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Wowser! That’s a LOT of Money!!!

Posted in Little Known Facts, Serendipity, tagged Leonardo da Vinci on November 15, 2017| Leave a Comment »

151017salvator “The rediscovered masterpiece, Salvator Mundi, by the Renaissance master Leonardo da Vinci sells for an historic $450,312,500, obliterating the previous world record for the most expensive work of art at auction.” Read more here.

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Happy Birthday Leonardo!

Posted in Little Known Facts, tagged Last Supper, Leonardo da Vinci on April 15, 2015| Leave a Comment »

da Vinci’s Last Supper, 181″x 346″, tempera, 1494-1498

On this day in 1452 Leonardo da Vinci was born. He is often considered the most diversely talented person who ever lived. He was a painter, sculptor, writer, architect, musician, engineer, cartographer, inventor, and more.

Study Sheet with Cats, Dragons and other animals, Leonardo da Vinci

“His genius, perhaps more than that of any other figure, epitomized the Renaissance humanist ideal. Leonardo has often been described as the archetype of the Renaissance Man, a man of “unquenchable curiosity” and “feverishly inventive imagination”. (from Wikipedia)

Learn more about Leonardo da Vinci here and here. And see his works here.

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Happy Birthday Leonardo da Vinci

Posted in Little Known Facts, Trivia, tagged da Vinci flying machine drawing, Leonardo da Vinci, Mona Lisa on April 15, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Born on April 15, 1452, Leonardo da Vinci was truly a “Renaissance” man. Primarily known as a painter, he was also a mathematician, sculptor, scientist, musician, engineer, architect, writer, botanist and the list goes on.

Leonardo da Vinci’s Design for a Flying Machine

He painted the most famous portrait of all time, The Mona Lisa, as well as the most reproduced religious painting, The Last Supper. There was a renewed interest in many of his drawings and inventions because of a book/movie released a few years ago – The Da Vinci Code.

He is an intriguing figure to study. You can learn more about him here.

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