Documentary Decoding da Vinci
Discover the science behind Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpieces—and Mona Lisa’s iconic smile. Leonardo da Vinci was a Renaissance genius. Not only did he paint masterpieces of art, but he was an obsessive scientist and inventor, dreaming up complex machines centuries ahead of his time, including parachutes, armored tanks, hang gliders, and robots. On the 500th […]
Leonardo da Vinci (4/5): Rivalry with Michelangelo and birth of the Mona Lisa
The painter Leonardo da Vinci and the sculptor Michelangelo, whose rivalry was well known, met to work on the painting of two huge murals in the most emblematic room of the Palazzo Vecchio. It was during this period that Leonardo painted two of his most famous works: “Madonna and Child with St. Anne” and “Mona […]