Leonardo da Vinci

Tourists haven’t seen the Last Supper as Olympic VIPs, including Vance, visit

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Tourists haven’t seen the Last Supper as Olympic VIPs, including Vance, visit

MILAN (AP) — Tourists in Milan during the Winter Olympics hoping to see Leonardo da Vinci’s “Last Supper” got an unpleasant surprise: Access to the masterpiece is closed to the public for 3 1/2 days. The painting, created between 1494 and 1498 by the Italian Renaissance artist, is on a wall inside the refectory of … Read more

A dentist has discovered a hidden code in Leonardo da Vinci’s most famous drawing

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A dentist has discovered a hidden code in Leonardo da Vinci’s most famous drawing

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: A London dentist noticed a third shape “hidden in plain sight” in Leonardo da Vinci’s famous Vitruvian Man drawing. The 1490 illustration was originally created to demonstrate a principle theorized by the Roman architect Vitruvius—that the human body could fit proportionally into both a circle and … Read more