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Renaissance Robotics: Leonardo da Vinci’s Lost Knight and Enlivened Materiality

Medievalists.net — Fri, 25 Sep 2015 03:21:53 +0000

The knight, when activated, would spring upright while simultaneously closing its arms in a lateral, pectoral embrace.

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Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci to tour British Isles in 2016

Medievalists.net — Sun, 31 May 2015 20:04:25 +0000

Throughout 2016, ten of the finest drawings by Leonardo da Vinci in the Royal Collection will travel to four museums and galleries across the United Kingdom and Ireland in a new exhibition.

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10 Creepy Things to See at the Louvre That Are Better Than the Mona Lisa

Medievalists.net — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 16:14:48 +0000

If you're an ancient historian, a medievalist, or early modernist, there are so many other amazing pieces and works of art a the Louvre other than these two tourist staples. Here is my list of cool, creepy, unusual and better than the Mona Lisa at the Louvre in Paris.

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From Tempests and Hydraulic Machines to the Arno Diversion: the Historical Significance of da Vinci’s Study of Water

Medievalists.net — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 01:55:29 +0000

Reemergence of classical thought and the importance of water in society led da Vinci to pursue multiple projects regarding his study of water – culminating in the project to divert the Arno River.

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Leonardo da Vinci’s Study of Light and Optics: A Synthesis of Fields in The Last Supper

Medievalists.net — Wed, 21 Jan 2015 01:45:13 +0000

Leonardo da Vinci’s preoccupation with the natural world led him to the fields of optics and astronomy.

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Leonardo da Vinci: A Restless Life

Medievalists.net — Sat, 22 Nov 2014 03:53:38 +0000

George Bent has written about artistic production, the function of liturgical images, and institutional patronage in early Renaissance Florence

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Saving Da Vinci

Medievalists.net — Mon, 23 Jun 2014 15:45:42 +0000

Studying a famous Leonardo self-portrait, a team of scientists has developed a new, nondestructive way to gauge degradation of ancient paper art and docs

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The Fables of Leonardo da Vinci

Medievalists.net — Sun, 30 Mar 2014 17:03:47 +0000

When wine is consumed by the drunkard, it takes revenge on the drinker.

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Leonardo’s Literary Writings: History, Genre, Philosophy

Medievalists.net — Wed, 01 Jan 2014 14:58:05 +0000

This dissertation, conceiving Leonardo as a moral philosopher, provides interpretations that lead to the conclusion that his thought pervades both his major and minor works and that these literary writings must be viewed as an extension (and result) of Leonardo’s greater notions of the world and of how all parts relate to one another.

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Leonardo da Vinci painting discovered in Swiss bank vault

Medievalists.net — Mon, 07 Oct 2013 14:42:35 +0000

For centuries it was believed that Leonardo da Vinci made a pencil sketch of Isabella d’Este, but that he never completed a full portrait of the famous Renaissance noblewoman.

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