Some church leaders and politicians have condemned the performance from the opening ceremony for mocking Christianity. Art historians are divided.
Tag: da Vinci, Leonardo
Mystery of Mona Lisa’s Location May Be Solved
A mash-up of geology and art history has identified a likely setting for one of the world’s most famous paintings.
Da Vinci’s Been Dead for 500 Years. Who Gets to Profit from His Work?
Italian officials and a German puzzle maker are battling over a 1,000-piece puzzle bearing the image of the artist’s “Vitruvian Man.”
Protesters at the Louvre Hurl Soup at the Mona Lisa
Two women from an environmental group threw pumpkin-colored soup at the artwork, which is behind bulletproof glass at the Louvre and did not appear to sustain damage.
Leonardo’s Ferry Left High and Dry by Global Warming and Red Tape
A ferry used to traverse the banks of the Adda River, in northern Italy, but drought and an abundance of bureaucracy has closed it down.
Who Was Leonardo’s Mother? A Novelist Has Evidence She Was Enslaved.
An author has a theory that the artist’s mother, Caterina, was kidnapped as a girl in the Caucasus area of Central Asia.
A Glimpse Inside a Florentine Silk-Weaving Workshop
The Antico Setificio Fiorentino, which relies on looms from the 18th and 19th centuries, has been producing precious textiles since 1786.
A Clash of Wills Keeps a Leonardo Masterpiece Hidden
The Louvre inspected the “Salvator Mundi” and certified it as the work of Leonardo da Vinci. But it kept those findings secret after a squabble with the painting’s owners.
The Louvre Recovers Armor Pieces Stolen Nearly 40 Years Ago
At the end of May 1983, two pieces of Italian Renaissance armor went missing. The circumstances around their disappearance still remain a mystery.
What Leonardo da Vinci Couldn’t Finish
“Saint Jerome Praying in the Wilderness” at the Met Museum is a masterpiece in progress from a perfectionist who hated to say “done.”