the Chateau de Cloux where he died on May 2, 1519. Da Vinci's grotesque Heads are numerous and certainly live up to their title. ...

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