Da Vinci - The Genius

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As a contributor to the MOSI site, it should be noted that I informed Daniel Nazareth not only about the MOSI Leonardo exhibit, but if one were to Google Mr. Nazareth, one will find that I in fact deciphered Leonardo's Pythagorean music and provided…
July 9
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Have you voted for your favourite Manchester Mona Lisa yet - check out the tab 'Vote for Manchester Mona' and choose which of our entrants best captures Leonardo's enigmatic masterwork.
June 25
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June 21
winner to me
June 17
Daedelus added a video
June 4
Chaz Truog added 6 photos
June 2
Shea Baker added 2 photos
June 2
Chaz Truog I am a co-creator, with Dave Rawson and Pat McGreal, of the DC/Vertigo Comics series "Chiaroscuro: The Private Lives of Leonardo da Vinci".
June 2
Chloe has that far off mystical look! the eyes show it all . She is thinking something differerrent to the image that was taken.
June 1
Daedelus added 17 photos to the album 'Manchester Monas!'
May 27

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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.
Thanks
The MOSI team

The Da Vinci -The Genius exhibition has been created by Grande Exhibitions, the Anthropos Foundation, Italy and Pascal Cotte, France.

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Scott Lund

Symbolic code indicates Mona Lisa had a dual identity




Hello MOSI and fellow bloggers! I am presenting a unique theory, called the Mona Lisa Code, based upon a story I wrote in last month's issue of Bel-Air magazine. At www.ScottLund.com you c

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Posted by Scott Lund on July 24, 2010 at 12:07am

Scott Lund

MONA LISA - New findings indicate her dual identity based on the Old and New Testaments



Hello MOSI and fellow contributors!




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Posted by Scott Lund on July 21, 2010 at 6:54pm

Daedelus

Manchester Monas

Have you voted for your favourite Manchester Mona Lisa yet - check out the tab 'Vote for Manchester Mona' and choose which of our entrants best captures Leonardo's enigmatic masterwork.

Posted by Daedelus on June 25, 2010 at 11:46am

Daedelus

Building Bridges - Making Da Vinci's Dream A Reality

Plans are afoot to build the bridge Leonardo dreamed of constructing across the Golden Horn. A letter discovered in the archives of Istanbul's Topkapi Palace in 1950 indicates that Da Vinci wrote a letter to the Sultan Bayazid II proposing his audacious aspiration to build the world's biggest bridge - he was ignored.

Now hundreds of years later two men are working at making his dream a reality - one in the realm of art, the other in reality.

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Posted by Daedelus on May 24, 2010 at 6:00pm — 1 Comment

Daedelus

Should left handed 'Leonardos' be given more time in exams?

As one of only 10% of the population who are left handed I have long suffered under the curse of living in a world designed for right-handers - my university years were blighted by my inability to write using a fountain pen, damning me to graceless ignominy and a biro...

Nonetheless suggestions from the headmaster of Malvern College, who suggests are holding a conference into the problems of being left-handed in education, that left-handers should receive more time in exams to make up f… Continue

Posted by Daedelus on May 19, 2010 at 3:33pm

 
 
 

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