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1、LeonardodaVinciLeonardodaVinciwasoneofthegreatestcreativemindsoftheItalianRenaissance.Hewasnotonlyhugelyinfluentialasanartistandsculptorbutalsotalentedasanengineer,scientistandinventor.Hewaswidelyconsideredtobeoneofthegreatestpaintersofalltime.Hewasbornon15Ap
2、ril,1452nearthetownofVinciinFlorence.Inabout1483,hemovedtoMilantoworkasanengineer,sculptor,painterandarchitect.DaVinciremainedinMilanuntilthecitywasinvadedbytheFrenchin1499.HemayhavevisitedVenicebeforereturningtoFlorence.DuringhistimeinFlorence,hepaintedsever
3、alportraits(肖像画),buttheonlyonethatsurvivesisTheMonaLisa.ItisprimarilyasapainterthatLeonardowasandisrenowned.Twoofhisworks,theMonaLisaandTheLastSupperoccupyuniquepositionsasthemostfamous,mostreproducedandmostimitatedportraitandreligiouspaintingofalltime,theirf
4、ameapproachedonlybyMichelangelo'sCreationofAdam.Leonardo'sdrawingoftheVitruvianManisalsoiconic.Perhapsfifteenpaintingssurvive,thesmallnumberduetohisconstant,andfrequentlydisastrous,experimentationwithnewtechniques,andhischronicprocrastination.Neverthelessthes
5、efewworks,togetherwithhisnotebooks,whichcontaindrawings,scientificdiagrams,andhisthoughtsonthenatureofpainting,compriseanunmatchedcontributiontolatergenerationsofartists.Asanengineer,Leonardoconceivedideasvastlyaheadofhisowntime,conceptualisingahelicopter,ata
6、nk,concentratedsolarpower,acalculator,andthedoublehull,andoutliningarudimentarytheoryofplatetectonics.Relativelyfewofhisdesignswereconstructedorevenfeasibleduringhislifetime,butsomeofhissmallerinventionssuchasanautomatedbobbinwinderandamachinefortestingtheten
7、silestrengthofwireenteredtheworldofmanufacturingunheralded.Asascientist,hegreatlyadvancedthestateofknowledgeinthefieldsofanatomy,civilengineering,optics,andhydrodynamics.TheMonaLisawasoneofDaVinci’sfavouritepaintings,andhecarrieditwithhimuntilhedied.Today,iti
8、sregardedasthemostfamouspaintingintheworld,andisvisitedbymanythousandsofpeopleeveryyear.Thepainting,ahalflengthportrait,depictsawomanwithanexpressionoftendescribedasmysterious.Whoisthisfa
