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

This drama-documentary series offers an account of three of Italy’s monumental artists—Leonardo, Raphael and, as played by ...

Martin Kemp, one of the world’s leading experts on the polymath, provides a personal guide to all 17 existing paintings—from ‘The Last Supper’ to two versions of ‘The Virgin of the Rocks’ ...

Leonardo da Vinci, The Virgin, the Christ Child, Saint John the Baptist and an Angel, also known as the Virgin of the Rocks (1483/1494). Courtesy Musée du Louvre.

In the opening pages of Leonardo da Vinci: An Untraceable Life, Stephen J. Campbell, the Henry and Elizabeth Wiesenfeld professor of art history at Johns Hopkins University, observes that around ...

The invention that may have aided in the development of the CVT that we know today was sketched by Leonardo da Vinci for the first time as early as the late-15th Century. As hard as it may be to ...

Everything you need to know about Leonardo da Vinci is contained in the work he did in the 1480s and 1490s for Ludovico Sforza — Ludovico il Moro, the Duke of Milan. And it’s in this capacity ...

Pueblo City Council's second and final reading of the Leonardo da Vinci Museum of North America's patio lease agreement could take place as soon as the council's next regular meeting on Feb. 24.

Leonardo da Vinci: An Untraceable Life By Stephen J. Campbell Princeton University Press 352 pages We may earn a commission when you buy products through the links on our site.

Born in 1452 near the hilltop town of Vinci, Leonardo grew up the illegitimate son of a notary father and a peasant mother. Few details about his early life are known, but his artistic talents ...

Leonardo da Vinci’s The Battle of Anghiari commission pits him against his rival, Michelangelo. In October 1503, Leonardo da Vinci begins work on a monumental mural, The Battle of Anghiari. But ...