leonardo da vinci

I wasn't sure where to put this so I figure I'll put it here as it kind of relates to "technology". MIT researchers dug into one of Da Vinci's previous bridge designs to see if it would work. Apparently, it would have! Anyway, I don't want to quote the whole article. It's rather lengthy but...

Mysterious woman is mysterious. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-09-28/mona-lisa/4284918 Forensic specialists declare it is the same woman. But an Oxford art historian says it does not have the same "elusiveness" or "subtlety". Anyone care to form a conclusion?

Not sure if this should be here or in the Medicine section... Anyway, according to some expert, La Giaconda suffered from high colesterol. I suspect that the experts may be reading too much into these paintings. Artists are known to filter what goes down onto the canvas (or panel, in the case...

I was watching a program on the Shroud of Turin on National Geographic the other night. The conclusion was that Leonardo da Vinci was the painter of the piece and presented some compelling evidence. But that's not what I want to to talk about. No, I want to ask you - if you had the ability to...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mona_Lisa Nowhere in this article does it mention the possibility that Mona Lisa has her strange expression just because she is a model sitting for a long period of time trying not to move while her portrait is being painted. If you've ever had to wait too long to...