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3 Read the text again carefully. Then read the tip box and complete gaps 1-12 with one word each.
a man (L 1)
b at school (I, 6)
c the Duke (1. 15)
d to France (l. 18)
e the world (1, 20)
f the most famous (1. 21)
RENAISSANCE MAN
Leonardo da Vinci was a man before his time, and (0) was coonsidered to be a genius. He became renowned for his multiple talents: he was (1) a painter, architect, engineer, mathematician and inventor, He was born in Vinci, outside (2) the northern Italian city of Florence, in 1452. While he was at school, his teachers quickly noticed his curiosity and his inquiring mind, even going so far as to complain (3) of his endless questions. (4) When a youngster, he (5) was also discovered to have 10 a talent for drawing. On reaching his fourteenth birthday, Leonardo was apprenticed to Verrochio, a master painter and sculptor, (6) The studios and workshops were in the city of Florence. At the age of twenty-six he became his own master, and four years (7) later moved to Milan to work 15 for the Duke there. He travelled between Florence and Milan for most of his life, starting many paintings and sculptures but often not completing them. In his last years he moved to France, where he died in 1519, at (8) the age of 67. He is widely regarded as (9) one of the greatest painters in the world, Two of his paintings, The Last Supper, and the Mona Lisa occupy positions as the most famous, most reproduced and most copied artworks of all time. As an engineer and inventor, he was ahead (10) of his time. Only long after he died (11) did people realise how 26 well advanced he had been in his thinking. He drew up designs.