Centuries before the invention of the automobile, Leonardo da Vinci designed a device that seems to resemble a CVT. But did ...

Leonardo and Michelangelo, duking it out for Renaissance commissions, became bitter rivals, but why did their beef begin?

Sigmund Freud published a rather extensive study on Leonardo da Vinci, his childhood, and the symbols present in his art. The ...

Bob Dylan is mostly celebrated for his music, but his awards for his artwork and literature often go unnoticed.

Children 12 and under can get into the San Diego Air and Space Museum for free all month long as part of the museum’s “May Madness.” ...

Discovering the Hidden Art Gems of America's Favorite Grocery Store," Julie Averbach visited 175 of Trader Joe’s.

Piano, the Italian word for slow, was one of Pope Francis’s favourite words. He wanted a gentle touch to heal everything and ...

He does a good job of reminding readers that Renaissance art was almost always ... are recommended to turn to Martin Kemp’s classic Leonardo da Vinci: The Marvellous Works of Nature and Man, first ...

I bring fresh showers for the thirsting flowers, From the seas and the streams; I bear light shade for the leaves when laid ...

Harry Lime in The Third Man succinctly put the case for ‘lilies growing on dung-hills’: in Italy for 30 years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced ...

The movie based on the controversial novel by Dan Brown claimed that there were symbols and other hidden meanings about Jesus Christ, the apostles and the Holy Grail encoded in Leonardo da Vinci ...