This story appears in the March/April 2017 issue of National Geographic History magazine. The 16th century was an age of exploration in all senses of the term, a period when colossal advances in art, ...

Art meets physics meets hands-on exploration at the Museum of Science this fall with a new exhibit revolving around the work of the original Renaissance man, Leonardo da Vinci. “Da Vinci – the Genius, ...

"This book is funded in part by the Newbery Library, accompanying an exhibition on view at the Newberry from April 18 to July 3, 2020."--Title page verso. Exhibition postponed until the fall of 2020 ...

Surekha Davies is a British historian of science and the author of Humans: A Monstrous History (University of California ...

Henry Ford Museum is opening "DaVinci The Exhibition", showcasing 65 full-scale reproductions of Leonardo da Vinci's ...

That the Renaissance took place north as well as south of the Alps is not news, but in his enlightening and fascinating study, “The Other Renaissance,” Paul Strathern demonstrates the weight and ...

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If you go to Italy, or to the Italian Renaissance galleries of an art museum, you may find yourself wondering how artists of the time created work of such refinement and complexity. What were the ...

The name Leonardo da Vinci resonates in the corridor of time, embodying the essence of the Renaissance. Born in the Italian town of Vinci in 1452, he quickly transcended his humble origins and became ...

Leonardo da Vinci is, of course, best known as one of the world’s greatest artists. At his death in 1519, he was famous for such masterpieces as the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper. But he was more than ...