Da Vinci - The Genius

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Louis Buff Parry commented on Fran Brown's blog post 'Mona Lisa's 'golden ratio' explained by US academic'
Kudos to Adrien Bejan for his release of this breakthrough. I wish to add to it the following: The golden ratio was used by Bela Bartok in his Sonata for Two Pianos, and by the very young musical genius Atalante al Kabir, whose real name is Anand Na…
on Friday
Louis Buff Parry commented on Daedelus's blog post 'Da Vinci and Bill Viola, together at last!'
What is not included in this posting about Bill Viola's work, as associated with what you call Leonardo's "Angel of the Flesh" chalk-on-paper drawing, exhibited at the Italian Cultural Institute in December 2009, is the fact that the new book writte…
on Thursday
Daedelus added a blog post
A curious, and somewhat morbid Da Vinci news story today - it looks like Da Vinci's tomb at Amboise Castle in the Loire valley is to be opened so that historians and scientists can analyse Scientists and historians from Italy’s National Committee f…
January 25
Daedelus commented on Peggy H Henson's blog post 'Happy new years'
Hi Peggy, Hope that 2010 is a great year for you - I always find it helpful when contemplating the future to draw inspiration from the great things people have achieved against adversity throughout history, men such as Leonardo, Michelangelo, Van G…
January 25
Jane Sandelands I love Da Vinci
January 21
Daedelus added a blog post
On first glance this appears to be nothing but a homage to Da Vinci - a charming reproduction of his most famous work - and as such best suited to hanging on a wall and quiet contemplation. But closer examination reveals that this ingenious design…
January 21
Peggy H Henson added a blog post
Sorry I have not been in contact more often. Thing's have not been easy lately. What is my daughters favorite saying "but ya get that"!. Wish I didn;t get "that" so often. How has everybodys, start to the year 2010 been? would love to hear, so much…
January 21
Daedelus added a page
Mona Warp
January 20
Daedelus added a blog post
The Mona Lisa has served as an inspiration for generations of writers, musicians and artists - not least the mysterious double act who went by the nom-de-plume 'Michael Field'. Katharine Bradley (1846-1914) and Edith Cooper (1862-1913) were compone…
January 19
Daedelus added 14 photos to the album 'Da Vinci - The Genius: Manchester exhibition Images'
10 more…
January 14
Daedelus added a blog post
As we all know Leonardo didn't exactly leave behind a large ouevre - in fact of all the great masters he is one of the least represented. That's why Sotheby's announcement that they will be putting La Belle Ferronnière up for auction on January 28th…
January 12
Daedelus added a photo
Mona Folder
January 11
Fran Brown added 2 blog posts
January 7
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Looking at the last post about the recent Lost promo pictures referencing Da Vinci's Last Supper got me to thinking about the frankly incredible amount of times this masterpiece has been interpreted, pastiched and reframed in recent years. A quick b…
January 6
Fran Brown added a video
Silly advert featuring Mona Lisa
Recently found on youtube - enjoy
January 6
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January 5

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Welcome to the Da Vinci - The Genius microsite powered by MOSI

This site is has been created to help keep you up-to-date with the Da Vinci - The Genius exhibition at The Museum of Science & Industry in Manchester, UK, that runs from now until June. This critically-acclaimed show features Leonardo’s inventions to life via working models and explore the stories behind his codices, anatomical drawings, paintings and sketches.

Da Vinci - The Genius also features an entire section dedicated to uncovering the secrets of the world’s most famous painting; The Mona Lisa.

For more details or ticket information click here, but even if you can’t make it to the exhibition we hope you'll enjoy this site and help build a thriving community of Da Vinci fans. You can also find us on Facebook and Twitter.

This is a place to discover and celebrate the remarkable life and achievements of Leonardo da Vinci - and is a showcase for his art, inventions and ideas. It features pictures, films, interactive games and the latest Da Vinci related news. And to see Space Shuttle Astronauts take our special 'Da Vinci Genius Test' and try the test yourself check out our Genius Test tab above.

If you sign up as a member you can also get involved by submitting comments, suggestions or any suitable Da Vinci material. Videos and pictures can be uploaded directly, subject to approval. Any written commentary, analysis or esssay should be posted as a blog, and if it's suitable we will upload it to our Apocrypha tab. We can't guarantee we can upload everything - but we'll try to ensure all our content is both high quality and updated regularly.


We hope you enjoy the exhibition and enjoy this site.
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The Da Vinci -The Genius exhibition has been created by Grande Exhibitions, the Anthropos Foundation, Italy and Pascal Cotte, France.

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Daedelus

Digging up Da Vinci - exhuming the great man's remains - was Mona a self-portrait?

A curious, and somewhat morbid Da Vinci news story today - it looks like Da Vinci's tomb at Amboise Castle in the Loire valley is to be opened so that historians and scientists can analyse


Scientists and historians from Italy’s National Committee for Cultural Heritage have sought permission to open the artist’s tomb at Amboise Castle in the Loire valley.


Italian historians and scientists intend to build a reconstruction of Leonardo's face from analysis of his skull with the ai

… Continue

Posted by Daedelus on January 25, 2010 at 2:32pm

pat griswold

Imagine if DaVinci Were Alive Today

What would he do with a tool like the internet and social media? Would he setupp a satellite high speed internet studio to distribute his works of art to the masses, or we he use cloud hosting and charge an online admission fee to see his works. Maybe he would sell his works on ebay, as Grand… Continue

Posted by pat griswold on January 21, 2010 at 8:39pm — 1 Comment

Daedelus

Fancy transforming Mona into a seat?

On first glance this appears to be nothing but a homage to Da Vinci - a charming reproduction of his most famous work - and as such best suited to hanging on a wall and quiet contemplation.

But closer examination reveals that this ingenious design doubles as a fold out chair:



The chair comes courtesy of… Continue

Posted by Daedelus on January 21, 2010 at 12:22pm

Peggy H Henson

Happy new years

Sorry I have not been in contact more often. Thing's have not been easy lately. What is my daughters favorite saying "but ya get that"!. Wish I didn;t get "that" so often.
How has everybodys, start to the year 2010 been? would love to hear, so much better than mine,!
We have had temp's in the low 40 c. Yep. doing little unwanted cooking. Funny England, being snowed in. "excuse me" for sound silly. Snow, what's that?? I have never seen snow. Me being from Australia, ( the mellee country: ) the… Continue

Posted by Peggy H Henson on January 21, 2010 at 11:35am — 1 Comment

Daedelus

Guardian's Poem of the week: 'La Gioconda' by Michael Field

The Mona Lisa has served as an inspiration for generations of writers, musicians and artists - not least the mysterious double act who went by the nom-de-plume 'Michael Field'.

Katharine Bradley (1846-1914) and Edith Cooper (1862-1913) were component parts that made up Michael and lived and worked together in the 19th Century.

La Gioconda
(Leonardo da Vinci, The Louvre)

Historic, side-long, implicating eyes;
A smile of velvet's lustre on the cheek;
Calm lips the smile leads upward; han… Continue

Posted by Daedelus on January 19, 2010 at 10:04am

 
 

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