Renaissance polymath (8)
I believe the answer is:
leonardo
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">renaissance polymath</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(Leonardo da Vinci)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for leonardo that I've seen before include "The Mona Lisa was painted by . . . . . . . . da Vinci" , "-- di Caprio, actor" , "- Da Vinci, Italian painter, engineer, sculptor" , "Da Vinci's name" , "Renaissance man" .)