Leonardo da Vinci

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8 things you may not know about Leonardo da Vinci, on the 500th anniversary of his death

Dead five centuries, Leonardo retains a rock star's fame, well known around the world by just one name. Here, some facts about the man and his legacy.

8 things you may not know about Leonardo da Vinci, on the 500th anniversary of his death
Mona Lisa

Biographer Walter Isaacson, on Leonardo da Vinci’s art and science

Biographer Walter Isaacson, on Leonardo da Vinci’s art and science

Leonardo da Vinci, Master Of Art And Science

Leonardo da Vinci, Master Of Art And Science
The triptych San Zeno Altarpiece, painted by Venetian Renaissance artist Andrea Mantegna. It is in the Basilica of San Zeno in Verona.

Can Italy build another Renaissance?

Can Italy build another Renaissance?

Sectarian violence costs more lives in Lebanon

Sectarian violence costs more lives in Lebanon

Leonardo Da Vinci imagined this instrument, but it never became real until now

Famed Renaissance artist Leonardo Da Vinci detailed a design for a new instrument in his Codex Altanticus. But it never moved beyond his sketchbook. Now, more than 500 years later Polish pianist Slawomir Zubrzycki has built and played the inventor's viola organista.

Leonardo Da Vinci imagined this instrument, but it never became real until now

What would global cartoonists do without US spying revelations?

Continuing revelations from Edward Snowden are feeding the political humor mill around the world, as they also feed anger among US allies. In today's Global Scan, we find at least one leader who doesn't have to worry about US electronic eavesdropping. And we find new uses for ktichenware, from spamming to political protest.

What would global cartoonists do without US spying revelations?

Slideshow: Finding Da Vinci's Lost Art

Art researchers in Italy have been peeking through cracks in a 16th century fresco and now say they may have discovered traces of long-lost mural by Leonardo da Vinci.

Slideshow: Finding Da Vinci's Lost Art

Mona Lisa model mystery

Reporter Megan Williams tells us about an effort under way at a former convent in Florence, Italy to identify the remains of the woman who might have been the model for Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa."

Mona Lisa model mystery

Amazing Rare Things

Naturalist Sir David Attenborough explains how artists exposed Europeans to nature in the New World, beginning in the 15th century.

Amazing Rare Things