By: All-Purpose Guru | 2010-10-22 | Book Reviews An appreciation of Leonardo's life and times, focusing on the relationship between art and science, by a physicist/artist and a classicist/educator. Beautifully illustrated and published by National Geographic. read more
By: Broderick Booth Goran | 2011-06-30 | Technology He was able to see the truth when others gave way to what was thought to be true. The one known as the Renaissance man and a universal genius, Leonardo da Vinci, was born in the 15th century, yet his inventions' influence can still be seen today. read more
By: Mark Feldman | 2010-03-11 | Art Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (April 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519) was one of the great masters of the Italian Renaissance. In addition to being a painter and sculptor, he was also an accomplished scientist, architect and engineer. Leonardo's paintings continued to influence Italian artists well after his death and two of his paintings, the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper are perhaps the most famou read more
By: Vineesh Kumar | 2010-03-27 | Book Reviews In the novel Leigh Teabing explains to Sophie Neveu that the figure at the right hand of Jesus in Leonardo da Vinci's painting of "The Last Supper" is not the apostle John, but actually Mary Magdalene. In the novel, Mary Magdalene was the wife of Jesus Christ and was pregnant with his child when Jesus was crucified. read more
By: Samuel Carrara | 2010-03-17 | Arts & Entertainment Dad, I really want to become an actor, but if this is what it's all about, I don't want to do it. -Leonardo DiCaprio read more
By: Lollie Pedersen | 2010-04-01 | Interior design When you are choosing materials for your new project, do not over look the beauty and durability of linoleum. I know what you might be thinking...but my grandmother had linoleum and her home! Linoleum has come along way in beauty and color. It is also an amazing natural product that is a great addition to any home. read more
By: Sean Priestley | 2010-03-18 | Arts & Entertainment The Civil War has reunited America. As the article shows, the North and the South were separated policitally, but they have reunited at the end of the war at Appomattox estate. read more
By: Ton Pascal | 2012-04-27 | Humanities Leonardo was born out of wedlock, on April 15 1452, in farmhouse near Vince, Italy. To save his reputation, after Leonardo’s birth, his father, Ser Pierro d’Antonio, arranged for Leonardo’s mother to marry a poor peasant. Neglect, rejection and the lack of familial support were very much part of Leonardo’s upbringing, a far cry from a happy childhood. read more
By: mickey | 2010-11-09 | Home & Family Going through reviews on the internet, you are likely to come upon causes why you really should go with DaVinci furniture and they are very amazing factors read more
By: Ton pascal | 2012-04-16 | Humanities Leonardo da Vinci never went to school. He was a self-taught man. I think that Leonardo had a kind of autistic condition. From a very early age his works show a recognition and understanding of the basic laws of physics concerning time and space, a subject little known until then. Leonardo’s ideas, expressed in his backward writing, and looking like a secret code, were almost illegible to most r read more
By: Vansci110 | 2011-04-14 | Soccer Defending champion Inter Milan to the Champions League with a 2-5 first leg home record and ushered in the second leg with Schalke 04 read more
By: Alla Marinow | 2011-10-07 | Arts & Entertainment Mention the word ‘Renaissance’ to any person and it will evoke names such Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Florence, Italy, Rome etc to name just a few. Why is it that, this word and its associated time in history sticks in our memory and means something important to all of us? read more
By: Melanie Light | 2010-03-18 | Automotive Leonardo da Vinci, born in 1492 at a Tuscan farmhouse in Anchiano, Italy, is an polymath: painter, scientist, musician, inventor, engineer, etc. He is widely considered one of the greatest painters of all time. His life and bio is always an interested subject to public and mass media. read more
By: flicksandbits | 2010-12-04 | Movies Martin Scorsese's latest film and fourth collaboration with Leonardo DiCaprio tells the story of two U.S. marshals, Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Chuck Aule (Mark Ruffalo), who are summoned to a remote and barren island off the coast of Massachusetts to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a murderess from the island's fortress-like hospital for the criminally insane. read more