German literary historian Dino Heicker, the author of a book about the history of queerness," says there are contemporary ...

A London-based dentist has uncovered a hidden detail in Leonardo da Vinci ’s famous Vitruvian Man drawing, revealing a special number connecting the iconic artwork to the human body and nature.

Leonardo da Vinci's Lady with an Ermine, Mona Lisa and La Bella Principessa.All his life, Leonardo was passionately involved with women, at least in his painting. She is turning to look at someone ...

The inspired—and inspiring—mind of Leonardo da Vinci is at the heart of the Saint Louis Women’s Chorale’s upcoming concert, Brushstrokes: The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci.Composer Jocelyn Hagen was ...

Da Vinci’s missing family. Most of Leonardo’s late medieval and Renaissance-era family members were buried in the church of Santa Croce in Vinci, a town about 20 miles from Florence, Italy ...

CARMEN BAMBACH, AUTHOR, “LEONARDO DA VINCI REDISCOVERED”: Thank you, Walter. ... because, for me, it was such a moving moment — the same body scale, both women in which the hands, ...

In LEONARDO DA VINCI: The 100 Milestones (Sterling, $29.95), a far more compact highlight reel of the most important images of the thousands the artist produced, Kemp sheds fascinating light on ...

Even though Leonardo da Vinci is one of the earliest gay creators we know of, “Leonardo” has him drawn most powerfully to women. Sure, the series shows him kissing a man or two, ...

The da Vinci painting price surpassed the previous record of $179 million paid at Christie’s, including the auctioneer’s commission, for Pablo Picasso’s “Les Femmes d’Alger” (Women of ...

CLEARLY presenting the gist of Leonardo da Vinci’s commentary on life, this translation is the most comprehensive approach to his character in the English language. The two volumes contain 1294 ...