Changes: Leonardo da Vinci

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Leonardo da Vinci was a Human scientist and artist in Florence, a city in northern Italy on Earth. Flint the immortal claimed that Leonardo was one of his identities. (TOS: "Requiem for Methuselah")

Living in the 15th and 16th centuries, he was considered a Renaissance man. Vasari thought he was an angel, but Freud thought he had a problem with his mother. His works included such paintings as "The Last Supper" and the "Mona Lisa".

A holographic simulation of Leonardo was among the historical personality profiles studied by The Doctor, in 2373, during his attempt to expand his personality subroutines. By 2377, The Doctor was declaring himself an expert on da Vinci among other Alpha Quadrant artists. (VOY: "Darkling", "Flesh and Blood")

Kathryn Janeway of the USS Voyager enjoyed visiting the holographic Leonardo on the holodeck. (VOY: "Scorpion", "The Raven", "Scientific Method", "Concerning Flight", "The Omega Directive") On the holodeck of the USS Cerritos, Ensigns D'Vana Tendi, Sam Rutherford and Beckett Mariner shot skeet with a similar holographic simulation of da Vinci. (LD: "Crisis Point")

In her later years as captain of the USS Voyager, Janeway kept a copy of Leonardo's famous self-portrait in red chalk in her ready room. (VOY: "Virtuoso", "The Haunting of Deck Twelve", "Unimatrix Zero", "Endgame")

According to Captain Janeway, James T. Kirk claimed to have met da Vinci, although the evidence was less than conclusive. (VOY: "Concerning Flight")

This apparent reference to Flint implies that Kirk disregarded Flint's request never to tell the Federation about his existence.

Apparently named after him were the Class F shuttlecraft da Vinci, and Da Vinci Falls on Blue Horizon. (TOS-R: "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield"; DS9: "Second Sight")

Works of art by da Vinci

Additionally, an excerpt from the Codex Atlanticus showing wings for flight can be seen in the Enterprise opening credits, and his plan of Imola was reused as a plan the Leonardo hologram drew of a city Tau controlled in "Concerning Flight".

Previous aliases of Flint

Akharin • Methuselah • Solomon • Alexander the Great • Lazarus • Merlin • Leonardo da Vinci • Johannes Brahms • Abramson • Brack

Background information

da Vinci's actual birth and death years, 1452 and 1519, were noted in the Star Trek Encyclopedia (4th ed., vol. 1, p. 176).

Frequently in Star Trek: Voyager and elsewhere, characters such as Captain Janeway refer to Leonardo da Vinci as simply "da Vinci". This is an inaccuracy, because "da Vinci" is not a surname at all; it simply means "of Vinci" or "from Vinci" (Leonardo's home town) and refers only to where Leonardo was from. As Leonardo was never known to have used a surname in the modern sense, only "Leonardo da Vinci" or "Leonardo" are the correct names to use for him.

In an unused story draft that was named Star Trek: Renaissance and was penned during the writing of Star Trek: First Contact, Leonardo da Vinci signed Data on as his apprentice. (Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion (3rd ed., p. 322)) The revered inventor eventually became friends with Data, a relationship that resulted in Leonardo arriving at one of his great insights, then adding a drawing of the android to his notebooks. (Star Trek: First Contact, hardback ed., p. 255)

Apocrypha

In Pocket Books' series of Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers novels, the hero starship, the Saber-class USS da Vinci, was named for Leonardo.

External links

Leonardo da Vinci at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
Leonardo da Vinci at Wikipedia

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-[[File:Leonardo daVinci.jpg|thumb|Leonardo da Vinci]]
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-'''Leonardo da Vinci''' was a [[scientist]] and [[artist]] in [[Italy]], on [[Earth]]'s continent of [[Europe]], living in the [[15th century|15th]] and [[16th century|16th centuries]]. Among other works, he painted "[[The Last Supper]]" and the "[[Mona Lisa]]".
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+|status           = Exposed
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+|identity         = [[Flint]]
+|ispecies         = Human
+|actor            = [[James Daly]]
+}}
+'''Leonardo da Vinci''' was a [[Human]] [[scientist]] and [[artist]] in [[Florence]], a city in northern [[Italy]] on [[Earth]]. [[Flint]] the immortal claimed that Leonardo was one of his identities. ({{TOS|Requiem for Methuselah}})
+Living in the [[15th century|15th]] and [[16th century|16th centuries]], he was considered a [[Renaissance man]]. [[Giorgio Vasari|Vasari]] thought he was an [[angel]], but [[Sigmund Freud|Freud]] thought he had a problem with his mother. His works included such paintings as "[[The Last Supper]]" and the "[[Mona Lisa]]".
-In [[2269]], [[Flint]] the immortal claimed that Leonardo was one of his identities. ({{TOS|Requiem for Methuselah}})
+A {{dis|Leonardo da Vinci|hologram|holographic simulation of Leonardo}} was among the historical personality profiles studied by [[The Doctor]], in [[2373]], during his attempt to expand his personality subroutines. By [[2377]], The Doctor was declaring himself an expert on da Vinci among other [[Alpha Quadrant]] artists. ({{VOY|Darkling|Flesh and Blood}})
-[[Starbase 4]] possessed a [[Class F shuttlecraft]] named the ''[[da Vinci]]''. ({{TOS|Let That Be Your Last Battlefield}} ''remastered'')
+[[Kathryn Janeway]] of the {{USS|Voyager}} enjoyed visiting the holographic Leonardo on the [[holodeck]]. ({{VOY|Scorpion|The Raven|Scientific Method|Concerning Flight|The Omega Directive}}) On the holodeck of the {{USS|Cerritos}}, [[Ensign]]s [[D'Vana Tendi]], [[Sam Rutherford]] and [[Beckett Mariner]] [[skeet shooting|shot skeet]] with a similar holographic simulation of da Vinci. ({{LD|Crisis Point}})
-[[Blue Horizon]]'s [[Da Vinci Falls]] are named after him. ({{DS9|Second Sight}})
+In her later years as [[captain]] of the USS ''Voyager'', Janeway kept a copy of Leonardo's famous self-portrait in red chalk in her [[ready room]]. ({{VOY|Virtuoso|The Haunting of Deck Twelve|Unimatrix Zero|Endgame}})
-A [[hologram|holographic simulation]] of Leonardo was among the historical personality profiles studied by [[The Doctor]], in [[2373]], during his attempt to expand his personality subroutines. By [[2377]], The Doctor was declaring himself an expert on da Vinci amongst other [[Alpha Quadrant]] artists. ({{VOY|Darkling|Flesh and Blood}})
+According to Captain Janeway, [[James T. Kirk]] claimed to have met da Vinci, although the evidence was less than conclusive. ({{VOY|Concerning Flight}})
-[[Kathryn Janeway]] of the {{USS|Voyager}} enjoyed visiting Leonardo on the [[holodeck]]. He became an adviser to her, along with providing a haven during times of stress. Leonardo and Janeway unsuccessfully attempted to fly in a glider they constructed which sent them crashing into a river. This led to Leonardo having a crisis of purpose and leaving many of his works unfinished.
+{{bginfo|This apparent reference to Flint implies that Kirk disregarded Flint's request never to tell the Federation about his existence.}}
+Apparently named after him were the [[Class F shuttlecraft]] ''[[da Vinci]]'', and [[Da Vinci Falls]] on [[Blue Horizon]]. ({{TOS-R|Let That Be Your Last Battlefield}}; {{DS9|Second Sight}})
-Once when ''Voyager'' was attacked by pirates who used a high-energy transporter beam to steal items of technological value, Leonardo's program was also stolen. He was used by the leader of the pirates, [[Tau (pirate)|Tau]], to develop new weapons which Tau sold to the highest bidder. Janeway and [[Tuvok]] tracked him and the rest of the stolen goods to a province controlled by Tau. He believed that he was in America and told Janeway that his patron was prince of this land. Leonardo was enjoying his new adventure because of the new inventions he was creating, but agreed to return to "Europe" when reminded by Janeway that his presence there is important and that she needs his help. Tau captured Janeway and drew a weapon on her. Leonardo came to her defense and knocked out Tau, then he and Janeway escaped successfully flying his glider through the air escaping until ''Voyager'' got in range and beamed them and the glider into Cargo Bay 1 before jumping to warp. ({{VOY|Scorpion|The Raven|Scientific Method|Concerning Flight|The Omega Directive}})
+== Works of art by da Vinci ==
-In her later years as [[captain]] of the USS ''Voyager'', Janeway kept a copy of Leonardo's famous self-portrait in red chalk in her [[ready room]]. ({{VOY|Virtuoso|The Haunting of Deck Twelve|Unimatrix Zero|Endgame}})
+* ''[[Adoration of the Magi]]''
+* ''[[Annunciation]]''
-According to Captain Janeway [[James T. Kirk]] claimed to have met da Vinci. ({{VOY|Concerning Flight}})  This simultaneously implies a reference to Flint and that James Kirk disregarded Flint's request never to tell the Federation about his existence. ({{TOS|Requiem for Methuselah}})
+* ''[[The Battle of Anghiari]]''
-[[File:Leonardo portrait.jpg|thumb|Leonardo da Vinci's self-portrait]]
+* ''[[Ginevra de' Benci]]''
+* ''[[Lady with an Ermine]]''
-== Works of art by Leonardo da Vinci ==
-* [[Adoration of the Magi]]
+* ''[[The Last Supper]]''
-* [[Annunciation]]
+* ''[[Leda and the Swan]]''
+* ''[[Madonna Litta]]'' {{stala|10034}}
-* [[The Battle of Anghiari]]
-* [[Ginevra de' Benci]]
+* ''[[Mona Lisa]]''
-* [[Lady with an Ermine]]
+* ''[[The Virgin and Child with St. Anne]]''
+* ''[[St. John the Baptist (painting)|St. John the Baptist]]''
-* [[The Last Supper]]
+* ''[[Vitruvian Man]]''
-* [[Madonna Litta]] {{stala|10034}}
+{{bginfo|Additionally, an excerpt from the {{w|Codex Atlanticus}} showing wings for flight can be seen in the ''Enterprise'' opening credits, and his plan of {{w|Imola}} was reused as a plan the Leonardo hologram drew of a city {{dis|Tau|pirate}} controlled in {{e|Concerning Flight}}.}}
-* [[Mona Lisa]]
-* [[The Virgin and Child with St. Anne]]
-* [[St. John the Baptist (painting)|St. John the Baptist]]
-* [[Vitruvian Man]]
-* [[Leda and the Swan]]
-{{bginfo|Additionally, an excerpt from the {{w|Codex Atlanticus}} showing wings for flight can be seen in the ''Enterprise'' opening credits.}}
 {{Aliases of Flint}}
-== Background ==
+== Background information ==
+da Vinci's actual birth and death years, [[15th century|1452]] and [[16th century|1519]], were noted in the {{ste|4|1|176}}.
-Leonardo da Vinci was played by actor [[John Rhys-Davies]]. Frequently in ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'', characters such as Captain Janeway refer to Leonardo da Vinci as simply "da Vinci". This is an inaccuracy, because "da Vinci" is not a surname at all but simply means "of Vinci" (Leonardo's home town), and therefore is an incorrect use of his name, with Leonardo or Leonardo da Vinci being the correct names to use.
+Frequently in {{s|VOY}} and elsewhere, characters such as Captain Janeway refer to Leonardo da Vinci as simply "da Vinci". This is an inaccuracy, because "da Vinci" is not a surname at all; it simply means "of Vinci" or "from Vinci" (Leonardo's home town) and refers only to where Leonardo was from. As Leonardo was never known to have used a surname in the modern sense, only "Leonardo da Vinci" or "Leonardo" are the correct names to use for him.
-In an unused story draft that was named ''Star Trek: Renaissance'' and was penned during the writing of {{film|8}}, Leonardo da Vinci signed [[Data]] on as his apprentice. (''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion]]'', 3rd ed., p. 322) The revered inventor eventually became friends with Data, a relationship that resulted in Leonardo arriving at one of his great insights, then adding a drawing of the [[android]] to his notebooks. (''{{dis|Star Trek: First Contact|novel}}'', hardback ed., p. 255)
+In an unused story draft that was named ''Star Trek: Renaissance'' and was penned during the writing of {{film|8}}, Leonardo da Vinci signed [[Data]] on as his apprentice. ({{tngc|3|322}}) The revered inventor eventually became friends with Data, a relationship that resulted in Leonardo arriving at one of his great insights, then adding a drawing of the [[android]] to his notebooks. (''{{dis|Star Trek: First Contact|novel}}'', hardback ed., p. 255)
-The script of {{e|Scorpion}} includes a short [[deleted scene]] in which Janeway refers to the holoprogram depicting Leonardo da Vinci and his workshop as "Janeway seven".
+=== Apocrypha ===
-A [http://startrekpropcollector.com/trekauctions/search?t=Leonardo&st=1&sd=1&sc=1&sp=1&sch=1&se=1&ss=1&so=1 number of items] located in Leonardo da Vinci's workshop were put up for auction in the [[It's A Wrap! sale and auction|''It's A Wrap!'' sale and auction]].
+In [[Pocket Books]]' series of ''[[Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers]]'' [[novels]], the hero [[starship]], the {{class|Saber}} USS ''da Vinci'', was named for Leonardo.
+=== External links ===
-In [[Pocket Books]]' series of ''[[Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers]]'' [[novels]], the hero [[starship]], the {{ShipClass|Saber}} USS ''da Vinci'', was named for Leonardo.
+* {{mbeta}}
-== External links ==
-* {{NCwiki}}
 * {{wikipedia}}
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