ULeonardo da Vinci waziwa emhlabeni njengososayensi ovelele, umdwebi, i-anatomist nonjiniyela. Akagcini ngokudweba imidwebo eyingqayizivele, kodwa futhi wenza izinto eziningi eziwusizo nokuqanjwa kwesintu. Emidwebweni ebhalwe nguLeonardo, okokuqala kubalulekile ukugqamisa i- "La Gioconda", imfihlo yayo okungekho noyedwa ongayixazulula. Izici ezikhethekile zikaLeonard zifaka phakathi i-virtuoso edlala ngehabhu. Okulandelayo, siphakamisa ukuthi sibheke amaqiniso athakazelisayo futhi amangalisayo ngoLeonardo da Vinci.
1. Usosayensi ovelele wase-Italy, umdwebi, i-anatomist nonjiniyela uLeonardo da Vinci wazalwa ngo-1452.
2. Ufunde i-hydromechanics, i-mathematics, i-geography, i-chemistry, i-meteorology, i-botany kanye ne-astronomy.
3. Umama womculi ovelele wayengowesifazane ophansi ophansi.
4. Wadlala ihabhu ngobuciko futhi wathola imfundo yakhe yokuqala ekhaya.
5. ULeonardo waba ngumuntu wokuqala ukuchaza ukuthi kungani inyanga ikhanya nesibhakabhaka siluhlaza.
6. Umdwebi wazalelwa emndenini kaPierrot, umnikazi womhlaba futhi owayengummeli olungisa izivumelwano.
7. Kwakunjengomculi uLeonardo azibonakalisa enkantolo ngesikhathi icala lakhe liqulwa.
8. Abanye abantu bakholelwa ukuthi umculi ovelele ubengungqingili.
9. ULeonardo wasolwa ngokuhlukumeza abafana ababezidweba ngemidwebo yakhe.
Ngokwenye inkolelo-mbono, osomahlaya nabaculi babenandisa iMona Lisa ngesikhathi ifuna umculi.
11. Enye inguqulo ukuthi uGioconda ungumfanekiso ka-Leonardo uqobo.
12. Umculi odumile akazange ashiye ngisho nesisodwa isithombe sakhe.
13. Ukumamatheka kukaGioconda kuqukethe ukwesaba okungu-6%, ukunganakwa okungu-9%, ukuthukuthela okungu-2% nokujabula okungu-83%.
14. Ukuqoqwa kwemisebenzi kaLeonardo kwathengiswa ngama- $ 30 million kuBill Gates.
15. Umculi ovelele uchaze futhi wacwaninga ngethuluzi lokuntywila.
16. Imishini yesimanje yangaphansi kwamanzi isuselwe kukho konke ukuqanjwa kukaLeonardo.
17. Kungani isibhakabhaka siluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka saqala sachazwa ngumculi odumile.
18. Ebheka inyanga, uLeonardo wathola okukhulu ukuthi ukukhanya kwelanga kuyakhanya kuyo futhi kushaya uMhlaba.
19. Umsunguli odumile wayenekhono ngokulinganayo ekusebenziseni isandla sakhe sobunxele nesokudla.
20. Njengoba wazi, uLeonardo wabhala ngendlela yesibuko.
21. ILouvre muva nje ilahlekelwe ama- $ 5 million ukuthutha iLa Gioconda yodumo.
22. Ngo-2003, umdwebo odumile womculi webiwa enqabeni yaseSwitzerland yaseDrumlanrig.
23. ULeonardo washiya ngemuva amaphrojekthi ophephela, umkhumbi-ngwenya, uhlaka lokweluka indwangu, ithangi, imishini endizayo nebhola.
24. Ibhaluni lakhiwa ngokwemidwebo kaLeonardo.
Ukuze aqonde ukwakheka komzimba, umqambi odumile waqala ukuqaqa izidumbu.
26. ULeonardo ushiye uhlu olude lwamagama afanayo endoda.
27. Wafinyelela esiphethweni sokuthi umhlaba uneminyaka eminingi ukwedlula lokho okwakubhalwe eBhayibhelini.
28. ULeonard wenza imidwebo enemininingwane enezincazelo zezitho zomuntu eziningi.
29. Usosayensi odumile uWells wenza izinto zokufakelwa ezincike ocwaningweni lomculi.
30. Umlingisi odumile waseMelika uLeonardo DiCaprio waqokwa ngokuhlonipha uLeonardo da Vinci.
31. Insizwa egama layo linguSalai ibingomunye walabo abebedweba imidwebo yakhe.
32. Kwisultan yoMbuso WaseTurkey uBayezid II, umculi omkhulu waklama ibhuloho elingamamitha angu-240 ubude.
33. Imidwebo yepharashuthi iwubufakazi benye yezinto ezisungulwe nguLeonardo.
34. Amamojula amaningi wokulethwa we-ISS aqanjwe ngabaculi be-Renaissance.
35. Ukuthandwa komdwebo othi "Mona Lisa" kuboniswe ngokuthi bonke abesifazane bazama ukufana neqhawekazi.
36. Futhi, imidwebo yerobhothi yatholakala phakathi kwemisebenzi eminingi kaLeonardo.
37. Ukuze imibono itholakale kancane kancane, umculi omkhulu wasebenzisa i-cipher ekhethekile.
38. ULeonardo ubhale ukusuka kwesokudla kwesobunxele ngamagama amancane kakhulu ngesandla sakhe sobunxele.
39. Umsunguli wayethanda ukwenza ama-puzzle nokuqagela izimfumbe.
40. Umgomo wokusabalalisa wasungulwa nguLeonardo.
41. Izinto ezisendlini yomculi azinamiphetho ecacile.
42. Ukucinga izithombe ezidingekayo, umdwebi ubhebhethekise indawo.
43. Ukumamatheka okucwayizayo kukaGioconda kuvele ngenxa yomphumela we-sfumato.
44. Isimangaliso somdwebo "Mona Lisa" umuzwa wokuthi "uyaphila".
45. Ukumamatheka kukaGioconda kushintshile ngokuhamba kweminyaka: amakhona wezindebe anyukela phezulu.
46. Kancane kancane, zonke izincwadi eziyi-120 zikaLeonardo, ezisabalale emhlabeni wonke, ziyambulwa esintwini.
47. Indlela yokufanisa kwakuyindlela yomculi ayithandayo.
48. Umthetho wezinto eziphikisayo wawusetshenziswa njalo nguLeonardo.
49. Umculi odumile ubengumuntu ohamba kancane futhi engakaze athande ukujaha.
50. ULeonardo ubenezandla zombili ngokulinganayo.
51. Ezinye izifundiswa zikholelwa ekutheni lo mculi ovelele ubedla imifino.
52. Idayari kaLeonardo ibhalwe ngendlela yesibuko.
53. Umculi odumile wayethanda ukupheka.
54. Ebusheni bakhe, lo mculi wayentula ulwazi lwesiGreki nesiLatini.
55. ULeonardo wayethanda ubumnandi benyama nabantu besilisa.
56. Umsunguli waba yilungu leFlorentine Guild of Artists ngo-1472.
57. ULeonardo uvula eyakhe indawo yokusebenzela ngo-1478.
58. Umdwebi uthuthela endaweni yakhe yokuhlala unomphela eMilan ngo-1482.
59. ULeonardo usebenza emshinini onamaphiko ngo-1487.
60. Ngo-1506 umculi uqeda umsebenzi womdwebo othi "Mona Lisa".
61. ULeonardo wakhonza nenkosi yaseFrance uLouis.
62. Abaphenyi abaningi babheka uLeonardo njengomuntu okhaliphe kunabo bonke abantu nabantu.
63. Uyise womculi uzame ukumthakasela kwezamthetho, kodwa yonke imizamo yaba yize.
64. Ithalente elibalulekile lomculi laqala ukukhombisa uLeonardo ebusheni bakhe.
65. Esitudiyo sika-Andrea del Verrocchio, ukuqeqeshwa kokuqala komculi kuyenzeka.
66. ULeonardo wathola iziqu zokuba ngumpetha eneminyaka engamashumi amabili.
67. Indwangu "Yezemfundo" kwakuwumsebenzi wokuqala ozimele wenkosi.
68. ULeonardo uvame ukuveza uMadonna emigqonyeni yakhe.
69. Umdwebi odumile udwebe ialtare lobuzalwane baseFranciscan be-Immaculate Conception.
70. Umsebenzi "weSidlo Sokugcina" waqalwa ngumphathi ngo-1495.
71. Amakhasi angama-7000 kuphela emisebenzi yomculi ovelele ezehlele kithi.
72. Ososayensi namanje abazi ukuthi uLeonardo da Vinci wayebukeka kanjani empeleni.
73. Umdwebi nomsunguli wayebazi ubuciko bokukhonza.
74. Inyama enemifino kwakuyisidlo esithandwa kakhulu nguLeonardo.
75. Kukhona ukugomela kokuthi ngenxa yemodeli owabhala ngomdwebo othi "Mona Lisa", umculi omkhulu wafa.
76. ULeonardo waklama imoto.
77. Umculi odumile waba ngumsunguli womdwebo we-caricature.
78. ULeonard ukhangise ngemibono yakhe yobusosayensi ngezincwadi azibhalela inkosi.
79. ULeonardo wayewuthanda ngokweqile umqondo wokundiza impilo yakhe yonke.
80. Umshini wokundiza waba ngenye yezinto ezisungulwe ngumculi.
81. Igiya le-Scuba nokushushuluza emanzini nakho kungumqambi kaLeonardo.
82. Umqondo wokuthi "umuntu osebenza ngomshini" uqale waklanywa ngumculi omkhulu.
83. Zonke izindawo zolwazi zihlanganisa ukwakhiwa kukaLeonardo.
84. Indlu yangasese ene-flush yenkosi yaseFrance yaklanywa umsunguli odumile.
85. Ibhuloho elinekhothamo ngenye yemibono yomdwebi.
86. ULeonardo da Vinci wasungula isikelo sesimanje.
87. Imodeli yelensi yokuxhumana yadwetshwa ezincwadini zakhe zemihla ngemihla ngumqambi omkhulu.
88. ULeonardo wathola imvume yokuhlukanisa izidumbu ukuze aqonde ukwakheka komuntu.
89. Umsunguli udizayine uhlobo lwemishini yesimanje yasolwandle.
90. Umdwebi omkhulu uphethwe yi-dyslexia.
91. Ezinye izifundiswa zithi uMona Lisa uyisithombe sika-Leonardo.
92. Umsunguli omkhulu waphumelela ekwakhiweni kweziteshi.
93. Lo mculi wathola ikhomishini yakhe yokuqala eMilan ngo-1483.
94. ULeonardo wayethanda imidlalo eyehlukene ehambisana namagama.
95. Isandla sokudla somculi sathathwa ngaphambi nje kokuba ashone.
96. ULeonardo wayethanda ukudlala izinsimbi zomculo.
97. Uhla lwezinto ezisunguliwe nemisebenzi kaLeonardo da Vinci, ezisakazeke umhlaba wonke, lukhulu nje impela.
98. Umdwebi odumile waklama ibhayisikili nohlobo oluthile lwethangi.
99. Imisebenzi eminingi yombhali, ngeshwa, ilahlekile, futhi yingxenye encane yayo eyehlele kithi.
100. ULeonardo washona eClos-Luce eFrance ngoMeyi 2, 1519.
