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‘Leonardo da Vinci’ Review: Genius and Myth
One of the most written-about Renaissance artists, da Vinci may also be among the most poorly understood.
Now that Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece is moving to another room at The Louvre, other Renaissance masterpieces hanging in the same space by Titian, Tintoretto and Veronese may finally get their due.
Some alternatives: Mona Lisa was Leonardo’s mother or some other ... in Germany discovered notes in the margin of a very old book. The author knew da Vinci and described some of the paintings ...
It turns out Tom Hanks took his kit off in front of the Mona Lisa. Yes, you read that right. While starring in 2006 classic ...
The whole time, Mona will be accompanied by her winsome beagle, Barney, one of the best dogs in recent American fiction. Berlinski, the author of “Fieldwork,” a National Book Award finalist ...