
Leonardo da Vinci - Deisciobal an Eòlais/The Disciple of Experience
A look at one of humanity’s innovative and astounding minds – belonging to 15th century Italian genius Leonardo da Vinci.
Eadailteach sà r chomasach bhon chòigeamh linn deug le mac-meanmna iongantach agus inntinn innleachdail, chruthaich Leonardo Da Vinci cuid de na pìosan ealain as motha air an robh daoine dèidheil. Ach tha na bha e a’ dèanamh uaireannan air fhaicinn fa leth bho na bha e a’ dèanamh a thaobh saidheans agus innleadaireachd.
Bhon à m a rugadh e ri notaire agus mnà -tuatha nach robh pòsta gu preantasachd cuide ri neach-ceà irde à Florence, chun na là ithean mar ailtire armailteach, gu bhith cruthachadh clà ran-dùthcha, ag obair na pheantair, agus a’ cruthachadh dealbhan-balla.
Dh’ fhà g e dìleab de dh’ obair ealain à lainn, agus cuideachd dealbhan den bhodhaig, rannsachadh air geòlas agus uisge, agus obair dealbhachaidh airson uidheamachd cogaidh agus innealan itealaich, air a bheilear a’ meas innleachdail agus adhartach san là an-diugh.
Tron pheantadh aige agus na mìltean de dhealbhan agus pìosan sgrìobhaidh, tha Leonardo da Vinci ag innse sgeulachd aon de na h-inntinnean as feòrachail agus as innleachdail a bh’ 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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