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Breve biografia di Leonardo da Vinci

A Short Biography of Leonardo da Vinci

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Corrado Corrado Standaard
Andy

Andy

Italian mature, expressive speaker with warm tones and shades

Standard accent
Corrado

Corrado

Warm middle-aged voice

Standaard accent

Manuela

Manuela

Warm, clear and versatile Italian voice

Standard accent
Giancarlo

Giancarlo

Italian middle aged, warm voice

Standard accent
Violetta

Violetta

A warm, clear, and engaging voice with a smooth, natural tone

Standard accent
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Leonardo he has created this effect __________ of colour.
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another assistant he was Salaì, a young man who often caused problems but who has ______ with him for years.
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This habit of asking questions it has turned a boy from Vinci into one of the people __________ in history.
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In his final years, Leonardo he has _________ to work on his notes and projects.
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Thanks to the contacts of his father, Leonardo he has entered into the workshop of Andrea del Verrocchio, one of the artists most important __________
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At first Leonardo he has been buried in a church, but later __________ it has been destroyed.
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He has also studied __________ the shadows, the plants, the clothes and the human body.
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__________ he has created also some of his best maps.
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For this reason, the doctors of his time they have not been able to use much his work __________
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He knew Latin and Greek less well than many educated men __________
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Others they look a little __________ or like a modern helicopter.
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________ the experiment it has failed, but even today the scene it impresses greatly people.
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So __________ it has been lost.
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_____ his public work at court, Leonardo he returned often to his private notebooks.
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Some drawings they show ________ who moves large wings with their arms and their legs.
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