Leonardo da Vinci understood the power of melding human thinking and creation with nature’s intelligence—an approach to ...

Born on April 15, 1452, Leonardo da Vinci is one of humankind's greatest and most creative minds. He may be best known for influential paintings such as the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper ...

A mural commissioned in 1503 for the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence has been the subject of controversy and debate for more than ...

Explore Leonardo da Vinci's most famous works like the Mona Lisa, as well as his drawings and unfinished works. In 1517, Leonardo showed a visitor a portrait of Lisa del Giocondo, the wife of a ...

The Italian polymath Leonardo da Vinci drew his design for an "aerial screw" in the late 1480s, while he was employed as a military engineer by Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan from 1494 to 1499. The ...

For [a] biography, that would normally be the ... and close-ups of nature, Burns’ "Leonardo da Vinci" provides a departure from his playbook of archived footage to deliver a lyrical film that ...