According to a London-based dentist named Rory Mac Sweeney, the key to understanding the Vitruvian Man, it turns out, was ...

PBS’ new two-part, four-hour Leonardo da Vinci probably won’t redefine the identity of Ken Burns, renowned as a documentary chronicler of all things Americana.. But it does find the director ...

Leonardo da Vinci is a 2-part, 4-hour docuseries directed by Ken Burns, Sarah Burns and David McMahon. It’s Ken Burns’ first project that isn’t about an American subject, but given how da ...

Step into the world of a true Renaissance genius: Leonardo da Vinci.You may think you know him — the painter who captured the smile of the Mona Lisa, the visionary who designed flying machines ...

LEONARDO da VINCI, a new, two-part, four-hour documentary directed by Ken Burns, Sarah Burns and David McMahon explores the life and work of the 15 th century polymath Leonardo da Vinci, is Burns ...

Fortunately, anyone can appreciate art, especially with guidance from the 15th-century Renaissance man Leonardo da Vinci. Leonardo was an artist driven by “wanting to know.” ...

When Leonardo da Vinci was creating his masterpiece, the Mona Lisa, he may have experimented with lead oxide in his base layer, resulting in trace amounts of a compound called plumbonacrite.It ...

Scientists have discovered a new secret in Leonardo da Vinci’s iconic Mona Lisa. AP “In this case, it’s interesting to see that indeed there is a specific technique for the ground layer of ...

Engineers from Caltech have discovered that Leonardo da Vinci's understanding of gravity—though not wholly accurate—was centuries ahead of his time. In an article published in the journal ...

Ken Burns on the genius of Leonardo da Vinci 07:20. Ever since he got a movie camera for his 17th birthday, Ken Burns has been making documentaries. Over the years, he's created 36 documentary ...

Leonardo da Vinci's schematics and notes for his experiment on the equivalence of the effects of gravity and acceleration. Credit: Gharib et al., 2023/British Library ...

From the moment Leonardo da Vinci introduced himself to another character with the words, “I’m Leonardo, from Vinci,” on the CW’s bonkers new drama, the writing was on the wall.