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After a painstaking, five-year restoration process at Florence’s Opificio delle Pietre Dure, “The Adoration of the Magi” by Leonardo da Vinci (1481-1482) is back in its rightful place at the Uffizi Gallery, the centerpiece of an exhibition titled “Leonardo da Vinci’s Enchanted Cosmos: the Restored Adoration of the Magi.” In November 2011, the large...

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Leonardo da Vinci's unfinished masterpiece "Adoration of the Magi" has emerged from a six-year restoration cleaner, brighter and with a depth that hasn't been seen for centuries. Officials at Florence's Uffizi Gallery unveiled the restored work at a ceremony Monday that will kick off a special exhibit running through September pitting Leonardo's wo...

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In November, an exhibit representing the work of one of world's greatest artists of all time is coming to Bradenton.   The Da Vinci exhibit will occupy the Bradenton Auditorium for six months, said Bradenton City Clerk Carl Callahan. During the exhibit the auditorium, 1005 First Ave. W., will not be available to the public for weddings, lunc...

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George Clooney is a little less charming in parts of Europe than he is in the rest of the world.During a Rome press conference for his new WWII drama, "The Monuments Men," the 52-year-old actor and director suggested that France should return the Mona Lisa to Italian painter Leonardo da Vinci's home, according to the Hollywood Reporter.   Co...

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Ernesto Solari, artista e studioso esperto di Leonardo, ha presentato ieri alla stampa le sue ultime scoperte leonardesche.   La prima opera è un curioso e anomalo disegno che Solari ritiene di poter considerare l'originale leonardesco di un'opera già conosciuta, che si conserva agli Uffizi, ed è attribuita ad un allievo. Secondo Solari ques...

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Leonardo Da Vinci's The Last Supper changes its lighting thanks to a new LED installation, guaranteeing energy savings and much lower heat emissions. This solution pollutes less and helps to better preserve Da Vinci's very delicate masterpiece, which can now only be visited in small groups. The new lighting system was prepared by Marche-based comp...

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The "Da Vinci Machines Exhibition: The Titans Experience" will be on display on Level 3 of Water Tower Place through the end of the year. The exhibit displays hand-crafted models built based on da Vinci's 500-year-old designs, bringing to life the creations of this renowned scientist, inventor and artist. Many of da Vinci's digitally re-mastered p...

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  WTI Magazine #73    2015 November 27Author : Elda Buonanno Foley      Translation by:   In continuing my conversation on the famous line with which the Italians are popular, ("A people made of artists, poets, saints, philosophers, scientists and sailors) the description of "artists" seems to ignite a wider and more in depth conversation on "wh...

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An art historian announced Monday he has discovered the living descendants of Leonardo da Vinci. Alessandro Vezzosi, who directs the Leonardo da Vinci Ideal Museum in the town of Vinci - Leonardo's birthplace Florence province - said he and historian Agnese Sabato will present their findings based on 43 years of multidisciplinary research next...

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Mona Lisa is based in part on Leonardo da Vinci's male lover, an Italian art detective claims. Silvano Vincenti, who has been analyzing da Vinci's world-renowned painting for years, believes it is not just based on Lisa Gherardini, a Florentine merchant's wife, but also the artist's supposed main male squeeze, Gian Giacomo Caprotti.   "The...

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