Fingerprint points to possible Leonardo Oct 15, 2009
If it is by Leonardo da Vinci, the painting could be worth more than $150 million ... TORONTO - A new portrait by Leonardo da Vinci may have been discovered thanks to a centuries-old fingerprint and palm print. (Boston Globe)
How Do Experts Authenticate Art? Oct 15, 2009
By Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009 The portrait 'Profile of a young fiancee' could be a piece by Leonardo Da Vinci ... Leonardo da Vinci just became even more prolific. (Time.com)
Canadian expert says new da Vinci painting found Oct 14, 2009
OTTAWA, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) -- An art piece that had been presumed to be a 19th-century German painting of a young woman is actually an original portrait by Italian master Leonardo da Vinci, a Canadian expert said Tuesday. The woman in profile has now been identified as La Bella Principessa and believed to have been created around 1496 by the legendary Renaissance artist, Peter Paul Biro, director of forensics with Art Access and Research in Montreal, said, according to a Canwest News Service... (Xinhuanet, China)
'New' da Vinci portrait uncovered Oct 14, 2009
The picture released on october 13, 2009 by the French laboratory Lumiere Technology thought to be by Leonardo Da Vinci ... A portrait of a girl belonging to a private collector may be a previously unrecognised work by Leonardo da Vinci, experts say, after a fingerprint appeared to match that of the Italian master ... The picture released on october 13, 2009 by the French laboratory Lumiere Technology thought to be by Leonardo Da Vinci. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Fingerprint leads to new da Vinci art Oct 14, 2009
PARIS: A portrait of a girl belonging to a private collector may be a previously unrecognised work by Leonardo da Vinci, experts said Tuesday, after a fingerprint appeared to match that of the Italian master ... A previously unknown portrait by Leonardo da Vinci potentially worth tens of millions of pounds is believed to have been discovered, thanks to a fingerprint. (India Times, India)
Finger points to discovery of da Vinci portrait Oct 14, 2009
A new Leonardo da Vinci portrait may have been discovered after a fingerprint found on it seemed similar to another discovered on his work. A Paris laboratory found the fingerprint is "highly comparable" to one on a da Vinci work in the Vatican. (BBC News -- Europe)
The 'lie' that captured the America's Cup Oct 14, 2009
I regard him as the Leonardo da Vinci of this country. " But van Oossanen says Lexcen was not, initially, taken by the radical keel design. The Herald approached him last Friday to follow up an interview he gave to an American trade magazine, Professional Boatbuilder, in which he had gone further than previously. In early 1978, van Oossanen travelled in Australia to meet Bond and Lexcen. He had known Lexcen from his days in Sydney when they sailed Moths at Balmoral Sailing Club. Lexcen was still... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Fingerprint IDs Leonardo da Vinci Oct 14, 2009
Fingerprint Tech IDs Leonardo da Vinci ... Multispectral analysis with a revolutionary camera confirms Leonardo da Vinci work ... The ghost of a fingerprint in the top left corner of an obscure portrait appears to have confirmed an extraordinary art discovery: an unrecognized painting by Leonardo da Vinci. (Fox News)
Art Experts Find Possible New da Vinci Painting Oct 14, 2009
TORONTO Art experts believe they have identified a new Leonardo da Vinci in part by examining a fingerprint on the canvas. Peter Paul Biro, a Montreal-based forensic art expert, said Tuesday that a fingerprint on what was presumed to be a 19th-century German painting of a young woman has convinced art experts that it's actually a da Vinci. (Fox News)
Winged keel not Lexcen's design, Dutch architect claims Oct 14, 2009
I regard him as the Leonardo da Vinci of this country. He was a sponge for knowledge and how to apply it. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
No room for journalism in director's Da Vinci code Oct 9, 2009
One moment, he was waxing lyrical about Leonardo da Vinci's flawed masterpiece, The Last Supper, the next he was launching into a vituperative dissection of journalists and comparing me to Joseph Goebbels at the concentration camps ... To do so, he is using one of history's most revered, discussed, analysed and carefully guarded Renaissance masterpieces - Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper, which is painted on a wall in the refectory of Santa Maria Delle Grazie in Milan ... Leonardo da Vinci... (The Age, Australia -- National)
Scientists Try to Debunk Shroud of Turin Oct 7, 2009
Group Funded by Italian Atheists, Agnostics Claims Experiment "Clearly Indicates" Shroud Was Man Made. In this Aug. 12, 2000 file photo, The Holy Shroud, a 14 foot-long linen revered by some as the burial cloth of Jesus, is shown at the Cathedral of Turin, Italy. (CBS News -- Sci/Tech)
The lost art of doodling Oct 6, 2009
Far from being a waste of time, doodling can actually stimulate your brain - as it did for Leonardo Da Vinci ... One of the greatest doodlers of history is Leonardo da Vinci ... Leonardo da Vinci would agree, so would graffiti artists. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Kapuscinski's wonderment Oct 5, 2009
This, contemplating the Great Wall: ''They00004000 ; commenced building when the Buddha and Herodotus were alive and were still building it when Leonardo da Vinci, Titian and Johan Sebastian Bach were at their labours in Europe. He also thinks building such a wall to be incredibly stupid. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Festive prophecy fulfilled … guess who's coming to dinner? Oct 4, 2009
EVEN a creative genius such as Leonardo da Vinci might have struggled to imagine, as he carefully daubed his paints on the dining room wall of a Milanese monastery in the 15th century, that half a millennium later his rendering of The Last Supper would be painstakingly recreated on an unknown continent on the opposite side of the world. And yet here we are in the North Melbourne Town Hall, where a team in hard hats and safety vests is assembling a near-perfect, high-tech replica of the Santa... (The Age, Australia -- Entertainment)
Ga. museum displays forgotten da Vinci sculptures Oct 2, 2009
ATLANTA Leonardo da Vinci once spent nearly two decades creating a 26-foot sculpture of a horse to honor a royal Italian family, only to have the plaster masterpiece destroyed by French soldiers. An undated photo provided by Scala Art Resource shows the Leonardo da Vinci sketch "Studies for the Casting of the Sforza Monument," part of a new exhibit opening Oct. 6, 2009 at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta ... (AP Photo/Scala, Art Resource) An undated photo provided by Scala Art Resource shows... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
High offers free preview of da Vinci Oct 1, 2009
will offer a free preview of Leonardo da Vinci: Hand of the Genius on Oct. 5 from 12 p.m. to 7 p.m. ... The exhibition officially opens on Oct. 6 and explores Leonardo da Vinci s interest in and influence on sculpture. (Atlanta Business Chronicle, GA)
Free Leonardo da Vinci preview on Monday at the High Museum Sep 30, 2009
The High Museum is nearing its debut of Leonardo da Vinci: Hand of Genius, another highly anticipated exhibition to come through the city. For the first time in the museum s history, the High will offer a free preview on Monday, Oct. 5, from noon-7 p.m.. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
Cruise ship 'enrichment' programs disappointing Sep 30, 2009
When, in years past, you took a transatlantic cruise on the Queen Elizabeth 2, the France or the Leonardo da Vinci, you heard lectures by eminent academics, by authors of recent highly acclaimed works. You went to discussions of provocative subjects, including broad reviews of contemporary political issues. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
Dan Browns worst sentences (or at least twenty of them) Sep 19, 2009
" I thought these examples were hilarious and stupid. It's just a blog, people. Lighten up. Danforth on September 18, 2009 at 10:02 PM So, just to double-check: I'm not allowed to criticize Shrek the Third, right? None of us are. Because none of us made a movie that made $320 mil. Therefore it is a very remarkably good movie. Any criticism I made of it would automatically be pedantic. Nrbr on September 18, 2009 at 09:29 PM One other thing. If anyone wonders why people who enjoy literature with... (Harper's Magazine)
Naps Can Give Boost, If They Stay Short Sep 16, 2009
Leonardo da Vinci, Albert Einstein and Thomas Edison -- all champion power nappers -- would have agreed. It could be argued that Edison was the first person to turn off the lights for the sole purpose of catching some midday Zs. (Click2Houston, TX)
Long-awaited Brown thriller arrives Sep 16, 2009
As Langdon explains, "The symbolism in Melencolia I is so complex it makes Leonardo da Vinci look overt.". Brown, 45, has been intrigued by the Masons since his childhood in Exeter, N.H., where his father taught at Phillips Exeter prep school: "Their lodge was above the theater, and the shades were always drawn.". (AZCentral -- Business)
The Berlin Wall and beyond: great walls worth the trip Sep 15, 2009
From Leonardo da Vinci's church canvas, to the Berlin Wall and beyond. The rear wall of the refectory in the Santa Maria delle Grazie in Italy is decorated with one of the most famous frescoes of Western civilizationLeonardo da Vincis The Last Supper ... Leonardo da Vinci used the back wall of the dining hall at Santa Maria delle Grazie church in Milan as a plaster canvas to render "The Last Supper". (MSNBC -- Travel)
'My One and Only' Baltimore hotel deal Sep 12, 2009
When you visit Baltimore, don't miss seeing the most complete and comprehensive traveling exhibition ever created on Leonardo Da Vinci, making its East Coast debut at the in Baltimore s Inner Harbor on Oct. 1. "" features more than 65 of Leonardo's inventions, many of which have been crafted by using techniques and materials of 15th century Italy, and numerous reproductions of his art including a scientific examination of the Mona Lisa. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
Education work way beyond ordinary Sep 12, 2009
You see, as Leonardo da Vinci put it, God sells us all things at the price of labor. . (Nogales International, AZ)
Md. Science Center to feature Da Vinci Sep 12, 2009
Under the direction of Modesto Veccia, president of the Anthropos Association and curator and founder of Il Genio di Leonardo Da Vinci Museo in Rome, a cadre of Italian artisans has spent the last decade studying and interpreting Da Vinci s codices and crafting the machine inventions contained in the exhibition. Following its appearance at the Maryland Science Center, the exhibit will embark on a multi-year tour of North America. (Baltimore Business Journal, MD)
Da Vinci- The Genius Tour Sep 11, 2009
Leonardo Da Vinci (1452-1519) was clearly a mastermind and possibly the smartest person to ever live. Many of his inventions and insights, shown in the 6,000 pages of manuscripts that have survived, illustrate that his ideas were 400 years ahead their time. (Suite101.com)
Italian proposal for Kangana! Sep 9, 2009
I loved the works of Leonardo da Vinci and Raphael, by far my favorites. The Last Supper is such an exquisite piece of art. (India Times, India)
Let's get fiskal about pore speling Sep 9, 2009
Albert Einstien, Kerry Packer, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Edison, Mozart and many more had learning disabilities. My girlfriend has a learning disability and has always struggled through schooling. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Guest: Many wept at Jackson's funeral Sep 5, 2009
The closest the public will be able to get to Jackson s vault is a portion of the mausoleum that displays The Last Supper Window, a life-size stained-glass re-creation of Leonardo da Vinci s masterpiece. Several 10-minute presentations about the window are held regularly 365 days a year, but most of the building is restricted. (KHOU.com, TX)
Jackson entombment far from cameras Sep 4, 2009
After the burial, the closest the public will be able to get to Jackson s vault is a portion of the mausoleum that displays The Last Supper Window, a life-size stained-glass re-creation of Leonardo da Vinci s masterpiece. Several 10-minute presentations about the window are held regularly 365 days a year, but most of the building is restricted. (KHOU.com, TX)
Astronauts moving huge chest of drawers in orbit Sep 1, 2009
The Italian-built chest -- nicknamed Leonardo, as in Leonardo da Vinci -- flew up on Discovery. It's filled with tons of equipment and experiments for the space station. (WSVN-TV Miami, FL)
Where vegetarian cuisine is making history Sep 1, 2009
Historical figures who have been vegetarians include Leonardo Da Vinci, Voltaire, Tolstoy and Einstein. A vegetarian culture started developing In Europe from the middle of the 19th century. (SwissInfo.org, Switzerland)
'Mona Lisa' comes to life in high-tech art Aug 28, 2009
A visitor looks at a three-dimensional, holographic version of the 16th century portrait "Mona Lisa" by Leonardo da Vinci as it waves to her in Beijing's Alive Gallery ... BEIJING - For centuries, Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" and her enigmatic smile have inspired as much speculation as admiration. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Rome mayor latest victim of baggage delays Aug 27, 2009
ROME - It's an enduring problem in the eternal city seemingly endless baggage delays at Rome's Leonardo da Vinci airport. Now, Rome's mayor says he is determined to resolve the issue after he joined the legions of Rome-bound travelers left waiting for their bags at the airport in Fiumicino, a seaside town near Italy's capital. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Leonardo's lion brought to life Aug 24, 2009
A mechanical lion has been brought back to life nearly five centuries after it was first conceived by Leonardo da Vinci. Emma Jane Kirby has been to the artist's former home in Amboise, France to find out how the lion was reconstructed. (BBC News)
Why Do We Call Galileo Galilei by His First Name? Aug 20, 2009
Take Leonardo da Vinci. Because Vinci was a very small town, calling himself Leonardo from the town of Vinci left little room for confusionunless, of course, he was in Vinci at the time. (Slate)
Michael Jackson to be buried on his 51st birthday Aug 19, 2009
The cemetery s website describes the mausoleum as featuring replicas of works by Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci. The cemetery is located in the city of Glendale, which is about 8 miles north of downtown Los Angeles. (Boston Globe)
Infotainment Aug 15, 2009
A mechanical lion invented by Leonardo da Vinci to entertain the King of France has sprung back to life in the Renaissance geniuss last home. Da Vincis original automaton is lost, but the animal has been recreated at the Chateau du Clos Luce, in the Loire Valley town of Amboise in France, where the. (Daily Times, Pakistan)
Mona Lisa gets animated Aug 15, 2009
Leonardo da Vinci's painting the Mona Lisa has been brought to life in China using cutting edge technology ... The Last Supper, another masterpiece by Leonardo da Vinci, has also been reworked at the exhibition. (BBC News)
Mona Lisa Smiles on Tourist Who Hurls Mug at Masterpiece Aug 13, 2009
Mona Lisa' by Leonardo Da Vinci. PARIS The Louvre Museum says a Russian visitor hurled an empty terra cotta mug at the Mona Lisa. (Fox News)
Russian tourist hurls mug at Mona Lisa Aug 12, 2009
Francois Mori / AP fileIn this April 5, 2005 file photo, a woman watches the painting Mona Lisa by Leonardo Da Vinci in the Louvre Museum in Paris. . (MSNBC -- Travel)
'Anyone could paint that' and 7 other myths about art Aug 7, 2009
Even Leonardo da Vinci made the basic mistake of mixing oil and water. As a result, his 15th-century mural of the Last Supper is now peeling off the back wall of the dining hall at Santa Maria delle Grazie. (Christian Science Monitor)
Top Ten Museums in Paris Jul 31, 2009
The Greek sculptures of Winged Victory and Venus de Milo and the Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci are among the most popular exhibits. Right behind the museum is the Jardin des Tuileries which has several theme gardens, sculptures and a pool. (Suite101.com)
Most Wanted Games of 2009 Jul 30, 2009
Oh yeah, and my bestest bud is Leonardo da Vinci. You know, that guy from the Dan Brown book ; Angels s. He's quite a dapper hand when it comes to inventions. (IGN PC Games)
Top Article: Food For Thought Jul 28, 2009
What do George Bernard Shaw, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Leo Tolstoy, Leonardo Da Vinci, Paul McCartney, and Pythagoras have in common. If your answer is they're all towering figures of European culture, you're only half right. (India Times, India)
Leonardo da Vinci - His Moves to It... Jul 25, 2009
Leonardo da Vinci - His Moves to Italian Cities. Leonardo da Vinci - His Moves to Italian Cities ... Brief biography of Leonardo da Vinci, famous Italian painter, sculptor, engineer and scientist, whose life was constantly on the move in various Italian cities. (Suite101.com)
PORTION OF 'LAST SUPPER' REMOVED SO DINNER CAN BE SERVED Jul 22, 2009
I found it fascinating that a practical interest in hot meals resulted in a large section of the famous painting of the Last Supper by Leonardo Da Vinci being destroyed. I ve been sharing observations of Italy after wife Gladys and I traveled there recently to celebrate our 30th anniversary and visit relatives. (New Iberia, LA)
Innovative Blades May Have Led to a Stone Age Population Boom Jul 21, 2009
"You could have had Leonardo da Vinci 50,000 years ago inventing technology, but if there aren't enough people around to carry on the ideas, the invention would die with him," he explains. These new findings, published this week online by the Proceedings of the National Academies of Science, are an important key to the puzzle of how technology emerged as humans dispersed across the globe, says archaeologist Ofer Bar-Yosef at Harvard University, who, like Straus, did not participate in this... (Scientific American)
Louvre: Worlds largest museum Jul 17, 2009
The 16th century oil on canvas by Leonardo da Vinci still exudes the ambiguity of expression. Im quite a face reader but am yet to come to terms with da Vincis mythic embodiment of eternal femininity. (India Times)
Passport To Paris With Erica Tukiainen - Part 2 Jul 14, 2009
We spent a marvelous 2 hours with a tour guide (the cool part was that we wore headphones to hear our guide on her microphone) learning about the sculptures and paintings of well-known artists such as Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael and many more. Before coming to this museum, I had only read about their works of art and seen them on TV (especially movies). (Uclabruins.com)
Eccentric duo wear their patriotic art Jul 14, 2009
"It was complete fascism. There were very few galleries for contemporary art, maybe one in each country. No one cared about it. No one could name a living artist. If you asked a taxi driver or shopkeeper, they would say Leonardo da Vinci. Now they could name four or five.". Gilbert and George's work is distinctive. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Breaking the code Jul 13, 2009
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Works from the masters hand Jul 6, 2009
VISITORS to the Louvre will tell you that, at best, you can only get a glimpse of Leonardo da Vincis 500-year-old masterpiece, the Mona Lisa ... Early prototype: A made-to-scale model of Leonardo da Vincis concept of a military tank ... If he was already world-famous for generations, the great Leonardo da Vinci has now become even more famous and popular than ever before. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Leonardo's Swans A Review Jul 1, 2009
Part of the large attraction to Ludovico is his court painter, Leonardo da Vinci. Isabella having found passion in her own marriage, still continues an affair with Ludovico which does make for several intense scenes throughout the novel. (Suite101.com)
Best Airport Hotels in Rome on a Eu... Jun 23, 2009
Passengers on Europe cruises that start or end in the Port of Civitavecchia use Leonardo da Vinci Fiumicino (FCO) airport in Rome as their gateway airport ... Hilton Rome Airport Hotel This hotel is connected to the Leonardo da Vinci Fiumicino Airport by a moving pedestrian walkway ... Courtyard by Marriott Rome Airport This 4-star hotel is located 3 km from Leonardo da Vinci Fiumicino Airport and features 187 rooms with modern amenities such as internet access. (Suite101.com)
Placing faith in tradition Jun 20, 2009
At 16, he moved to Germany, where he lived with an Italian family and worked in their restaurant, called Leonardo Da Vinci. He came to the United States in the 1990s and worked at the House of Blues before cooking at La Campania in Waltham, where Zywina was a waitress. (Boston Globe)
Exhibition to celebrate Da Vinci opens in Australia Jun 17, 2009
The exhibition's sixty machines are based on drawings five hundred years old, but many of Leonardo Da Vinci's creations are vital to the way we live today. Leonardo Da Vinci was illegitimate, left-handed and a genius. (Xinhuanet, China)
Make a pilgrimage to San Jose's tech mecca Jun 16, 2009
"Leonardo: 500 Years Into the Future," which is being billed as the "biggest exhibition ever devoted to Leonardo da Vinci and other artist-engineers of the Renaissance," is now open at the Tech, its only stop in the United States ... Note: Admission to the Leonardo da Vinci exhibit is $25 for adults, $15 for youth (3-17) and $20 for seniors (62 and older. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
Nude, Mona Lisa-like painting surfaces Jun 16, 2009
Museo Ideale Leonardo Da Vinci Leonardo da Vinci may have painted his famous Mona Lisa in a number of styles including nude. This painting, which features many parallels to the original Mona Lisa, was attributed to Leonardo da Vinci at purchase in 1845 ... Leonardo da Vinci, in a Renaissance version of Mad Magazine, may have painted his famous Mona Lisa in a number of ways, including nude. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Secret hotels of the Loire Valley Jun 6, 2009
The king became famously enthralled by Leonardo da Vinci during a 1515 excursion to Italy, and he set up the painter in a gabled redbrick ch teau (now a museum), just down the road from his castle ... It's impossible to see them all (a visit to one ch teau can take half a day), so it's wise to focus on the worthy ones: Chenonceau, the graceful riverine palace that once belonged to Henri II (, $13); Chambord, which has a double-helix staircase inspired by the designs of Leonardo da Vinci (, $12. (CNN -- Travel)
'Assassin's Creed II': Life in the 15th century Jun 4, 2009
Ultimately, it was the Italian Renaissance -- with renowned figures such as Leonardo Da Vinci and Machiavelli -- that became the ideal location for the long-awaited sequel to one of Ubisoft's most successful games ... Beside weapons, Ezio also gains access to Leonardo Da Vinci's legendary flying machine. (USA Today -- Tech)
America faces an open road Jun 3, 2009
It can take years, even centuries, as it took from around 1478, when Leonardo da Vinci imagined that steam could power a transport vehicle, to the late 1800s when Karl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler introduced gasoline-powered engines, to 1901 when Ransome Eli Olds first mass-produced cars in America. Yet as slow as it might be, we can't help but feel change coming at times, like this one. (Albany Times Union)
Assassin's Creed 2 Hands-on Jun 3, 2009
Leonardo Da Vinci is Ezio's best bud and has a new invention waiting for him atop one of the roofs. Something that will help Ezio gain access to Grimalde. (IGN PC Games)
Peter Trepp of Pacific Palisades Becomes First Person in the United States to Take Delivery of the Fully Electric, Zero Emissions MINI E May 29, 2009
WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., May 28 /PRNewswire/ -- His favorite pioneer is Leonardo da Vinci, but now Pacific Palisades' own Peter Trepp can consider himself a bona fide pioneer, as he has become the first of several hundred customers in the United States to take delivery of the -- fully electric, zero emissions vehicle -- as part of a year-long field study. Deliveries of the MINI E to other customers will be completed by the end of June. (PR Newswire)
