500 Years Later, Scientists Prove That Leonardo da Vinci’s Bridge Design Works

If accepted at the time, the design would have likely revolutionized architecture.
Artnet

Leonardo da Vinci’s Greatest Unfinished Painting Literally Has His Fingerprints All Over It—and Now You Can See Them for Yourself

The painting is unfinished, its origins shrouded in mystery—and yet it has been hailed as one of the great masterpieces in the history of art. And now, an entire exhibition is dedicated to it at the ...

A Dentist Discovered a Hidden Code in Leonardo da Vinci’s Most Famous Drawing

A third shape hidden in the infamous Vitruvian Man drawing suggests an even deeper understanding of human anatomy than previously known.
PBS

Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper

In the early 1490s, Leonardo da Vinci tackled his most ambitious work yet – The Last Supper. Leonardo da Vinci started The Last Supper in the early 1490s. At the time, depictions of Christ sharing his ...
KPBS

LEONARDO DA VINCI

LEONARDO DA VINCI looks at how the artist influenced and inspired future generations, and it finds in his soaring imagination and profound intellect the foundation for a conversation we are still ...
PBS

Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and The Battle of Anghiari

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 the ...
Morning Overview on MSN

Archaeologists follow a Leonardo da Vinci sketch to secret castle tunnels

Archaeologists in Milan have turned a 15th century sketch by Leonardo da Vinci into a working blueprint, tracing his inked lines to a network of hidden passageways beneath one of Italy’s most famous ...
Architectural Digest

Follow in Leonardo da Vinci's Footsteps Exactly 500 Years After His Death

It's been said that on his deathbed on May 2, 1519, Leonardo da Vinci lamented his life’s purpose, saying, “I have offended God and mankind because my work did not reach the quality it should have.” ...
The Independent

Leonardo da Vinci’s sexuality: Why historians believe the famed Italian artist was gay

Leonardo da Vinci is at the centre of a new TV series, in which the timeless artist and polymath is played by Aidan Turner. Leonardo, which arrives on Amazon Prime this Friday (16 April), follows da ...
Artnet

Scientists Tracing Leonardo da Vinci’s Family Tree Have Tracked Down 14 Living Relatives—Including a 62-Year-Old Artist

Historians dedicated to tracing Leonardo da Vinci’s family tree have uncovered 14 living relatives of the Renaissance great in a project that has been in the works for nearly a decade. While Leonardo ...
THE WEEK

Was Leonardo da Vinci gay?

A new TV series about Leonardo da Vinci that portrays the Italian artist and thinker as a gay outsider has reopened a long-running debate about his sexuality. Is $450m Leonardo da Vinci painting a ...