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Giants of History presents Leonardo you for joining us. I have always been impressed with the urgency of doing.

Knowing is not enough, we must apply.

Being willing is not enough. We must do.

Leonardo da Vinci.

I'd like to take this opportunity to straighten out the order of the Renaissance heavy hitter lineup.

Now I've got numerous emails in regards to this topic,

so I thought I'd kick off this episode

with some miscellaneous information that it seems a good amount of listeners are keen to know.

The clarification is as follows.

Donatello came first. Arguably one of the greatest sculptors of all time.

Donatello was born in Florence in 1386 and he died in Florence in 1466 at the ripe old age of 80.

Leonardo came next, born in 1452 in Florence as most of you who have been following this specific series already know.

Leonardo would have been 14 years old when Donatello died, so it is unlikely that the two ever met.

Although it is possible, given that Leonardo would have been in Florence at the same time

Donatello was there.

Leonardo began his apprenticeship in Florence when he was 13 years old. Donatello died in Florence just a year later.

It's quite possible that Leonardo would have attended the funeral or at least the grave of

Donatello at some point as he is buried in the Basilica of San Lorenzo right next to

Casimo Dimadichi, whose tomb, if you'll remember, was the work of none other than Leonardo's

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