When Bernard Berenson learned that Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa had been stolen from the Louvre Gallery in Paris, the art critic heaved an enormous sigh of relief. Finally, he reflected, he could ...

Leonardo da Vinci: An Untraceable Life ... “We have so much to learn from Leonardo. His ability to combine art, science, technology, the humanities, and imagination remains an enduring recipe ...

When Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘Salvator Mundi’ was sold in 2017 for $450 million it caused a sensation. Dismissed as an anonymous ‘wreck’ just 12 years before, it had become the single most ...

78v.) Leonardo da Vinci observed that tree limbs preserve their thickness as they branch. The Italian Renaissance artist used a parameter called α to determine the relationships between the ...

A fresh look at the life and legacy of the iconic artist Leonardo da Vinci, positing that he was a gay outsider who used his work as a way of hiding his true self. Each episode will examine one of ...

Nineteenth-century art critics were troubled by vampirism and gender ambiguity in Leonardo da Vinci’s most famous painting.

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M. A. Ronna on Leonardo da Vinci, in his capacity of hydraulic engineer; with extracts from his works and several reproductions of sketches of the numerous mechanical contrivances he invented for ...