The more the manuscripts of Leonardo are studied, the more one begins to see him not so much as a transcendent artist, but primarily as a man of science, whose skills and commissions as an artist and engineer enabled him to support his fascination with nature.

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "The more the manuscripts of Leonardo are studied, the more one begins to see him not so much as a transcendent artist, but primarily as a man of science, whose skills and commissions as an artist and engineer enabled him to support his fascination with nature." in the context of "Sherwin B. Nuland, Leonardo Da Vinci (2000), p. 10" to mean that wisdom is timeless.