English Learning for Curious Minds #100: Leonardo Da Vinci
He has been called 'the most relentlessly curious man in history', and was the quintessential Renaissance man.
Learn all about the fantastic life of the genius after whom Leonardo English is named, from his talents as an artist to his skills as an engineer, and get inspired by his insatiable curiosity about how the world works.
- His early life in Vinci
- Apprenticeship in Verrocchio's workshop
- Keeping notebooks
- "The most relentlessly curious man in history"
- How everything in the world is connected
- Writing a letter to the Duke of Milan
- Painting The Last Supper
- Later life & moving to France
- Leonardo Da Vinci as a misfit in Florentine society: illegitimate, left-handed, uninterested in fame, homosexual, vegetarian
- Love for animals
- Work as an anatomist
- Work as an engineer
- The Mona Lisa
- "I haven't achieved enough"
Full interactive transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/leonardo-da-vinci
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** More about Leonardo English and the English for Curious Minds podcast **
Learning English shouldn't be boring. It should open your mind.
English Learning for Curious Minds is a podcast aimed at intermediate level English speakers and above, where listeners learn fascinating things about the world while learning English.
There's no small-talk, no boring grammar exercises or vocabulary drills.
You'll learn English by listening, by hearing real conversations and real English, spoken by native speakers, and at a speed you can understand.
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