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: 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: 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: Ton Pascal | 2012-05-16 | Humanities Even knowing that his birthright situation, being illegitimate, was then a common occurrence, Leonardo had a hard time accepting this humiliating heritage. It was 1467 and Leonardo had just turned fifteen. His birth father immediately arranged for him to relocate, and placed Leonardo to work as an apprentice with a local, well known, Master painter. This was the final blow to Leonardo’s ego. read more
By: Emerson Swanson | 2010-03-26 | Hobbies System requirements are not just applicable to some games; these are part of every game. There is no game that exists today that does not have any system requirement for the computer to properly run the game. Aside from that, almost all game requirements are considerably on the part of the hardware device read more
By: Michael Maykino | 2010-10-12 | Health & Fitness Da Vinci Surgical System is an advanced machine used in surgical procedures. It works just like a robot. Man have to give guidelines to operate the unit correctly. The unit is proven to work for Laparoscopic Surgical procedures. read more
By: Todd Murphy | 2010-04-03 | Movies The Dan Brown page-turning novel dealing with the ultimate conspiracy of our time has been translated in to one of the most boring, stupid, and clumsy blockbusters in recent memory. One has to wonder how A-star talent like Ron Howard and Tom Hanks could have made such a bad movie. 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: Bernard Shoe | 2011-11-27 | Painting It seems that we’ve found all possible masterpieces of famous artists and sculptors. But from time to time life brings us surprises. And even paintings that were considered to be ruined, destroyed and lost appear in the most unpredictable way. Recently one of the most famous Leonardo da Vinci’s works was founded. It is a painting of Jesus Christ “Salvador Mundi.” read more
By: Broderick Booth Goran | 2010-12-08 | Culture Leonardo Da Vinci was a very well known artist throughout the world. Many do not know about his various accomplishments as an inventor. He had over a hundred different intriguing inventions, gadgets, and plans devised 500 years ahead of his time. It is not hard to see him as one of the greatest inventors of all time. read more
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: Maorie Steple | 2011-05-15 | Babies Guard rails provide safety against falls, so you, and your toddler, can sleep better, available in cherry, ebony, natural, oak, and white read more
By: Marcus Miles | 2010-10-21 | Multimedia From the fine art and gemstones adorning the reels to the masterpiece that is Tumbling Reels, Kerching is proud to present the classy Da Vinci Diamonds. read more