The finding disclosed in world premiere in the hometown of the Tuscan genius, in the context of the exhibition “Leonardo Lives”. Eike Schmidt: «The tradition of collecting locks of hair of famous people dates back to the Romanticism. It would have been out of period»
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Mattarella at Notre-Dame: «Here to witness the friendship between France and Italy»
The two heads of State will also stop by Leonardo’s tomb and will have lunch at the Clos-Lucè castle.
Mona Lisa’s expression? That mysterious (and contrived) smile conceals a new enigma
A new analysis of three Italian neuroscientists, published in the journal Cortex, shows that it is a “fake”, not at all spontaneous smile, maybe made purposefully so by the Master
Leonardo, battle about the lock of hair-relic. Schmidt: «Nobody believes it»
The announcement came from the curators of the exhibition «Leonardo Lives» in the town of Vinci, where the historical artifact was displayed in world premiere
Leonardo, 500 years of painting, engineering and… caricatures
On May 2, 1519, Leonardo da Vinci. On this occasion, we walk again through the versatility and modernity of his genius.
Leonardo da Vinci, 500 years after the genius’s death: the celebrations to start
The ceremony with Mattarella and Macron in Amboise, where the Tuscan artist died on May 2, 1519 while he was a guest of the king of France Francis I. To remember that, exhibitions and events in Italy, from stamps to special initiatives for schools
The «Last Supper» closed. The visitors in a protest: «We had booked»
Bewildered Italians and foreigners, with their regular tickets: “We were given guarantees as to the opening during the holiday”
From Leonardo Da Vinci to John Belushi: all the 2019 anniversaries, how many of them do you know?
May 2: joint Italy-France tribute to Leonardo Da Vinci.
Over 7,000 signatures to save the Italian language in French high schools
Plea of French and Italian intellectuals against the reform of the high school, pushed by the Macron government, which strangles the teaching of the Italian language at school. Among the signatories Jeanne Balibar and Julie Gayet, Luciano Canfora, Andrea Camilleri and Dacia Maraini
Leonardo Da Vinci, lock of his hair found: from its DNA, his descendants will be tracked down
This is the announcement made by the curators of the «Leonardo Lives» exhibition: the Leonardo’s scholar Alessandro Vezzosi, director of the Ideal Leonardo Da Vinci Museum in Vinci (Florence), and the historian Agnese Sabato, president of the Leonardo Da Vinci Heritage, who in 2016 disclosed the existence of the genius’s living descendants