The fact that da Vinci was using this shape in a drawing sketched in 1490 drawing reveals his genius understanding of the human body centuries before modern science came along, Dr Sweeney argues.

But a new exhibition at the Getty Center, “Leonardo da Vinci and the Art of Sculpture: Inspiration and Invention,” suggests there is at least one area left to explore: the works he didn’t do.

A London-based dentist may have cracked a centuries-old mathematics puzzle hidden in one of the most famous anatomical ...

Half a millennium after Leonardo da Vinci's death, his influence is alive and well in many of the modern machines we see and use every day. An inventor, engineer, scientist, and artist, da Vinci ...

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Da Vinci was a sculptor, architect and an accomplished inventor. As recorded in his sketchbooks, da Vinci imagined myriad new ways of doing things, using principles […] ...

NEW YORK – Several cities around the country are in da Vinci mode with shows about Leonardo da Vinci's art and inventions. In New York, " Leonardo Da Vinci 's Workshop: Inventor + Artist ...

Throughout his lifetime, Leonardo da Vinci designed many fantastical flying machines, self-driving carts and even a tank! Explore 3D models of these wonderful designs.

More than once in “The Inventor,” an animated feature about Leonardo da Vinci, powerful patrons tell that Renaissance polymath to behave “like a good little artist.” ...