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Juicet t1_j5k83fg wrote

Reply to comment by Pfeffer_Prinz in TIL the first known résumé was written by Leonardo da Vinci, when applying to be a military engineer for the Duke of Milan. It's mainly just a list of his designs for siege weapons (including trebuchets). He briefly mentions his art: "In painting, I can do everything possible." He got the job. by Pfeffer_Prinz

A particularly baller resume. And with some baller lines - “ Likewise in painting, I can do everything possible as well as any other, whosoever he may be.”

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TheoremaEgregium t1_j5llpjf wrote

"Especially that bastard Michelangelo"

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badpeaches t1_j5m5h8m wrote

"I'll paint your church, gonna paint a bunch of dudes with they dicks out on the walls tho."

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RedJorgAncrath t1_j5m18g5 wrote

He doesn't even mention that other than Andreas Vesalius no one else knew jack shit about human anatomy and he's producing detailed drawings that were groundbreaking.

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KonkeyDongLick t1_j5nb2j6 wrote

It was highly illegal to dissect and examine the human body in Leonardo’s time. The body was thought to be sacred, and holy, and shall not be messed with. This thinking did not dissuade Leonardo and others to fully examine corpses hidden in the basement...

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