all about: Leonardo da Vinci

User-created overview of the personal life, professional life, famous paintings, science work, and resources about the archetype of the Renaissance man, Leonardo da Vinci.
Online exhibit including classroom activities and features on Leonardo's inventions, backwards handwriting, and life. Learn about da Vinci's success as a scientist, artist, and inventor during the Renaissance.
Growing up in his father's Vinci home, Leonardo had access to scholarly texts owned by ... For example, one of Leonardo's first big breaks was to paint an angel in ...

Mona Lisa Painting Secrets

Pascal Cotte announced that he has found proof that Leonardo da Vinci painted the original portrait “Mona Lisa” with eyelashes and eyebrows. Cotte examined the painting with a high-definition camera using several light spectrums, ultra-violet and infrared. The images can be seen in an exhibition called ‘Mona Lisa Secrets Revealed‘. He magnified the portrait 24 times and found a single brushstroke of a single hair above the left brow. Cotte’s examination led him to some additional discoveries about the mystery artwork. It shows that the fingers of the Mona Lisa’s left hand were actually painted in a slightly different position than to see finally. Many other...