Leonardo Da Vinci
Culture
by Silvia Donati | Tue, 04/29/2014 - 03:43
Who provided the inspiration for the world’s most famous painting, Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa? There have been different theories, none confirmed. One says…
Culture
by Silvia Donati | Sun, 03/30/2014 - 02:15
Visitors to Florence should not miss the opportunity to admire the Tavola Doria before it departs for Japan for the next four years.
The Tavola Doria is a…
Culture
by Silvia Donati | Sun, 03/30/2014 - 02:00
Art critic Jonathan Jones recently named his 10 favorite artworks of all time for the British newspaper The Guardian.
Not surprisingly, at least 3 are Italian…
Culture
by Silvia Donati | Mon, 02/10/2014 - 09:40
Drawings by Michelangelo and Raphael, Leonardo da Vinci’s baptism certificate, as well as texts featuring his notes, a lecture by Galileo on Dante’s Inferno –…
Culture
by Silvia Donati | Fri, 01/24/2014 - 01:15
The Republic of San Marino is hosting “Leonardo3 - The World of Leonardo,” an exhibition dedicated to the Renaissance genius, his visions and projects, that…
Culture
by Silvia Donati | Tue, 01/07/2014 - 04:24
An attempt to bring the Mona Lisa back to Italy, even if just temporarily, has failed.
French Minister of Culture Aurelie Filippetti has denied the request put…
Culture
by Silvia Donati | Wed, 11/27/2013 - 06:09
The “viola organista,” an unusual musical instrument invented by Leonardo da Vinci, has been reconstructed by a Polish pianist and presented during a…
Culture
by Silvia Donati | Fri, 11/15/2013 - 05:00
Image: Leonardo da Vinci, Head of a Young Woman (Study for the Angel in the ‘Virgin of the Rocks’), 1480s, © Biblioteca Reale, Turin.
For the first time in…
Culture
by Silvia Donati | Thu, 11/07/2013 - 07:00
A giant rendition of the Mona Lisa has been installed on Clapham Common in London after the famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci was named the nation's…
Culture
by Carol King | Thu, 10/10/2013 - 11:30
Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘Codex on the Flight of Birds’, possibly one of the world’s most famous notebooks, is on show at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space…
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