Spanish police have arrested a man for exporting a fake Leonardo da Vinci painting in an attempt to sell the artwork as an authentic piece for more than $1.4 million. Investigators had been on the ...

The document was written by Ser Piero da Vinci, Leonardo’s father, and dated November 1452, when Leonardo would have been 6 months old. “When I saw that document I couldn’t believe my eyes ...

Leonardo da Vinci is a 2-part, 4-hour docuseries directed by Ken Burns, Sarah Burns and David McMahon. It’s Ken Burns’ first project that isn’t about an American subject, but given how da ...

Paratico's book, Leonardo da Vinci: A Chinese Scholar Lost in Renaissance Italy, was published the following year.His theory was based in part on research by Renzo Cianchi of the Leonardo Library ...

Leonardo da Vinci discovered how to capture life in his drawings. And he found new ways to topple a castle. But the one thing he could never come up with was a good recipe for shampoo.

A painting by Leonardo da Vinci sold for $450.3 million at Christie's, by far the highest price for any work of art sold at auction—and a sign of the lofty place the great Italian artist holds ...

PBS’ new two-part, four-hour Leonardo da Vinci probably won’t redefine the identity of Ken Burns, renowned as a documentary chronicler of all things Americana.. But it does find the director ...

LEONARDO da VINCI, a new, two-part, four-hour documentary directed by Ken Burns, Sarah Burns and David McMahon explores the life and work of the 15 th century polymath Leonardo da Vinci, is Burns ...

Step into the world of a true Renaissance genius: Leonardo da Vinci.You may think you know him — the painter who captured the smile of the Mona Lisa, the visionary who designed flying machines ...

Turns throughout PBS' “Leonardo da Vinci” remind us of how similar his era was to ours. Da Vinci’s Renaissance was a time of doubt and great uncertainty. His native city of Florence, Italy ...