Airline pilot flies like a jet - sans plane Jul 14, 2008
Leonardo da Vinci built models of an ornithopter, a human-powered set of wings. The 20th century saw the development of wingless jet packs and rocket packs that enable the wearer to lift slightly off the ground and zip around for about 30 seconds before settling back to terra firma. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Australia prepares for papal visit Jul 13, 2008
The pope left Leonardo da Vinci Airport outside Rome yesterday morning. The trip is the longest of Benedict's three-year-old papacy. (Boston Globe)
It's Mona Lisa Madness Jul 13, 2008
In her upcoming book, "Mona Lisa in Camelot," Margaret Leslie Davis writes how newspapers splashed headlines screaming, "Mona Lisa Must Not Leave the Louvre." One ridiculously noted, "After all, one does not ask a pretty woman to come to one's home. One goes to her." The uproar was even weirder considering the Mona Lisa isn't even French - it was painted by Leonardo da Vinci, who was Italian the last time we checked. SHARE BOX Show your support. (New York Post -- Gossip)
Man who helped to build SV through business, charity dies Jul 13, 2008
Perhaps one of the best known subdivison that carries out the family s Italian heritage is Montebello, with street names such as Marconi, De Medici, Vespucci, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and Galileo drives, and Enrico, Garibaldi and Toscanni avenues. Joe DeFrancesco, a longtime friend and attorney who began to work for Cracchiolo soon after retiring as the staff judge advocate on Fort Huachuca, said that Cracchiolo s death came as a shock, noting about two years ago he attended his friend s... (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Work Presumed to Be by Leonardo Rev... Jul 7, 2008
A new book about Italian Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci presents "Profile of a Young Fiance" as a recently discovered work from the master's first Milanese period. Alessandro Vezzosi, Director of Italy's Museo Ideale Leonardo da Vinci, includes the portrait in Leonardo Infinito, published by Scriptamaneant Editzioni on July 5, 2008 ... Despite recent technological advancements, art historians are reluctant to admit so-called newly discovered images by Leonardo da Vinci into the accepted... (Suite101.com)
Rev Up The Bat-cycle! Jul 6, 2008
The film's two-disc special edition also includes a documentary on the life of Bronx-born Batman creator Bob Kane, who invented Batman over the course of one weekend based on drawings by Leonardo da Vinci, and a documentary on Batman's notorious villains called "A Mirror for the Bat.". For another animated but slightly lighter take, there's the kids' series "The Batman," the fifth season of which also hits DVD on Tuesday. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Raphael's School of Athens Jul 1, 2008
Check out to read about the dream renaissance team of Verrocchio and Leonardo da Vinci. The copyright of the article Raphael's School of Athens in is owned by. (Suite101.com)
Nicolaus Copernicus and Leonardo Da... Jul 1, 2008
Nicolaus Copernicus and Leonardo Da Vinci: Emerging Wolrdviews ... Nicolaus Copernicus and Leonardo Da Vinci ... Nicolaus Copernicus and Leonardo Da Vinci. (Suite101.com)
Science for kids is a success for scientist Jul 1, 2008
"But think of people like Leonardo da Vinci," she says. "He was a scientist, an artist, a musician, an engineer.". (New Mexico Business Weekly, NM)
Monks' sacred songs sell, drawing attention to their source in Vienna Jun 26, 2008
Some monks also worried that putting chants, which are, after all, prayers, into a commercial product amounted to a kind of profanity "like using Leonardo da Vinci as wallpaper," in the words of one. For most, those risks are outweighed by what they believe is the music's great potential: to stir feelings of faith in a society that has drifted far from religion. (International Herald Tribune)
A chat with Charlie Oppenheimer of Digital Fountain Jun 26, 2008
Person most interested in meeting: Leonardo da Vinci. Greatest fear: Not spending enough time on things that are really important. (East Bay Business Times, CA)
Orem Museum Brings da Vinco to Life Jun 24, 2008
These pieces and others like them are at the Leonardo da Vinci special exhibit in the Utah Valley State College's Woodbury Art Museum in the University Mall ... What: Leonardo Da Vinci exhibit. (The Daily Universe, UT)
Chill Out, Your Computer Knows What’s Best For You Jun 22, 2008
5, 2007) A new program enables computers to "know" if an artwork is a Leonardo da Vinci original or the work of a less well-known artist. Using computer vision the computer is able identify the artworks of. (Science Daily)
The Bookworm: Bonk’ is satisfying study of sex Jun 22, 2008
Even Leonardo da Vinci sketched some dubious theories about Doing It. Pruriently or not but definitely quietly, early scientists spent lots of time watching the wild thang, ostensibly to gather information. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
SUPER SHOW: OPTP revival of 'Superstar' strikes the right chord Jun 19, 2008
All of the apostles do a splendid job throughout the show -- following and fighting for Jesus -- and in portraying "The Last Supper" scene, for which they received an ovation for their visual tribute to the famous Leonardo Da Vinci painting, "Last Supper." And to members of The Company -- the apostle women, soul sisters, lepers, reporters, soldiers, angels and chorus members -- you guys make some breathtakingly beautiful music together. The harmonies are astounding and the staging, perfect. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Four-wheeled masterpieces drive new museum Jun 18, 2008
To those who appreciate the art of the automobile, it's as though someone threw wide the doors to a gallery of masterpieces by the likes of Leonardo da Vinci, Rembrandt, van Gogh and Picasso. The cars are that rare and spectacular. (Yahoo News -- Auto Racing)
Capital One Survey Highlights What Today's College Graduates Want From Employers Jun 11, 2008
For example, college grads receive an iPod when they accept an offer to work with the company preloaded with books like The Tipping Point, by Malcolm Gladwell and How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci, by Michael J. Gelb. This enables associates to learn remotely, conveniently and at their own pace, as compared to a more regimented classroom environment. (PR Newswire)
Renaissance Portrait: An Overview Jun 10, 2008
In his Trattato della Pittura or Treatise on Painting, writings published posthumously in 1651, Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) stressed the superiority of painting over poetry when eliciting a viewer's reaction. Indeed, many Renaissance homes, in imitation of ancient Roman households, possessed endearing images of. (Suite101.com)
Letters to the Telegraph Jun 7, 2008
After all, Leonardo da Vinci did say that men of lofty genius are most active when they are doing the least work. Maurice Conroy, London SW3. (Telegraph.co.uk)
Lessons of Da Vinci for the modern age Jun 1, 2008
Like Leonardo da Vinci before him, Edison kept extensive notebooks detailing every idea he ever had and every experiment he ever tried ... In his 1998 book "How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci," Gelb outlines seven principles that he believes define da Vinci's work. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
Italian Artists Nicknames May 24, 2008
European Renaissance Artists Are Better Known by Alternate Names. Famous Western artists in 13th to 17th centuries have celebrated nicknames more famous than their given names. (Suite101.com)
About Michelangelo's Nose May 23, 2008
He was particularly bothered by Leonardo da Vinci, who was younger than Michelangelo. The young Leonardo was arguably as gifted as Michelangelo, and Leonardo's near-perfect face seemed to make Michelangelo even more painfully aware of his own damaged one. (Suite101.com)
Sunny sketch wins Doodle 4 Google May 23, 2008
Moon said she is an admirer of Leonardo da Vinci because of his ability to combine her two favorite subjects math and art. She said shes thinking of careers in either medicine or engineering. (MSNBC -- News)
Why Asymmetrical Architecture Is So Disturbing May 22, 2008
By Witold RybczynskiPosted Wednesday, May 21, 2008, at 11:45 AM ET Vitruvian Man by Leonardo da Vinci ... As Leonardo da Vinci's famous drawing demonstrated, it reflects the human body, which has a right side and a left, a back and a front, the navel in the very center. (Slate)
Glad You Asked: I know it takes a lefty to notice other lefties and I wonder how many people know Obama and McCain are both left-handed. My question to you is how many presidents and presidential candidates have been left handed? May 20, 2008
The country has not been faced with such predetermination of presidential handedness since the three-way race of 1992, when George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton and H. Ross Perot all favored the same side used by Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci to create great art, Rotstein wrote. Other than the first Mr. Bush and Mr. Clinton, the left-handed presidents everyone seems to agree on were James Garfield, Harry Truman and Gerald Ford. (Racine Journal Times, WI)
Da Vinci to be honored by small helicopter flight May 18, 2008
TOKYO - A Japanese man who developed the world's smallest helicopter will take flight in the birthplace of Leonardo da Vinci in tribute to the Renaissance genius' original idea. ADVERTISEMENT. (Yahoo News)
Designer To Show Off His Mini-Helicopter May 16, 2008
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Tiny chopper to fly over da Vinci's birthplace May 16, 2008
TOKYO, Japan (AP) -- A Japanese man who developed the world's smallest helicopter will take flight in the birthplace of Leonardo da Vinci in tribute to the Renaissance genius' original idea. A man flies in a GEN H-4 compact single-seater helicopter during a test flight in Japan. (CNN)
World's smallest helicopter to take flight May 16, 2008
Inventor to soar over the birthplace of Leonardo da Vinci ... TOKYO - A Japanese man who developed the world's smallest helicopter will take flight in the birthplace of Leonardo da Vinci in tribute to the Renaissance genius' original idea. (MSNBC -- Technology)
'Extrovert of expressionism' dies May 15, 2008
It's a mark of his extraordinary eclecticism that the influences he cited on his combines were the paintings of Leonardo da Vinci (in which all elements have equal pictorial weight), the collages of Kurt Schwitters and the found-object sculptures of Marcel Duchamp. Youthful-looking and gregarious, Rauschenberg spurned artistic solemnity. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Renaissance Artist Nicknames May 15, 2008
An Early Renaissance painter whose pupils included Leonardo da Vinci, Perugino, Ghirlandaio and Sandro Botticelli. 5. (Suite101.com)
Robert Rauschenberg, art's eclectic master, dies at 82 May 14, 2008
It's a mark of his extraordinary eclecticism that the influences he cited on his combines were the paintings of Leonardo da Vinci (in which all elements have equal pictorial weight), the collages of Kurt Schwitters, and the found-object sculptures of Marcel Duchamp. Youthful looking and gregarious, Mr. Rauschenberg spurned artistic solemnity. (Boston Globe)
World's smallest helicopter to fly in da Vinci birthplace May 14, 2008
TOKYO (AFP) - The world's smallest one-man helicopter will soon take flight in the birthplace of Leonardo da Vinci, who is credited with having first thought of a vertical-flight machine, its developer said. The 75-kilogram (165-pound) helicopter will make a demonstration flight in the city of Vinci, near Florence, on May 25, according to Japanese developer Gennai Yanagisawa, 75. (Yahoo! Asia News)
Letter to a Young Procrastinator May 13, 2008
And Leonardo da Vinci. Alsothis is conjecture on my part, but seems plausibleI'm guessing the people of Pompeii spent their final moments wishing they'd been a bit more on the ball about fleeing that bubbling volcano. (Slate)
NYC Museum Exhibits: Summer 2008 May 12, 2008
1386-146) and the Codex Forster I (1487-90 and 1505) by Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519). Art of the Royal Court: Treasures in Pietre Dure from the Palaces of Europe (July 1-September 21) describes the tradition of pietre dure or hardstone carving in the decorative arts, beginning in the Italian Renaissance and across four centuries. (Suite101.com)
Victoria & Albert Museum Treasures May 10, 2008
The show's irresistible centerpiece is the Codex Forster I (1487-1490 and 1505), profound illustrated notebooks by Italian Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) penned in the genius' elusive mirror-writing style. The Symmachi Panel. (Suite101.com)
See what Needham loved so much about China May 8, 2008
In a neighboring Moorish palace there was an exhibition dedicated to Leonardo da Vinci and his Madrid codices, focusing on his pumps, aqueducts, locks, and canals all highly relevant to Toledo. The exhibit contained this note: "Leonardo embarked upon a thorough analysis of waterways. The encounter with Francesco di Giorgio in Pavia in 1490 was a decisive moment in Leonardo's training, a turning point. Leonardo planned to write a treatise on water." This puzzled me. (USA Today -- Life)
* Swiss man jumps using a parachute designed by Leonardo F~\H May 5, 2008
A Swiss man has shown that a parachute designed more than 500 years ago by Leonardo da Vinci works. The 36-year-old parachutist made a successful 650-meter drop late last month. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
It is just divine May 5, 2008
Almost everyone has seen the Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci and works of Michaelangelo and Raphael. These artists made use of this appealing ratio in many of their masterpieces. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Bolshevik beginnings May 3, 2008
Still, the whole point of this impressive guide to the chemistry of art is that the distinction between artists and scientists was less clear-cut in the past (think Leonardo da Vinci), and that painters had to be practical chemists, grinding and mixing their own colours. In fact, Ball shows how art has always been determined by its materials, from the earliest cave painters using charcoal for black and ground bones or chalk for white, to the great colourist Matisse "delighting in the cobalt,... (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Fair brings students to Renaissance May 3, 2008
Students dressed as the Pope and a bishop moved from room to room with two nuns, Leonardo Da Vinci gave the history of his paintings, storytellers stopped anyone walking by and four castle builders, Jena "Kay" Miller, Christopher "Lewis" Brientise, Brandon "Godwin" Nichols and Danica "Dagmar" Fisher, showed what makes up a castle. Brienstise created a slideshow displaying different gargoyles found on castles and churches throughout the world. (Monmouth Daily Review Atlas, IL)
New terminal opens at Rome airport May 3, 2008
A new terminal has opened at Rome's Leonardo da Vinci airport. New Terminal 5 will handle travellers flying to the United States with American Airlines, Continental Airlines, Delta, United and US Airways, as well as to Israel with El Al.. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
The Da Vinci Code To Parachute Success May 2, 2008
A parachute designed more than 500 years ago by Leonardo da Vinci has been used by a Swiss daredevil in a successful jump. The Da Vinci designed parachute. (Sky News)
Swiss jumps using da Vinci-designed parachute May 2, 2008
Swiss Olivier Vietti-Teppa prepares to land with his 12 kg pyramid-shaped parachute designed by Leonardo da Vinci in Payerne ... BEIJING, April 30 -- A 36-year-old Swiss amateur parachutist made a successful 650-meter (2,130-foot) drop Saturday using a replica of a parachute designed more than 500 years ago by Leonardo da Vinci. (Xinhuanet, China)
Eurostar launches digital gallery Apr 23, 2008
Travellers using the departure lounge at St Pancras International station in London can view works by artists including Leonardo da Vinci and Monet. People choose a painting at a touch-screen coffee table and the work is then shown on plasma screens. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Despite emergency loan, Alitalia's prospects dim after Air France-KLM backs out Apr 23, 2008
An Alitalia jet at Rome's Leonardo Da Vinci airport ... The collapse of Alitalia would signal the end of a national icon as recognizable to both Italians and foreigners as Ferrari, Sophia Loren and Leonardo Da Vinci. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
Emergency talks in Rome aim to keep Alitalia flying Apr 23, 2008
An Alitalia jet at Rome's Leonardo Da Vinci airport. The government holds a 49. (International Herald Tribune)
Panoply will present the Kids' Art Yard Apr 21, 2008
What do Vincent van Gogh, Georgia O'Keeffe, Andy Warhol, Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo have in common. They were all, at one time, kids. (AL.com)
A Brief History of Inkblot Tests Apr 18, 2008
Zubin, Eron and Schumer indicated that the concept of formless stimuli, used in inkblot techniques to stimulate the imagination, can be traced back to Leonardo Da Vinci and Botticelli in the 15th century. It was important to note that, in Europe during the latter half of the 19th century and the early part of the 20th century, there was much public interest in inkblots, not as a test, but more as a game. (Suite101.com)
Checkmate again for Leonardo? Chess book's diagrams are linked to artist Apr 18, 2008
Reported discoveries of lost works by Leonardo da Vinci are almost as common as, well, images of the Mona Lisa ... "I reached the conclusion that the diagrams are the invention of Leonardo da Vinci," he said in a telephone interview. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Kahlil Gibran, 85, renowned sculptor and painter Apr 15, 2008
"He was a polytalent, you could feel the energy in the man. . . . You meet people like him if you're lucky enough to be living in Florence in the late-1400s and you bump into Leonardo da Vinci.". In addition to his wife and former wife, Mr. Gibran leaves a daughter, Nicole of Seattle; a son, Timothy of Stockholm; two sisters, Suzanne Huggin and Selma Vassall, both of San Diego; two grandsons and a granddaughter. (Boston Globe)
The Archimedes Codex unpeeled by modern technological sleuthing Apr 15, 2008
The Archimedean texts, Noel writes, make the mathematics of Leonardo da Vinci "look like child's play.". . (Christian Science Monitor -- USA)
Libya Allegedly Went On Gun-Buying Spree Apr 13, 2008
Unknown to him, police at Rome's Leonardo da Vinci airport inspected his checked baggage and found a weapons catalog, the first physical evidence of the group's activities. Police used wiretaps and e-mail intercepts to keep tabs on the ensuing negotiations, which documents show were marked by requests for bribes by the Libyan officials. (CBS News -- World)
Take an up-close look at a "drop box" Apr 12, 2008
" START CARING wrote on Apr 9, 2008 6:24 PM:" "Nothing will benefit human health and increase chances for the survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet" - Albert Einstein "You can judge a society by the way it treats its animals" - Gandhi "I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it" - Abraham Lincoln "The time will come when men such as I will look upon the murder of animals as they now look upon the murder of men" - Leonardo Da... (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Da Vinci's mother was a slave, study claims Apr 12, 2008
The seemingly far-fetched theory that Leonardo da Vinci was of Arab descent has been given new backing in a study, published this week, that suggests his mother was a slave. It is known that Da Vinci's parents were not married and that his father was a Florentine notary, Ser Piero. (Guardian Unlimited)
Mannheim Steamroller in Lima SaturdayPosted 4 hours, 57 minutes ago. Apr 11, 2008
In the show there s a piece (of music) based on Leonardo da Vinci and how he was able to create almost infinitely. It starts out with his picture, and as the music starts steamrolling it s a slideshow of all 128 inventions he made. (Lima News, OH)
Global Haywire Apr 10, 2008
The Age: national, world, business, entertainment, sport and technology news from Melbourne's leading newspaper. Jake Wilson, ReviewerApril 10, 2008. (The Age)
Master of the time lords Apr 8, 2008
This fascination with the marking of time has been shared by Leonardo da Vinci among others. Over the years, horology has developed its own language, a bizarre dialect indecipherable to non-enthusiasts. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Microsoft Research Celebrates the Past, Present and Future of Human-Computer Interaction at CHI 2008 Conference Apr 7, 2008
FLORENCE, Italy, April 7, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- This week in the city Leonardo da Vinci called home, academics and researchers from around the globe are gathering for CHI 2008, the annual conference of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction (SIGCHI). Scientists from Microsoft Research labs in Asia; Cambridge, England; India; and Redmond, Wash. (PR Newswire)
Infotainment Apr 7, 2008
X-rays of the Mona Lisa show that there are three completely different versions of the same subject, all painted by Leonardo Da Vinci, under the final. 1969 The Supreme Court unanimously struck down laws prohibiting private possession of obscene material. (Daily Times, Pakistan)
The Accessibility of Contemporary Art - New Book by Michael Corbin Helps Everyday Joes Become Art Collectors Apr 7, 2008
- PHOTOSYNTHESIS Gallery - First Street Gallery - Sala Barna - Algarve Artist Network - AuthorHouse - Leonardo Da Vinci Restaurant - O. Fournier Galleries - Cambridge Galleries - Anne Irwin Fine Art - Foundation Wadden Art. indepth arts search: lect. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Alitalia Keeps Flying _ for Now Apr 4, 2008
The takeover also is meeting resistance over plans to downgrade Malpensa from a hub, concentrating flights out of Rome's Leonardo da Vinci airport. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno) (AP). (ABC News -- Wire)
Alitalia next? Apr 4, 2008
In one of the most opposed measures, Air France-KLM planned to downgrade Milans Malpensa airport, using Romes Leonardo da Vinci airport as the main southern hub, to complement its hubs in Paris and Amsterdam. Unions, which have shown little stomach for cuts, would have to go along when bankruptcy becomes an option because the only other alternative would be a complete liquidation, said Oliviero Baccelli, an airline and transport analyst at Milans Bocconi University. (MSNBC -- Business)
Alitalia to hold emergency board meeting, shares suspended after Air France quits talks Apr 3, 2008
In one of the most opposed measures, Air France-KLM also planned to downgrade Milan's Malpensa airport, using Rome's Leonardo da Vinci airport as the main southern hub, complementing hubs in Paris and Amsterdam. The collapse of the talks marked a setback to the Italian government's 15-month effort to sell its 49. (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
Read Indepth Article Mar 31, 2008
Exhibition to Feature Works by Edward Longo - Leonardo Da Vinci Restaurant - absolutearts ... Scheduled for a special exhibition at Leonardo Da Vinci Restaurant, this pencil and ink drawing, along with a dozen other paintings by New York artist Edward Longo, will commence March 28 and run through April 25, 2008 ... Coincidentally, Edward Longo sketched this drawing of Leonardo Da Vinci during March 1990: exactly eighteen years from whence it was signed. (AbsoluteArts.com)
