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Da Vinci - The Genius will immerse guests in da Vinci’s timeless brilliance through full-scale interpretations of the mastermind’s inventions and unparalleled studies of his iconic art. Plus, little inventors and junior da Vinci’s can dive into this fully interactive exhibit by experimenting with cranks, levers, and pulleys. Santa Ana, CA (PRWEB) May 20, 2013 Da Vinci – The Genius, the most complete and comprehensive traveling exhibition ever created on Leonardo da Vinci, will be...
LARRY A. THOMPSON, VETERAN HOLLYWOOD FILM PRODUCER, HAS FOUND THE "MISSING MONA LISA" AND HAS BROUGHT HER TO CANNES CANNES, France, May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Leonardo DiCaprio may have opened the Cannes Film Festival this week with his latest movie, "The Great Gatsby," but it has been Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece, the Mona Lisa, that has stolen the show. In the middle of this battle of the two Leonardos is veteran Hollywood producer, Larry A. Thompson, who announced that the...
[ Watch the Video: Mona Lisa on the Moon ] Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online NASA routinely uses lasers to track the position of their Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) as it floats around the moon. Recently, these scientists decided to show off what else they could do with these lasers by using them to communicate with the LRO. To demonstrate this new functionality, the scientists chose a famous work of art to beam to the LRO— the Mona Lisa. After some...
Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online The Mona Lisa is one of the world’s most well-known and famously discussed pieces of art. A mystery for centuries, German academics announced in 2008 that they had determined her identity once and for all, saying Mona Lisa is undoubtedly Lisa Gherardini del Giocondo, wife of a wealthy silk merchant. With her identity finally sorted, researchers are now saying they might know where Ms. Gherardini’s bones are buried; possibly...
MELBOURNE, Australia, Sept. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Advanced new research scanning suggests "Mona Lisa" was originally 40 years older than she appears today, as deep beneath the surface she is 60+ years of age and that Leonardo later "rejuvenated" her to look younger and more beautiful. According to research historian Graeme Cameron, these groundbreaking findings may prove the portrait cannot be of the 24-year-old Lisa del Giocondo but is instead almost certainly Leonardo's 63-year-old...
"Sexual Explosion," the ultimate nude portrait, ranked as #4 in "Top 10 Most Famous Paintings in the Art World" report (July 5, 2011), has been added to Google Images comprehensive art list entitled "World's Most Famous Paintings (August 23, 2011), it is reported by Art Collectors Website spokesman and art critic Stan Zipperman. In the "Top 10 Most Famous Paintings in the Art World" rankings, along with "Mona Lisa," the two paintings are...
American Mystery Solver, Scott Lund, Set to Prove Mona Lisa Was Not Painted in Florence Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) August 18, 2011 "The idea that the Mona Lisa was painted in Florence is the biggest red herring in art history," says Scott Lund, an investigative writer who claims he can prove a silk merchant's wife living there was not the subject of Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece. Leonardo left Milan in 1499 after an invasion by the King of France sent its ruling Sforza family fleeing the...
Researchers are digging up the remains of an Italian noblewoman who they believe could be the model who sat for Leonardo da Vinci's infamous Mona Lisa masterpiece. Art historian Silvano Vinceti believes that by locating the remains of Lisa Gherardini, he will be able to prove whether or not she was the artists' model. According to a death certificate, Gherardini died in 1542 and is interred in a convent in Florence. The excavation will begin at Saint Orsola later this month. Art experts have...
Queen's University Classics professor emeritus Ross Kilpatrick believes the Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece, the Mona Lisa, incorporates images inspired by the Roman poet Horace and Florentine poet Petrarch. The technique of taking a passage from literature and incorporating it into a work of art is known as "˜invention' and was used by many Renaissance artists."The composition of the Mona Lisa is striking. Why does Leonardo have an attractive woman sitting on a balcony, while in the...
Art detectives took a fresh look at the Mona Lisa on Sunday and noticed tiny letters and numbers hidden in the famous painting's eyes. Experts say that the barely distinguishable letters and numbers that artist Leonardo da Vinci placed in the painting represent something of a real-life Da Vinci code. Dan Brown, author of the best-seller The Da Vinci Code, wrote in the fictional story that the Mona Lisa contained hidden clues about the Holy Grail. Silvano Vinceti, president of Italy's National...
