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‘Leonardo da Vinci’ Review: Genius and Myth
One of the most written-about Renaissance artists, da Vinci may also be among the most poorly understood.
One of the first to argue that “The Battle of Anghiari” might still exist behind one of Vasari’s paintings was Carlo Pedretti, who made the case in his 1968 book “Leonardo da Vinci Inedito.” ...
Wikimedia, CC BY-SA The mere mention of Leonardo da Vinci evokes genius. We know him as a polymath whose interests spanned ...
The Mona Lisa continues to captivate the world with its secrets. Every new study raises more questions than answers, keeping ...
This da Vinci painting could fetch more than $100 million at auction It’s the first Leonardo da Vinci painting ... The nearly 500-year-old portrait of Jesus Christ named “Salvator Mundi ...
Michelangelo was the archetypal Renaissance man who found immense fame in his lifetime and is still remembered as one of the ...
In 1460, Francesco Sforza, the duke of Milan, decided he required a royal residence. He seized upon the ruins of a medieval fortress in northern Italy and over the next few years, oversaw its ...
In a twist worthy of a Renaissance mystery, Leonardo da Vinci's sketches have revealed hidden secrets beneath the Sforza Castle, sparking intrigue and wonder.
The self-taught artist Abraham Lincoln Walker worked in his basement on phantasmagorical paintings, discovered by the art world more than 30 years after his death.
is something that needs to be looked at". About three-quarters of the museum's 30,000 daily visitors go to see Leonardo da Vinci's painting, but the experience has become an endurance test ...
It might be one of the most famous names on Earth, but experts say that 'Jesus' wasn't the real name of Christianity's ...