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Leonardo da Vinci (麻豆社 ALBA)

A look at one of humanity鈥檚 innovative and astounding minds 鈥� belonging to 15th century Italian genius Leonardo da Vinci.

Eadailteach s脿r chomasach bhon ch貌igeamh linn deug le mac-meanmna iongantach agus inntinn innleachdail, chruthaich Leonardo Da Vinci cuid de na p矛osan ealain as motha air an robh daoine d猫idheil. Ach tha na bha e a鈥� d猫anamh uaireannan air fhaicinn fa leth bho na bha e a鈥� d猫anamh a thaobh saidheans agus innleadaireachd.
Bhon 脿m a rugadh e ri notaire agus mn脿-tuatha nach robh p貌sta gu preantasachd cuide ri neach-ce脿irde 脿 Florence, chun na l脿ithean mar ailtire armailteach, gu bhith cruthachadh cl脿ran-d霉thcha, ag obair na pheantair, agus a鈥� cruthachadh dealbhan-balla.

Dh鈥� fh脿g e d矛leab de dh鈥� obair ealain 脿lainn, agus cuideachd dealbhan den bhodhaig, rannsachadh air ge貌las agus uisge, agus obair dealbhachaidh airson uidheamachd cogaidh agus innealan itealaich, air a bheilear a鈥� meas innleachdail agus adhartach san l脿 an-diugh.

Tron pheantadh aige agus na m矛ltean de dhealbhan agus p矛osan sgr矛obhaidh, tha Leonardo da Vinci ag innse sgeulachd aon de na h-inntinnean as fe貌rachail agus as innleachdail a bh鈥� ann.

A 15th-century Italian genius of soaring imagination and profound intellect, Leonardo da Vinci created some of the most revered works of art of all time. But his artistic endeavours often seemed peripheral to his pursuits in science and engineering.

His birth was out of wedlock to a notary and a peasant woman, before an apprenticeship to a distinguished Florentine craftsman and progression to his days as a military architect, cartographer, painter and muralist for hire.

He left behind artistic works of staggering beauty, as well as detailed anatomical sketches, studies of geology, gravity and water, and designs for machines of war and flying contraptions that today are marveled at for their ingenuity and foresight.

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