Siegfried Woldhek: The true face of Leonardo Da Vinci?

Prevodilac: Julija Vujovic Lektor: Sandra Gojic

Good morning.

Dobro jutro.

Let's look for a minute at the greatest icon of all, Leonardo da Vinci.

Osvrnimo se na trenutak na najveću ikonu od svih, Leonarda da Vinčija.

We're all familiar with his fantastic work --

Svi smo upoznati sa njegovim fantastičnim radovima -

his drawings, his paintings, his inventions, his writings.

crtežima, slikama, izumima, pisanjem.

But we do not know his face.

Ali ne znamo kako on izgleda.

Thousands of books have been written about him,

Hiljade knjiga je napisano o njemu,

but there's controversy, and it remains, about his looks.

ali kontraverza koja ostaje je kako on izgleda.

Even this well-known portrait is not accepted by many art historians.

Čak i ovaj poznati portret nije prihvaćen od strane mnogih istoričara umetnosti.

So, what do you think?

Šta vi mislite?

Is this the face of Leonardo da Vinci or isn't it?

Da li je ovo lice Leonarda da Vinčija ili ne?

Let's find out.

Hajde da saznamo.

Leonardo was a man that drew everything around him.

Leonardo je bio čovek koji je crtao sve što ga okružuje,

He drew people, anatomy, plants, animals, landscapes, buildings, water, everything.

Crtao je ljude, anatomiju, biljke, životinje, pejzaže, zgrade, vodu, sve.

But no faces?

Ali ne i lica?

I find that hard to believe.

Teško mi je da poverujem u to.

His contemporaries made faces, like the ones you see here --

Njegovi savremenici su crtali lica, kao ova koja vidite ovde.

en face or three-quarters.

Anfas ili tri četvrtine.

So, surely a passionate drawer like Leonardo

Tako da je sigurno da je strastveni crtač kao što je Leonardo

must have made self-portraits from time to time.

morao da napravi neki autoportret s vremena na vreme.

So let's try to find them.

Hajde da pokušsamo da ih nađemo.

I think that if we were to scan all of his work

Mislim da ćemo naći njegovo lice koje nas posmatra

and look for self-portraits, we would find his face looking at us.

ako skeniramo sve njegove radove i potražimo autoportrete.

So I looked at all of his drawings, more than 700,

Pregledao sam sve njegove radove, preko 700 njih,

and looked for male portraits.

i tražio sam muške portrete.

There are about 120, you see them here.

Ima ih oko 120, možete da ih vidite.

Which ones of these could be self-portraits?

Koji od ovih bi mogli biti autoportreti?

Well, for that they have to be done as we just saw, en face or three-quarters.

Moraju biti urađeni kao primeri koje smo malo pre videli, anfas ili tri četvrtine.

So we can eliminate all the profiles.

Znači možemo da eliminišemo sve profile.

It also has to be sufficiently detailed.

Takođe moraju imati dovoljno detalja.

So we can also eliminate the ones that are very vague or very stylized.

Znači možemo da eliminišemo i one koji su veoma nejasni ili veoma stilizovani.

And we know from his contemporaries

A od njegovih savremenika znamo

that Leonardo was a very handsome, even beautiful man.

da je Leonardo bio veoma zgodan, čak i lep čovek.

So we can also eliminate the ugly ones or the caricatures.

Znači možemo da eliminišemo one koji su ružni i karikature.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

And look what happens -- only three candidates remain that fit the bill.

I pogledajte sta se dešava - samo tri kandidata ostaju.

And here they are.

Evo ih.

Yes, indeed, the old man is there,

Da zaista, stari čovek je ovde,

as is this famous pen drawing of the Homo Vitruvianus.

kao i njegov poznati crtež Homo Vitruvianos.

And lastly, the only portrait of a male that Leonardo painted, "The Musician."

I na kraju, jedini portret muškarca koji je Leonardo naslikao, "Muzičar".

Before we go into these faces,

Pre nego što krenemo u analizu ovih lica,

I should explain why I have some right to talk about them.

objasniću zašto imam pravo da pričam o njima.

I've made more than 1,100 portraits myself

Ja sam napravio više od 1100 portreta

for newspapers, over the course of 300 -- 30 years, sorry, 30 years only.

za novine, u periodu od 300 - 30 godina, pardon, samo 30 godina.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

But there are 1,100, and very few artists have drawn so many faces.

Ali ima ih 1100 i mali broj umetinka je uradio toliki broj lica.

So I know a little about drawing and analyzing faces.

Tako da znam ponešto o crtanju i analizi lica.

OK, now let's look at these three portraits.

Dobro, hajde sada da pogledamo ova tri portreta.

And hold onto your seats, because if we zoom in on those faces,

I ostanite u sedištima, jer ako zumiramo ova lica,

remark how they have the same broad forehead, the horizontal eyebrows,

obratite pažnju kako imaju ista široka čela, horizontalne obrve,

the long nose, the curved lips and the small, well-developed chin.

dugačak nos, zakrivljene usne i male, dobro razvijene brade.

I couldn't believe my eyes when I first saw that.

Nisam mogao da poverujem svojim očima kada sam prvi put video to.

There is no reason why these portraits should look alike.

Nema razloga da ovi portreti liče jedan na drugi.

All we did was look for portraits that had the characteristics of a self-portrait,

A mi smo samo tražili portrete koji imaju iste karakteristike autoportreta,

and look, they are very similar.

i pogledajte, veoma su slični.

Now, are they made in the right order?

Sada, da li su napravljeni po dobrom redosledu?

The young man should be made first.

Mladić bi trebalo da je prvi.

And as you see here from the years that they were created,

I kao što vidite po godinama kada su napravljeni,

it is indeed the case.

to i jeste slučaj.

They are made in the right order.

Napravljeni su po dobrom redosledu.

What was the age of Leonardo at the time? Does that fit?

Koliko je godina imao Leonardo u to vreme? Da li se uklapa?

Yes, it does. He was 33, 38 and 63 when these were made.

Da, uklapa se. Imao je 33, 38 i 63 godine kada su ovi portreti napravljeni.

So we have three pictures, potentially of the same person

Znači imamo 3 slike, potencijalno iste osobe

of the same age as Leonardo at the time.

i istih godina kao i Leonardo u to vreme.

But how do we know it's him, and not someone else?

Ali kako da znamo da je to on, a ne neko drugi?

Well, we need a reference.

Pa, potrebna nam je referenca.

And here's the only picture of Leonardo that's widely accepted.

I evo jedine slike Leonarda koja je opšte prihvaćena.

It's a statue made by Verrocchio, of David,

To je statua Davida, koju je napravio Verroćio,

for which Leonardo posed as a boy of 15.

za koju je Leonardo pozirao kada je bio dečko od 15 godina.

And if we now compare the face of the statue,

I ako uporedimo lice statue,

with the face of the musician, you see the very same features again.

sa licem muzičara, opet ćete videti iste karakteristike.

The statue is the reference, and it connects the identity of Leonardo

Statua je referenca i ona povezuje identitet Leonarda

to those three faces.

sa ova tri lica.

Ladies and gentlemen, this story has not yet been published.

Dame i gospodo, ova priča još uvek nije objavljena.

It's only proper that you here at TED hear and see it first.

Jedino je ispravno da je vi prvi ovde na TED-u čujete i vidite.

The icon of icons finally has a face.

Ikona svih ikona konačno ima lice.

Here he is: Leonardo da Vinci.

Evo ga - Leonardo da Vinči.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)