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Expert: Calum Maclean - 5/28/2005


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What languages did Leonardo da Vinci know?  Also can you recomend a good biography?

Thank you

Answer
Dear Tzeitel
I belive that Da Vinci only ever spoke Italian, his native tongue.

As for biographies, there are a few good reads out there:

- Leonardo Da Vinci: Flights of the Mind, Charles Nicholl

- Leonardo: The Artist and the Man, Serge Bramly

- Leonardo Da Vinci, Frank Zollner, Johannes Nathan

My personal favourite is Flights of the mind, a thrilling and encompassing book!
Calum.

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Ask Questions to do with Artists, Art techniques and Paintings. I have exceptional knowledge of the paintings and life of Salvador Dali, but feel as though I am greatly equipped to answer every query possible.

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I studied at the Invernessian College for fine arts under the tutelage of A.Hepburn, before leaving to study in Paris. I lived in France for a great number of years, painting and am now considered the knowledge of fine art by my peers.

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