DaVinci Northwest

06/11/2021

Recently discovered work by Renaissance master believed to be genuine; sketch of painting hangs in Louvre Museum

05/18/2021

Let's think like Leonardo da Vinci

Renaissance polymath, Da Vinci, worked across disciplines and remains as renowned for his inventions as he is for his paintings.

10/14/2020

another LdV trait!

Scientists believe Leonardo da Vinci's super-fast eye may have helped him catch the enigmatic magic of Mona Lisa's smile.

08/26/2020

Lost Leonardo Found

The Renaissance man was as much a scientist as an artist. On the 500th anniversary of his death, Cath Pound explores how Leonardo da Vinci’s drawings reveal his genius.

08/24/2020

another LDV first

Scientists now know the mesh of muscle fibres on the heart’s inner surface, first sketched by da Vinci, allow blood to flow more efficiently

08/12/2020

Butt...of course... Leonardo is #1

They are ‘the founding curves of the Renaissance’. As Yorkshire Museum calls on collections worldwide to display their best behinds to boost attendance after coronavirus, we name our favourites

08/12/2020

How much do you know about Leonardo da Vinci?

08/12/2020

Salvator Mundi sold for $450 million (£342 million) in 2017 but art expert Jacques Franck believes it is a 'workshop Leonardo' created by two of the artist's assistants.

08/12/2020

The huge show has become one of the first large-scale productions to resume production during the coronavirus crisis – and it included one of the biggest sets in Western Europe

11/08/2019

a closer look... set to music!

Leonardo is the world’s most famous artist. But a new opera is shining fresh light on his private passions – by depicting his intense relationships with two of his assistants.

08/21/2019

musician of course

Leonardo da Vinci has attracted more than his fair share of speculative nonsense in the modern day. Not ...