Leonardo da Vinci was born on 15 April 1452 near the Tuscan town of Vinci, the illegitimate son of a local lawyer. He was apprenticed to the sculptor and painter Andrea del Verrocchio in Florence ...

He sketched flowers and flying machines ... the Met’s Bambach is publishing a four-volume opus, Leonardo da Vinci Rediscovered. Leonardo’s notebooks are starting to make their way to the ...

Explore Leonardo da Vinci's most famous works like the Mona Lisa, as well as his drawings and unfinished works. In 1517, Leonardo showed a visitor a portrait of Lisa del Giocondo, the wife of a ...

Leonardo da Vinci approached the world with a fearless ambition to expand his mind. However, as an illegitimate son, he was unable to receive a classical education. Fortunately, Leonardo saw this ...

Mark Willingham looks at the philosophy of the great artist. Leonardo da Vinci died five hundred years ago last year, and galleries all over the world commemorated this quincentenary. However, it was ...

Come on over here, and please meet, Leonardo da Vinci. LEONARDO DA VINCI:Ciao Dick and Dom. DICK:'Leonardo da Vinci was born in 1452 near the town of Vinci His name actually means Leonardo OF Vinci.' ...

Study the art of science… Realize that everything connects to everything else.” The five-hundredth anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) presents an important occasion to reflect ...