ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Siegfried Woldhek - Illustrator
Siegfried Woldhek knows faces -- he's drawn more than 1,100 of them. Using sophisticated image analysis and his own skills as an artist, he's come up with a fascinating discovery about Leonardo Da Vinci.

Why you should listen

The work of illustrator Siegfried Woldhek is a familiar sight in the European press. His witty pen and sharp eye for faces helps him capture political and literary figures in his home country, the Netherlands, and around the world (he estimates he's drawn 1,100 faces). He's also an accomplished illustrator of nature, and was the longtime CEO of the Dutch branch of the World Wildlife Fund.

Woldhek is the founder of nabuur.com, "the global neighbor network." On nabuur.com, villages in developing communities can connect with volunteers and resources online throughout the world -- sort of a Match.com that pairs communities with the people who'd like to get involved.

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TED2008

Siegfried Woldhek: The search for the true face of Leonardo

Zigfrid Voldek pokazuje kako je pronašao pravo lice Leonarda.

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Mona-Liza je jedno od najpoznatijih lica na planeti. Ali da li bi ste prepoznali sliku Leonarda da Vinčija? Ilustrator Zigfrid Voldek koristi pažljivu tehniku analize slika da bi našao ono u šta veruje da je pravo lice Leonarda.
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Siegfried Woldhek knows faces -- he's drawn more than 1,100 of them. Using sophisticated image analysis and his own skills as an artist, he's come up with a fascinating discovery about Leonardo Da Vinci. Full bio

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Good morningјутро.
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Dobro jutro.
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Let's look for a minuteминута at the greatestнајвећи iconикона of all, LeonardoLeonardo daда VinciVinci.
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Osvrnimo se na trenutak na najveću ikonu od svih, Leonarda da Vinčija.
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We're all familiarпознат with his fantasticфантастичан work --
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Svi smo upoznati sa njegovim fantastičnim radovima -
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his drawingsцртежи, his paintingsслике, his inventionsизуме, his writingsspisi.
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crtežima, slikama, izumima, pisanjem.
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But we do not know his faceлице.
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Ali ne znamo kako on izgleda.
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ThousandsNa hiljade of booksкњиге have been writtenнаписано about him,
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Hiljade knjiga je napisano o njemu,
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but there's controversyконтроверзи, and it remainsостаје, about his looksизглед.
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ali kontraverza koja ostaje je kako on izgleda.
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Even this well-knowndobro poznata portraitпортрет is not acceptedприхваћено by manyмноги artуметност historiansistoričari.
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Čak i ovaj poznati portret nije prihvaćen od strane mnogih istoričara umetnosti.
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So, what do you think?
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Šta vi mislite?
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Is this the faceлице of LeonardoLeonardo daда VinciVinci or isn't it?
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Da li je ovo lice Leonarda da Vinčija ili ne?
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Let's find out.
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Hajde da saznamo.
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LeonardoLeonardo was a man that drewдрев everything around him.
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Leonardo je bio čovek koji je crtao sve što ga okružuje,
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He drewдрев people, anatomyанатомија, plantsбиљке, animalsЖивотиње, landscapesпејзажи, buildingsзграде, waterвода, everything.
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Crtao je ljude, anatomiju, biljke, životinje, pejzaže, zgrade, vodu, sve.
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But no facesлица?
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Ali ne i lica?
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I find that hardтешко to believe.
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Teško mi je da poverujem u to.
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His contemporariessavremenici madeмаде facesлица, like the onesоне you see here --
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Njegovi savremenici su crtali lica, kao ova koja vidite ovde.
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enен faceлице or three-quarterstri četvrtine.
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Anfas ili tri četvrtine.
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So, surelyсигурно a passionateстраствено drawerладица like LeonardoLeonardo
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Tako da je sigurno da je strastveni crtač kao što je Leonardo
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mustмора have madeмаде self-portraitsauto-portrete from time to time.
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morao da napravi neki autoportret s vremena na vreme.
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So let's try to find them.
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Hajde da pokušsamo da ih nađemo.
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I think that if we were to scanскенирање all of his work
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Mislim da ćemo naći njegovo lice koje nas posmatra
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and look for self-portraitsauto-portrete, we would find his faceлице looking at us.
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ako skeniramo sve njegove radove i potražimo autoportrete.
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So I lookedпогледао at all of his drawingsцртежи, more than 700,
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Pregledao sam sve njegove radove, preko 700 njih,
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and lookedпогледао for maleМушки portraitsпортрети.
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i tražio sam muške portrete.
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There are about 120, you see them here.
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Ima ih oko 120, možete da ih vidite.
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WhichŠto onesоне of these could be self-portraitsauto-portrete?
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Koji od ovih bi mogli biti autoportreti?
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Well, for that they have to be doneГотово as we just saw, enен faceлице or three-quarterstri četvrtine.
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Moraju biti urađeni kao primeri koje smo malo pre videli, anfas ili tri četvrtine.
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So we can eliminateелиминирати all the profilesProfili.
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Znači možemo da eliminišemo sve profile.
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It alsoтакође has to be sufficientlyдовољно detaileddetaljne.
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Takođe moraju imati dovoljno detalja.
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So we can alsoтакође eliminateелиминирати the onesоне that are very vagueнејасан or very stylizeddozivljavao.
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Znači možemo da eliminišemo i one koji su veoma nejasni ili veoma stilizovani.
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And we know from his contemporariessavremenici
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A od njegovih savremenika znamo
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that LeonardoLeonardo was a very handsomeзгодан, even beautifulЛепа man.
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da je Leonardo bio veoma zgodan, čak i lep čovek.
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So we can alsoтакође eliminateелиминирати the uglyружно onesоне or the caricatureskarikatura.
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Znači možemo da eliminišemo one koji su ružni i karikature.
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
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And look what happensсе дешава -- only threeтри candidateskandidati remainостају that fitфит the billрачун.
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I pogledajte sta se dešava - samo tri kandidata ostaju.
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And here they are.
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Evo ih.
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Yes, indeedзаиста, the oldстари man is there,
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Da zaista, stari čovek je ovde,
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as is this famousпознат penхемијска оловка drawingцртеж of the HomoHomo VitruvianusVitruvianus.
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kao i njegov poznati crtež Homo Vitruvianos.
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And lastlyна крају, the only portraitпортрет of a maleМушки that LeonardoLeonardo paintedобојен, "The MusicianMuzičar."
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I na kraju, jedini portret muškarca koji je Leonardo naslikao, "Muzičar".
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Before we go into these facesлица,
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Pre nego što krenemo u analizu ovih lica,
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I should explainобјасни why I have some right to talk about them.
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objasniću zašto imam pravo da pričam o njima.
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I've madeмаде more than 1,100 portraitsпортрети myselfЈа сам
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Ja sam napravio više od 1100 portreta
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for newspapersновине, over the courseкурс of 300 -- 30 yearsгодине, sorry, 30 yearsгодине only.
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za novine, u periodu od 300 - 30 godina, pardon, samo 30 godina.
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
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But there are 1,100, and very fewнеколико artistsуметници have drawnнацртан so manyмноги facesлица.
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Ali ima ih 1100 i mali broj umetinka je uradio toliki broj lica.
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So I know a little about drawingцртеж and analyzinganaliziranje facesлица.
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Tako da znam ponešto o crtanju i analizi lica.
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OK, now let's look at these threeтри portraitsпортрети.
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Dobro, hajde sada da pogledamo ova tri portreta.
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And holdдржати ontoна your seatsседишта, because if we zoomзоом in on those facesлица,
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I ostanite u sedištima, jer ako zumiramo ova lica,
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remarkпримедба how they have the sameисти broadширок foreheadчело, the horizontalхоризонтално eyebrowsobrve,
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obratite pažnju kako imaju ista široka čela, horizontalne obrve,
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the long noseнос, the curvedZakrivljena lipsусне and the smallмали, well-developeddobro razvijene chinbrada.
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dugačak nos, zakrivljene usne i male, dobro razvijene brade.
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I couldn'tније могао believe my eyesочи when I first saw that.
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Nisam mogao da poverujem svojim očima kada sam prvi put video to.
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There is no reasonразлог why these portraitsпортрети should look alikeједнако.
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Nema razloga da ovi portreti liče jedan na drugi.
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All we did was look for portraitsпортрети that had the characteristicsкарактеристике of a self-portraitautoportret,
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A mi smo samo tražili portrete koji imaju iste karakteristike autoportreta,
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and look, they are very similarслично.
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i pogledajte, veoma su slični.
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Now, are they madeмаде in the right orderнаручи?
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Sada, da li su napravljeni po dobrom redosledu?
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The youngмлади man should be madeмаде first.
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Mladić bi trebalo da je prvi.
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And as you see here from the yearsгодине that they were createdстворено,
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I kao što vidite po godinama kada su napravljeni,
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it is indeedзаиста the caseслучај.
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to i jeste slučaj.
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They are madeмаде in the right orderнаручи.
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Napravljeni su po dobrom redosledu.
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What was the ageстарост of LeonardoLeonardo at the time? Does that fitфит?
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Koliko je godina imao Leonardo u to vreme? Da li se uklapa?
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Yes, it does. He was 33, 38 and 63 when these were madeмаде.
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Da, uklapa se. Imao je 33, 38 i 63 godine kada su ovi portreti napravljeni.
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So we have threeтри picturesслике, potentiallyпотенцијално of the sameисти personособа
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Znači imamo 3 slike, potencijalno iste osobe
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of the sameисти ageстарост as LeonardoLeonardo at the time.
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i istih godina kao i Leonardo u to vreme.
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But how do we know it's him, and not someoneнеко elseдруго?
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Ali kako da znamo da je to on, a ne neko drugi?
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Well, we need a referenceреференца.
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Pa, potrebna nam je referenca.
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And here'sево the only pictureслика of LeonardoLeonardo that's widelyшироко acceptedприхваћено.
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I evo jedine slike Leonarda koja je opšte prihvaćena.
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It's a statueстатуа madeмаде by VerrocchioVerokio, of DavidDavid,
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To je statua Davida, koju je napravio Verroćio,
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for whichкоја LeonardoLeonardo posedpozirala as a boyдечко of 15.
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za koju je Leonardo pozirao kada je bio dečko od 15 godina.
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And if we now compareупоредити the faceлице of the statueстатуа,
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I ako uporedimo lice statue,
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with the faceлице of the musicianмузичар, you see the very sameисти featuresКарактеристике again.
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sa licem muzičara, opet ćete videti iste karakteristike.
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The statueстатуа is the referenceреференца, and it connectsповезује the identityидентитет of LeonardoLeonardo
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Statua je referenca i ona povezuje identitet Leonarda
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to those threeтри facesлица.
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sa ova tri lica.
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LadiesDame and gentlemenгосподо, this storyприча has not yetјош увек been publishedобјављен.
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Dame i gospodo, ova priča još uvek nije objavljena.
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It's only properpravi that you here at TEDTED hearчујеш and see it first.
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Jedino je ispravno da je vi prvi ovde na TED-u čujete i vidite.
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The iconикона of iconsиконе finallyконачно has a faceлице.
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Ikona svih ikona konačno ima lice.
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Here he is: LeonardoLeonardo daда VinciVinci.
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Evo ga - Leonardo da Vinči.
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(ApplauseAplauz)
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(Aplauz)
Translated by Julija Vujovic
Reviewed by Sandra Gojic

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Siegfried Woldhek - Illustrator
Siegfried Woldhek knows faces -- he's drawn more than 1,100 of them. Using sophisticated image analysis and his own skills as an artist, he's come up with a fascinating discovery about Leonardo Da Vinci.

Why you should listen

The work of illustrator Siegfried Woldhek is a familiar sight in the European press. His witty pen and sharp eye for faces helps him capture political and literary figures in his home country, the Netherlands, and around the world (he estimates he's drawn 1,100 faces). He's also an accomplished illustrator of nature, and was the longtime CEO of the Dutch branch of the World Wildlife Fund.

Woldhek is the founder of nabuur.com, "the global neighbor network." On nabuur.com, villages in developing communities can connect with volunteers and resources online throughout the world -- sort of a Match.com that pairs communities with the people who'd like to get involved.

More profile about the speaker
Siegfried Woldhek | Speaker | TED.com