Artdaily (Free subscription) | yesterday
NEW YORK, NY (AP).- An interactive exhibit featuring life-size models of Leonardo da Vinci's 500-year-old inventions and machines is opening in New York City's Times Square. Although best known for painting the masterpiece "Mona Lisa," da Vinci also designed a fantastical array of futuristic flying machines, robots, weapons and mechanical devices. Highlights of the exhibit opening Friday...
CANNONFIRE (Free subscription) | yesterday
(This is a bit of non-political weekend fun. Don't take it too seriously.) No, I'm not pulling a Dan Brown on you: Leonardo da Vinci really did write what have been called "prophecies." Many of these quotes seem more like axioms or observations, applicable to any time, although the ones printed here seem intended to be taken as forecasts of things to come. Each prophecy carries a poetic title....
buzz99 | yesterday
Delve deeper into the secret society of assassins with the sequel to the blockbuster action-adventure game. Assassin’s Creed 2 is an epic story of family, vengeance and conspiracy set in the pristine, yet brutal, backdrop of a Renaissance Italy. Ezio befriends Leonardo da Vinci , takes on Florence’s most powerful families and ventures throughout the canals of Venice where he learns to become
Brutally Honest (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
by guest blogger, BroKen. Teaching children at home has had amazing results for centuries. Here is a short list of some home schooled students; Leonardo da Vinci, Abraham Lincoln, Mozart, Edison. Still today, in spite of the rapid growth of...
Artdaily (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
ATLANTA, GA.- Visitors to the High now have the opportunity to name Leonardo da Vinci's Sforza Horse, which is currently re-created on the High's Sifly Piazza, for the chance to win airline tickets, a dinner for four, $100 to spend in the High's Museum Shop, and a class trip to the High. To enter (no purchase necessary), visitors will fill out forms at kiosks in the museum's lobby with their proposed...
Nag on the Lake (Free subscription) | yesterday
This blew me away. Go to the site and enlarge and zoom into the image. Waterhouse & Dodd - Contemporary - Object Detail - Citadelle 2 - Jean Francois Rauzier (French 1952) "In this huge advent calendar a glorious selection of Venetian, Florentine, Neapolitan and Milanese gardens are partially hidden behind the doors, and a myriad of Italian Renaissance paintings can be seen through each window....
SBWire Press Releases (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Learning Italian language with an individual Italian course. The Italian Language school for foreigners Leonardo da Vinci offers individual Italian courses in order to meet all students' needs.
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
An interactive exhibit featuring life-size models of Leonardo da Vinci's 500-year-old inventions and machines is opening in New York City's Times Square.
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Highlights of the exhibit opening Friday include the "Great Kite" flying machine, a working prototype of his "Self-Propelled Cart, and physical models of his mechanical bat and lion.
New York Times (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
The Discovery Times Square Exposition’s show actually brings you closer to understanding the real workshop of Leonardo: his mind.
Wired: Underwire (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Leonardo da Vinci’s Workshop, an exhibit opening Friday in New York, features life-size models of the great inventor’s machines, including his Mechanical Lion (pictured), weapons of war and flying machines. Gallery: The Last Supper, Up Close and Digital The replicas were re-created from Leonardo’s personal notebooks, or codices, using authentic materials, according to a press release...
The Common Room (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Several years ago there was a Leonardo Da Vinci exhibit in a museum in Canada . It was the last time these works would be seen anywhere on the North American Continent for many years, perhaps ever. We planned a field trip with two other homeschooling mothers. We planned it and looked forward to it for months. I gloated to all my friends, both real and virtual, about the cultural treat in store of us....
Video Games Loop (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Assassin's Creed 2 is finally available for us to get our hands on it and Ubisoft has released a launch trailer for the few of you out there that still need some need a little big of encouragement. Assassin's Creed 2 is a sure bet of being on many Game of the Year lists when all is said and done. The sequel brings numerous additions to the original's best selling gameplay. The combat system is vastly...
Art Knowledge News (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
MILAN (AP).- The historic Biblioteca Ambrosiana on Tuesday unveiled 280 drawings by such masters as Raphael and Leonardo da Vinci collected by a 17th-century friar that have just returned from a Florence studio where they were restored for years. The so-called "Codex Resta," a collection of drawings named for the friar Sebastiano Resta who assembled it, was returned to the library this week...
The Next Web (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Edward Tufte, the Leonardo da Vinci of data according to New York Times, would love this: Microsoft’s Live Labs team have introduced an experimental prototype application aimed at simplifying interactions with massive amounts of data, codenamed “Pivot”, during its Professional Developer Conference. The standalone .NET application prototype is currently available by invitation only...
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buzz99 | yesterday
Delve deeper into the secret society of assassins with the sequel to the blockbuster action-adventure game. Assassin’s Creed 2 is an epic story of family, vengeance and conspiracy set in the pristine, yet brutal, backdrop of a Renaissance Italy. Ezio befriends Leonardo da Vinci , takes on Florence’s most powerful families and ventures throughout the canals of Venice where he learns to become a master
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