In 1500, Leonardo da Vinci returned to Florence after a 17-year spell in Milan. His time in the North of Italy was enormously productive, resulting not only in the splendorous Virgin on the Rocks ...

Leonardo da Vinci had his eye on the future. Among his designs: the ideal city, a self-propelled car and a parachute. A Swiss amateur parachutist last weekend became the first person to ...

Leonardo da Vinci, born on April 15, 1452 in the village of Anchiano near Florence, Italy, was a study in contrasts. Far from weakening him, these contrasts were the hallmark of his greatness.

Leonardo da Vinci is a 2-part, 4-hour docuseries directed by Ken Burns, Sarah Burns and David McMahon. It’s Ken Burns’ first project that isn’t about an American subject, but given how da ...

Two chalk and pastel studies of Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper” that once belonged to a 19th-century Dutch king will be up for auction next month.

PBS’ new two-part, four-hour Leonardo da Vinci probably won’t redefine the identity of Ken Burns, renowned as a documentary chronicler of all things Americana.. But it does find the director ...

Once only indicated through a sketch by Leonardo da Vinci from around 1495, concealed passageways have been discovered underneath the Sforza Castle in Milan, Italy. CNN values your feedback 1.

Leonardo da Vinci himself had no children, and his modern relatives all descend from his 22 (!) half-siblings. The present family played an essential role in the new study.

Leonardo da Vinci has been credited with contributions to inventions that include the parachute and the submarine, and even of conceiving the theory of plate tectonics.. Less well known, however ...

LONDON — A tiny Leonardo da Vinci sketch sold on Thursday at Christie’s for £8.9 million with fees, or about $12.2 million, a record price for a Leonardo drawing at auction.

Encore Fridays, Jan. 17 and 24, 2025 at 8 p.m. and Sundays, Jan. 19 and 26 at 11 p.m. on KPBS 2 / Stream now with KPBS Passport! LEONARDO da VINCI, a new, two-part, four-hour documentary directed ...

Art History Leonardo da Vinci Invented the Parachute, the Helicopter, and, New Research Suggests, the Whoopee Cushion. In 1507, Leonardo designed what he called "a flatulence machine" to use on an ...