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By Jamie Wetherbe The mystery of "Mona Lisa's" real-life muse, which has spawned centuries of speculation, could be solved through DNA testing. Researchers on Friday opened a family tomb in Florence, Italy, to help confirm the identity of Lisa Gherardini Del Giocondo, Leonardo da Vinci's neighbor who is believed to be the woman behind the eni...

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Is Leonardo da Vinci's "Head of a Young Woman" the greatest drawing ever made? Granted, that may sound like a presumptuous question. Yet both the drawing and its subject — an ethereal young beauty who might easily pass for the Mona Lisa's kid sister or one of the elf-maidens in "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy — have had plenty of admirers over...

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What happens when the objective (scientific) part of the mind intersects with the subjective (artistic) part? Bulent Atalay explores this fascinating question by probing the genius of Leonardo da Vinci, Isaac Newton, and Albert Einstein.   Each was a towering scientific figure, but Leonardo was a scientist doing art, and an artist doing scie...

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Il 15 aprile 1452, nasceva Leonardo da Vinci. Ma se foste convinti che in realtà Leonardo venisse dal futuro, sareste giustificati. L'artista e scienziato toscano è probabilmente la persona più geniale mai esistita sulla Terra: in ogni campo in cui si è cimentato, dalla pittura alla scienza, dall'anatomia all'architettura, era anni se non secoli av...

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Those who share a passion for Italy and the Italian language cannot miss the "Being Leonardo Da Vinci" Performance on Thursday, December 17, 2015, from 6:30 pm at the ACT Strand Theater (1127 Market St. San Francisco). Italian director and actor, Massimiliano Finazzer Flory will bring Leonardo da Vinci to life again on stage in a one-act, 60 minute...

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A New York lo si era già visto nei panni di un Marinetti provocatore e affabulatore. Ora torna con un Leonardo da Vinci che, in lingua rinascimentale, si fa intervistare da artisti e scienziati. Il milanese Massimiliano Finazzer Flory, regista, attore e drammaturgo sembra avere una passione per quelle intersezioni tra arte, scienza, tecnica e indus...

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Planning a trip this summer to Disneyland? Add another day to your itinerary to see the new "Da Vinci: The Genius" exhibition at the Discovery Science Center right down the road in Santa Ana, Calif. The exhibit demonstrates the full scope of Leonardo Da Vinci's remarkable genius as an inventor, artist, anatomist, sculptor, engineer, musician and ar...

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Da Londra arriva una bella notizia per chi ama l'arte e gli studi di Leonardo Da Vinci. La Royal Collection Trust di Buckingham Palace ha reso disponibili decine di disegni fatti dal genio italiano e che riguardano lo studio dell'anatomia e del corpo umano. Si tratta di piccole descrizioni, appunti, disegni e rappresentazioni di un mondo che Leonar...

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Date: Thursday, January 28, 2016 Hours: 6:00 p.m. Site: Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago - 500 N Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60611 Organized by: Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago In collaboration with: http://davinciflight.eventbrite.com Join us for the second of three lectures about Leonardo da Vinci by Daniele Macuglia, Universi...

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You are cordially invited to join us for an intimate look at Leonardo Da Vinci, the ultimate Renaissance man, on Wedensday, July 7, beginning at 5 p.m.. This wonderful, FREE symposium will be held at the Center for Early Modern History, 1210 Heller Hall, University of Minnesota.   In the 15th century, Leonardo formulated and experimented sci...

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