query: what inventions did leonardo da vinci made?

title: Science and inventions of Leonardo da Vinci

text: itself would have rotated in the opposite direction to the rotor. While he designed a number of man powered flying machines with mechanical wings that flapped, he also designed a parachute and a light hang glider which could have flown. The viola organista was an experimental musical instrument invented by Leonardo da Vinci. It was the first bowed keyboard instrument (of which any record has survived) ever to be devised. Leonardo's original idea, as preserved in his notebooks of 1488–1489 and in the drawings in the Codex Atlanticus, was to use one or more wheels, continuously rotating, each of which

title: Leonardo da Vinci

text: Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (; 15 April 14522 May 1519), more commonly Leonardo da Vinci or simply Leonardo, was an Italian polymath of the Renaissance whose areas of interest included invention, painting, sculpting, architecture, science, music, mathematics, engineering, literature, anatomy, geology, astronomy, botany, writing, history, and cartography. He has been variously called the father of palaeontology, ichnology, and architecture, and he is widely considered one of the greatest painters of all time. Sometimes credited with the inventions of the parachute, helicopter, and tank, he epitomised the Renaissance humanist ideal. Many historians and scholars regard Leonardo

text: Science and inventions of Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) was an Italian polymath, regarded as the epitome of the "Renaissance Man", displaying skills in numerous diverse areas of study. Whilst most famous for his paintings such as the "Mona Lisa" and the "Last Supper", Leonardo is also renowned in the fields of civil engineering, chemistry, geology, geometry, hydrodynamics, mathematics, mechanical engineering, optics, physics, pyrotechnics, and zoology. While the full extent of his scientific studies has only become recognized in the last 150 years, he was, during his lifetime, employed for his engineering and skill of invention. Many of

title: Cultural references to Leonardo da Vinci

text: Leonardo's backwards handwriting to hide a secret message on the American bookjacket. Among the many criticisms of Brown's writing is that he uses the name da Vinci (meaning "from Vinci") in the manner that surnames are commonly used nowadays. Leonardo would never have been referred to simply as "da Vinci" in his lifetime. Such designations were appended to common baptismal names in order to identify individuals. Films which are about the life of Leonardo or in which he appears as a character: Films which refer to Leonardo's works or inventions: Cultural references to Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo da Vinci (April

title: Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci

text: Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo da Vinci was one of three dreadnoughts built for the "Regia Marina" (Italian Royal Navy) in the early 1910s. Completed just before the beginning of World War I, the ship saw no action and was sunk by a magazine explosion in 1916 with the loss of 248 officers and enlisted men. The Italians blamed Austro-Hungarian saboteurs for her loss, but it may have been accidental. "Leonardo da Vinci" was refloated in 1919 and plans were made to repair her. Budgetary constraints did not permit this and her hulk was sold for scrap in 1923.

title: Lucan portrait of Leonardo da Vinci

text: Lucan portrait of Leonardo da Vinci The Lucan portrait of Leonardo da Vinci is a late 15th- or early 16th-century portrait of a man that was discovered in 2008 in a cupboard of a private house in Italy. It strongly resembles a portrait of Leonardo da Vinci by Cristofano dell'Altissimo held by the Uffizi Gallery. The painting was previously thought by its owners to represent Galileo but on its discovery a claim was made that it is a self-portrait by Leonardo da Vinci. Alessandro Vezzosi, director of the Museo Ideale Leonardo da Vinci at Vinci said in 2011 that he

title: Leonardo da Vinci

text: d'Alger", which sold for $179.4 million in May 2015 at Christie's New York. The highest known sale price for any artwork was $300 million, for Willem de Kooning's "Interchange", sold privately in September 2015 by the David Geffen Foundation to hedge fund manager Kenneth C. Griffin. Footnotes Citations Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (; 15 April 14522 May 1519), more commonly Leonardo da Vinci or simply Leonardo, was an Italian polymath of the Renaissance whose areas of interest included invention, painting, sculpting, architecture, science, music, mathematics, engineering, literature, anatomy, geology, astronomy, botany, writing, history, and cartography.

title: Leonardo da Vinci

text: testing the tensile strength of wire. A number of his most practical inventions are displayed as working models at the Museum of Vinci. He made substantial discoveries in anatomy, civil engineering, geology, optics, and hydrodynamics, but he did not publish his findings and they had no direct influence on later science. Leonardo was born on 15 April 1452 (Old Style) "at the third hour of the night" in the Tuscan hill town of Vinci, in the lower valley of the Arno river in the territory of the Medici-ruled Republic of Florence. He was the out-of-wedlock son of the wealthy Messer

title: Leonardo da Vinci

text: Piero Fruosino di Antonio da Vinci, a Florentine legal notary, and Caterina, a peasant. Leonardo had no surname in the modern sense – "da Vinci" simply meaning "of Vinci"; his full birth name was "Lionardo di ser Piero da Vinci", meaning "Leonardo, (son) of (Mes)ser Piero from Vinci". The inclusion of the title "ser" indicated that Leonardo's father was a gentleman. Little is known about Leonardo's early life. He spent his first five years in the hamlet of Anchiano in the home of his mother, and from 1457 lived in the household of his father, grandparents and uncle in the

text: Verrocchio's workshop, did not. Two of Leonardo's earliest paintings, both scenes of the "Annunciation" show his competent understanding of the linear perspective. Leonardo da Vinci was profoundly observant of nature, his curiosity having been stimulated in early childhood by his discovery of a deep cave in the mountains and his intense desire to know what lay inside. His earliest dated drawing, 1473, is of the valley of the Arno River, where he lived. It displays some of the many scientific interests that were to obsess him all his life, in particular geology and hydrology. During the Renaissance, the study of

title: Leonardo da Vinci (Stanley book)

text: virtuosic work." Common Sense Media wrote "Diane Stanley's "Leonardo Da Vinci" is every parent's answer to the problem of dry, boring biographies." Leonardo da Vinci (Stanley book) Leonardo da Vinci is a 1996 children's biography by Diane Stanley. The book looks at da Vinci's life and accomplishments. A "BookList" review of "Leonardo Da Vinci" wrote "An impressive tribute to a man whose curiosity and artistic imagination amazed the world, then and now." and the "School Library Journal" called it "A gorgeous biography ..", "The Horn Book Magazine" wrote "the real emphasis is on his (da Vinci's) work .. making this

title: Leonardo da Vinci (video game)

text: that computer technology could be a form of art. "The Wall Street Journal" wrote that while Da Vinci is a popular subject for video games, this title "beats them all". Corbis did not earn a profit from the game. Leonardo da Vinci (video game) Leonardo da Vinci is a 1997 interactive CD-ROM game by Corbis, consisting of a "computerized viewing tool which permits the user to examine English translations of the Codex [Leicester] superimposed onto facsimiles of its pages". The tool, known as Codescope, is licensed by Corbis. In 1994, Bill Gates acquired the Codex Leicester. In 1997, Gates' privately

title: Leonardo da Vinci programme

text: a wide range of actions, including transnational mobility and European projects focusing on the development or the transfer of innovation and networks. All of the projects funded by the Leonardo da Vinci programme involve working with European partners. The programme addresses trainees in initial vocational training, people on the labour market and professionals in vocational education and training, as well as any organisation active in this field. The Leonardo da Vinci programme was started in 1995. In 1998 the whistleblowing of Paul van Buitenen criticised misdirection of funds in the EU, particularly in the Leonardo da Vinci programme. A second,

title: Museo Ideale Leonardo da Vinci

text: Museo Ideale Leonardo da Vinci The Museo Ideale Leonardo da Vinci is located in Vinci, Leonardo da Vinci's birthplace, in the province of Florence, Italy. The museum was inaugurated on October 2, 1993, under the patronage of the Regione Toscana, Provincia di Firenze, APT and the Municipality of Vinci, and under the auspices of the Armand Hammer Center for Leonardo Studies (University of California at Los Angeles) and the auspices of the Ente Raccolta Vinciana of Milan. It was officially recognized as a Museum of Public Interest by the Regione Toscana in 1999. Its Director is Alessandro Vezzosi, and the

title: Leonardo da Vinci: The Flights of the Mind

text: a levitation technology. David Gelernter criticized his interpretations around the hypothetical encounter of Michelangelo and da Vinci. The release of "Leonardo da Vinci: Flights of the Mind" coincided with the release of another da Vinci biography, "Leonardo" by Martin Kemp. Leonardo da Vinci: The Flights of the Mind Leonardo da Vinci: Flights of the Mind is a 2004 biography of Leonardo da Vinci by Charles Nicholl. The book researches the life of Leonardo da Vinci in Tuscane and explores the reasons of his historic success. The author's main observation is that most of da Vinci's work was unfinished. Through a

title: Museo Ideale Leonardo da Vinci

text: Vinci, in collaboration with the Centre de Rècherche et de Restauration des Musées de France - C2RMF), in the house-museum in Clos Lucé, where the artist died at 67, on the occasion of the celebration for the fifth centenary of Leonardo's arrival in France. Museo Ideale Leonardo da Vinci The Museo Ideale Leonardo da Vinci is located in Vinci, Leonardo da Vinci's birthplace, in the province of Florence, Italy. The museum was inaugurated on October 2, 1993, under the patronage of the Regione Toscana, Provincia di Firenze, APT and the Municipality of Vinci, and under the auspices of the Armand

title: Colégio Anglo Leonardo da Vinci

text: elementary school as well. In 2005, more units were established in Granja Viana, Taboão da Serra and Alphaville. Colégio Anglo Leonardo da Vinci Anglo Leonardo da Vinci is a subsidiary of Sistema Anglo de Ensino located to the west of São Paulo. There are four units, one in Osasco, one in Alphaville, one in Taboão da Serra and one in Granja Viana/Carapicuíba. The name "Leonardo da Vinci" was added to represent intelligence. The school had the best results of Osasco in the 2005 ENEM. Also, the Osasco, Taboão da Serra and Alphaville units were ranked as having had the 2nd,

text: would light it as it lights us. Claims are sometimes made that Leonardo da Vinci was an alchemist. He was trained in the workshop of Verrocchio, who according to Vasari, was an able alchemist. Leonardo was a chemist in so much as that he experimented with different media for suspending paint pigment. In the painting of murals, his experiments resulted in notorious failures with the "Last Supper" deteriorating within a century, and the "Battle of Anghiari" running off the wall. In Leonardo's many pages of notes about artistic processes, there are some that pertain to the use of silver and

title: Leonardo da Vinci (Stanley book)

text: Leonardo da Vinci (Stanley book) Leonardo da Vinci is a 1996 children's biography by Diane Stanley. The book looks at da Vinci's life and accomplishments. A "BookList" review of "Leonardo Da Vinci" wrote "An impressive tribute to a man whose curiosity and artistic imagination amazed the world, then and now." and the "School Library Journal" called it "A gorgeous biography ..", "The Horn Book Magazine" wrote "the real emphasis is on his (da Vinci's) work .. making this less a complete biography than a celebration of his inquiring spirit and creative vision.", and "Library Media Connection", magazine of Libraries Unlimited,

title: Colégio Anglo Leonardo da Vinci

text: Colégio Anglo Leonardo da Vinci Anglo Leonardo da Vinci is a subsidiary of Sistema Anglo de Ensino located to the west of São Paulo. There are four units, one in Osasco, one in Alphaville, one in Taboão da Serra and one in Granja Viana/Carapicuíba. The name "Leonardo da Vinci" was added to represent intelligence. The school had the best results of Osasco in the 2005 ENEM. Also, the Osasco, Taboão da Serra and Alphaville units were ranked as having had the 2nd, 9th and 10th best results in the 2008 ENEM among municipalities of the Greater São Paulo area, excluding

title: Italian submarine Leonardo da Vinci (1939)

text: Italian submarine Leonardo da Vinci (1939) Leonardo da Vinci was a of the Italian navy during World War II. It operated in the Atlantic from September 1940 until its loss in May 1943, and became the top scoring non-German submarine of the entire war. "Leonardo da Vinci" was built at the CRDA shipyard in Monfalcone, near Trieste, Italy’s leading submarine builder. One of six boats of the "Marconi" class, which were laid down in 1938-39, "Leonardo da Vinci" was launched in September 1939. Designed as an ocean-going vessel, she was intended for operations both in the Mediterranean and in the

text: "Leonardo da Vinci" was assigned to a special operation aimed at mounting raids on harbours on the eastern seaboard of the United States. To this end she was converted to carry a , and during the autumn engaged in trials with the new weapon. However, the operation was delayed due to the need for modifications to the CA craft and "Leonardo da Vinci" returned to action to the Atlantic. On 19 March 1943 "Leonardo da Vinci" torpedoed and sank the 7,628 ton British cargo ship in the South Atlantic. "Leonardo da Vinci" captured and took on board one survivor; two

title: The Life of Leonardo da Vinci

text: hours. The Life of Leonardo da Vinci La Vita di Leonardo Da Vinci — in English, The Life of Leonardo da Vinci — is a 1971 Italian television miniseries dramatizing the life of the Italian Renaissance genius Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519). The Golden Globe-winning miniseries was directed by Renato Castellani, and produced by RAI (the Italian national television) and distributed in the United States by CBS, which aired it from August 13, 1972 to September 10, 1972. Castellani wrote the screenplay. It was filmed entirely on location in Italy and France. The total runtime of the five episodes is nearly

title: The Life of Leonardo da Vinci

text: The Life of Leonardo da Vinci La Vita di Leonardo Da Vinci — in English, The Life of Leonardo da Vinci — is a 1971 Italian television miniseries dramatizing the life of the Italian Renaissance genius Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519). The Golden Globe-winning miniseries was directed by Renato Castellani, and produced by RAI (the Italian national television) and distributed in the United States by CBS, which aired it from August 13, 1972 to September 10, 1972. Castellani wrote the screenplay. It was filmed entirely on location in Italy and France. The total runtime of the five episodes is nearly five

title: Leonardo da Vinci International Art Award

text: Leonardo da Vinci International Art Award The Leonardo da Vinci Award was established in 1975 by the Rotary Club of Florence as an annual international prize named after Leonardo da Vinci, to be presented to young people involved in the study of the sciences, technology, literature and the arts. Among the disciplines recognised and rewarded so far have been painting, sculpture, music, geology, architecture, medicine and nuclear physics. The 21st Leonardo da Vinci Prize was recently presented to the brilliant young pianist Johan Schmidt. The prize giving event has been hosted by other European Rotary Clubs in cities such as

title: Leonardo da Vinci Engineering School

text: tomorrow’s realms of research and teaching. Leonardo da Vinci Engineering School The Leonardo da Vinci Engineering School (ESILV) is a five-year engineering school in Paris, France. It was placed 10th among French engineering schools "Post-bac" in the 2010 "Le Point" rankings. It is fully accredited to award the title of "ingénieur" by the French Commission of Engineering Titles. ESILV is part of the "Pole Universitaire Léonard de Vinci". The director of the school is Professor Michel Bernadou. The Leonardo da Vinci Engineering School (ESILV) was created in 1995 by the Conseil général des Hauts-de-Seine. It's a engineering school which is

title: Leonardo da Vinci Engineering School

text: Leonardo da Vinci Engineering School The Leonardo da Vinci Engineering School (ESILV) is a five-year engineering school in Paris, France. It was placed 10th among French engineering schools "Post-bac" in the 2010 "Le Point" rankings. It is fully accredited to award the title of "ingénieur" by the French Commission of Engineering Titles. ESILV is part of the "Pole Universitaire Léonard de Vinci". The director of the school is Professor Michel Bernadou. The Leonardo da Vinci Engineering School (ESILV) was created in 1995 by the Conseil général des Hauts-de-Seine. It's a engineering school which is located in La Défense. Since 2003,

title: Museo Ideale Leonardo da Vinci

text: inattendue" (Clos-Lucé-Amboise, 2007); "Leonardo a Firenze" (2008); "AND THERE WAS LIGHT, Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael. The Masters of Renaissance, seen in a New Light" (Gothenborg, 2010); "Leonardo a Piombino" (2011); "La Gioconda è nuda" (Brindisi, 2011); "Mona Lisa Unveiled" (Miami, 2011); "Leonardo and the idea of beauty" (Shizuoka, Fukuoka, Tokyo, with the "Scapiliata", 2011-2012); "The great masters. Michelangelo, Raphael, Leonardo" (Istanbul, 2012); "Leonardo-Mona Lisa-The Myths" (Kaohsiung, 2013; Taipei 2013-2014);"Leonardo Da Vinci. Beyond the visible" (Edo Tokyo Museum, 2016); “Da Clos Lucé al Louvre, i tre capolavori di Leonardo Da Vinci” (Du Clos Lucé au Louvre, les trois chefs-d’œuvre de Léonard de

text: Leonardo da Vinci: The Flights of the Mind Leonardo da Vinci: Flights of the Mind is a 2004 biography of Leonardo da Vinci by Charles Nicholl. The book researches the life of Leonardo da Vinci in Tuscane and explores the reasons of his historic success. The author's main observation is that most of da Vinci's work was unfinished. Through a thorough research, the author dismisses most of the romanticized facts about da Vinci and concludes that a lot is unknown about the genius inventor. Da Vinci is described as an engineer obsessed with natural designs. "Washington Post" writer Alexander Nagel

title: Leonardo da Vinci Art Institute

text: its activities and opened the Claudio Monteverdi Conservatoire. Leonardo da Vinci Art Institute The Leonardo da Vinci Art Institute was an Italian art institute located in Cairo, Egypt during World War II. The institute was founded in the 1930s to provide evening classes in painting, drawing and sculpture under the auspices of the Italian consulate in Cairo as well as the Italian cultural centre in Cairo are keeping quiet about the Institute's nature and history of existence. Most students there did not know the value of its certification nationally or internationally. It was transformed from an Italian technical high school

title: Leonardo da Vinci Art Institute

text: Leonardo da Vinci Art Institute The Leonardo da Vinci Art Institute was an Italian art institute located in Cairo, Egypt during World War II. The institute was founded in the 1930s to provide evening classes in painting, drawing and sculpture under the auspices of the Italian consulate in Cairo as well as the Italian cultural centre in Cairo are keeping quiet about the Institute's nature and history of existence. Most students there did not know the value of its certification nationally or internationally. It was transformed from an Italian technical high school to a higher education institute offering graduate certification

title: SS Leonardo da Vinci (1960)

text: Line" 's Senior Captain, Com.te Sup. Armando Pinelli, the "Leonardo da Vinci" set out on her maiden voyage from Genoa to New York City, where she received the traditional festive welcome accorded liners arriving in the city for the first time. Soon after she entered service, the Italian Line announced that by 1965 at latest the ship would be refit to run on nuclear power. This however did not come to pass, and anyway at the time of the announcement it was already known to executives of the company that by 1965 the "Leonardo da Vinci" would be supplanted on

title: Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci

text: was successfully righted on 24 January 1921. The "Regia Marina" planned to modernize "Leonardo da Vinci" by replacing her center turret with six AA guns, but ultimately lacked the funds to do so and sold her for scrap on 22 March 1923. Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo da Vinci was one of three dreadnoughts built for the "Regia Marina" (Italian Royal Navy) in the early 1910s. Completed just before the beginning of World War I, the ship saw no action and was sunk by a magazine explosion in 1916 with the loss of 248 officers and enlisted men. The

title: SS Leonardo da Vinci (1960)

text: "Leonardo da Vinci" returned to her original route for a short period until June 1976, when she too was withdrawn from service and laid up. In 1977 the "Leonardo da Vinci" was brought back into service, this time for cruising under the banner of Italia Crociere (also known as Italian Line Cruises), a newly formed subsidiary of the Italian Line. The ship was used on one-night cruises from Miami to Nassau, Bahamas, but proved unnecessarily large and too expensive to operate on a service of that kind. On 23 September 1978 the "Leonardo da Vinci" returned to La Spezia, Italy

title: SS Leonardo da Vinci (1960)

text: SS Leonardo da Vinci (1960) SS "Leonardo da Vinci" was an ocean liner built in 1960 by Ansaldo Shipyards, Italy for the Italian Line as a replacement for their SS "Andrea Doria" that had been lost in 1956. She was initially used in transatlantic service alongside SS "Cristoforo Colombo", and primarily for cruising after the delivery of the new SS "Michelangelo" and SS "Raffaello" in 1965. In 1976 the "Leonardo da Vinci" became the last Italian Line passenger liner to be used in service across the North Atlantic. Between 1977 and 1978 she was used as a cruise ship by

title: Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport

text: ramp handlers in Rome Leonardo da Vinci airport. ARE Group and Aviapartner announced that they would create a company called Aviapartner (51% Aviapartner; 49% ARE Group) to serve Milan Malpensa and Rome Leonardo da Vinci. Since 2005 the airport operates a category III B instrument landing system (ILS). Further improvement work was implemented in 2007 to enable the airport to handle 30 takeoffs/landings per hour, up from 10, in the event of thick fog. Four runways presently operate at Leonardo da Vinci airport: 16L/34R and 16R/34L (separated by a distance of ), 16C/34C (close to 16L/34R), mostly used as a

title: Leonardo da Vinci programme

text: broader phase (Leonardo II 2000–2006) concentrated on skills and employability of young people. Of the 21,000 projects financed in this phase, 19,000 had to do with mobility, supporting 367,000 individuals. The budget was €1.45 billion. Phase II was evaluated for the Directorate General for Education and Culture of the European Commission in 2008. In 2007 a new programme was started, to run until 2013. Leonardo da Vinci programme The Leonardo da Vinci programme is a European Commission funding programme focused on the teaching and training needs of those involved in vocational education and training (VET). The programme is part of

title: Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci

text: oil and coal. Designed to reach a maximum speed of from , "Leonardo da Vinci" failed to reach this goal on her sea trials, despite generally exceeding the rated power of her turbines. The ship only made a maximum speed of using . The ship could store a maximum of of coal and of oil that gave her a range of at , and at . "Leonardo da Vinci"s main armament consisted of thirteen 46-caliber 305-millimeter guns, in five gun turrets. The turrets were arranged all on the centerline, with a twin-gun turret superfiring over a triple-gun turret in fore

title: Personal life of Leonardo da Vinci

text: sources: records concerning him, his biographies, his own written journals, his paintings, his drawings, his associates, and commentaries that were made concerning him by contemporaries. Leonardo was born on 15 April 1452, "at the third hour of the night" in the Tuscan hill town of Vinci, in the lower valley of the Arno River in the territory of the Republic of Florence. He was the out-of-wedlock son of the wealthy Messer Piero Fruosino di Antonio da Vinci, a Florentine legal notary, and an orphaned girl, Caterina di Meo Lippi. His full birth name was "Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci",

title: Museo Nazionale Scienza e Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci

text: Museo Nazionale Scienza e Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci The Museo nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia "Leonardo da Vinci" in Milan is the largest science and technology museum in Italy, and is dedicated to Italian painter and scientist Leonardo da Vinci. It was opened on 5 February 1953, inaugurated by prime minister of Italy, Alcide De Gasperi. This museum, in the ancient monastery of San Vittore al Corpo of Milan, is divided in seven main departments: Each of these departments have laboratories especially for children and young students. The Transport section in made by four different parts: air, rail, water

title: The Romance of Leonardo da Vinci

text: from Nietzsche." Other detractors have spotted Nietzchean influences, particularly in that the author "valued will power higher than morality" and saw Arts as being beyond the good and the evil. Modern critic Oleg Mikhaylov saw the novel as marked by tendentiousness, being driven by one motif, that of inevitable resurrection of Antiquity's gods and values. The Romance of Leonardo da Vinci The Romance of Leonardo da Vinci (, "Resurrected Gods. Leonardo da Vinci", in literal translation) is the second novel by Dmitry Merezhkovsky, first published in 1900 by "Mir Bozhy" magazine, then released as a separate edition 1901. The novel

title: The Romance of Leonardo da Vinci

text: The Romance of Leonardo da Vinci The Romance of Leonardo da Vinci (, "Resurrected Gods. Leonardo da Vinci", in literal translation) is the second novel by Dmitry Merezhkovsky, first published in 1900 by "Mir Bozhy" magazine, then released as a separate edition 1901. The novel constitutes the second part of the Christ and Antichrist trilogy (1895-1907), started by the writer's debut novel "The Death of the Gods". Merezhkovsky started working upon the second novel right after the first one, "The Death of Gods", was finished, submerging himself in studying the history of Renaissance. By this time he had the vision

title: Lucan portrait of Leonardo da Vinci

text: a number of historians of Art: Prof. Hoehnsttatt Peter (University of Parma), Alessandro Tomei (D'Annunzio University of Chieti–Pescara), Maria Cristina Paoluzzi (D'Annunzio University of Chieti–Pescara and Milan), Jan Royt (University of Prague), David Bershad (University of Calgary) and Orest Kormashov (University of Tallinn).. Lucan portrait of Leonardo da Vinci The Lucan portrait of Leonardo da Vinci is a late 15th- or early 16th-century portrait of a man that was discovered in 2008 in a cupboard of a private house in Italy. It strongly resembles a portrait of Leonardo da Vinci by Cristofano dell'Altissimo held by the Uffizi Gallery. The painting

text: Atlantic. With Italy’s entry into World War II in June 1940 "Leonardo da Vinci" was dispatched to the Atlantic to Bordeaux in occupied France to serve in the Italian submarine flotilla there, BETASOM. She arrived October 1940 after a successful transit of the Straits of Gibraltar, scene of a number of Axis submarine losses. "Leonardo da Vinci" carried out 11 war patrols, sinking 17 ships of 120,243 GRT, which included the 21,500-ton ocean liner . "Leonardo da Vinci" was Italy's most successful submarine in World War II, and her captain, Lt. Gianfranco Gazzana-Priaroggia, Italy's leading submarine ace. In July 1942

text: Tours, Vienna, Athens, Madrid, Würzburg, Brussels and Amsterdam. This event was last held in London in 1987, when the prize was awarded to the internationally recognised percussionist Evelyn Glennie. In 1996 1/2 the Rotary Club of London will again be responsible for hosting the prize-giving ceremony. Leonardo da Vinci International Art Award The Leonardo da Vinci Award was established in 1975 by the Rotary Club of Florence as an annual international prize named after Leonardo da Vinci, to be presented to young people involved in the study of the sciences, technology, literature and the arts. Among the disciplines recognised and

text: drawing, the "Vitruvian Man", is a study of the proportions of the human body, linking art and science in a single work that has come to represent Renaissance Humanism. Leonardo da Vinci (April 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519) was born the illegitimate son of Messer Piero, a notary, and Caterina, a peasant woman. His early life was spent in the region of Vinci, in the valley of the Arno River near Florence, firstly with his mother and in later childhood in the household of his father, grandfather and uncle Francesco. His curiosity and interest in scientific observation were stimulated

title: Medusa (Leonardo da Vinci painting)

text: 1600. Medusa (Leonardo da Vinci painting) Medusa is either of two paintings described in Giorgio Vasari's "Life" of Leonardo da Vinci as being among Leonardo's earliest works. Neither painting survived. In his "Vita di Leonardo" (1568), Vasari reports that, as a very young man, Leonardo represented the head of Medusa on a wooden shield: Although art historians have doubted the veracity of this anecdote, Leonardo's shield (long since lost) has been said to inspire several early 17th-century painters who may have seen it in the collection of Ferdinand I de Medici. Rubens and Caravaggio are known to have painted their

title: Medusa (Leonardo da Vinci painting)

text: Medusa (Leonardo da Vinci painting) Medusa is either of two paintings described in Giorgio Vasari's "Life" of Leonardo da Vinci as being among Leonardo's earliest works. Neither painting survived. In his "Vita di Leonardo" (1568), Vasari reports that, as a very young man, Leonardo represented the head of Medusa on a wooden shield: Although art historians have doubted the veracity of this anecdote, Leonardo's shield (long since lost) has been said to inspire several early 17th-century painters who may have seen it in the collection of Ferdinand I de Medici. Rubens and Caravaggio are known to have painted their own

text: industry/petrochemistry section. The communication section is divided in three different areas: One of the most characteristic sections of the museum is the "Leonardo da Vinci, Art & Science" area. This department of the museum is divided in four parts: Museo Nazionale Scienza e Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci The Museo nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia "Leonardo da Vinci" in Milan is the largest science and technology museum in Italy, and is dedicated to Italian painter and scientist Leonardo da Vinci. It was opened on 5 February 1953, inaugurated by prime minister of Italy, Alcide De Gasperi. This museum, in the

title: Museo Ideale Leonardo da Vinci

text: publications and travelling exhibitions in Italy and abroad, conferences, educational projects for schools, work in progress with artists, researches and presentations ("Sulle tracce di Leonardo", "Leonardo cinquecento anni dopo","Vinci e Leonardo", "La Toscana nell'arte del XX secolo", "Capolavori del mito","Processi al mito di Leonardo","Il Codice da Vinci di Dan Brown: vero/falso")... Among its projects, that to take back to Italy the Codex Hammer/Leicester (then bought by Bill Gates) and the Tavola Doria. More recently (in April 2016) it presented in the Teatro di Vinci the discovery, after decades of research, of the living descendants of Leonardo, the new genalogical tree

title: Leonardo da Vinci programme

text: Leonardo da Vinci programme The Leonardo da Vinci programme is a European Commission funding programme focused on the teaching and training needs of those involved in vocational education and training (VET). The programme is part of the European Commission's Lifelong Learning Programme 2007–2013 and aims to build a skilled and mobile workforce across Europe. The programme aims to enhance the competitiveness of the European labour market by helping European citizens to acquire new skills, knowledge and qualifications and have them recognised across borders. It also supports innovations and improvements in vocational education and training systems and practices. The programme funds

title: Leonardo da Vinci

text: employed were unorthodox for his time. Leonardo was born out of wedlock to notary Piero da Vinci and a peasant woman named Caterina in Vinci in the region of Florence, and he was educated in the studio of Florentine painter Andrea del Verrocchio. Much of his earlier working life was spent in the service of Ludovico il Moro in Milan. He later worked in Rome, Bologna, and Venice, and he spent his last years in France at the home awarded to him by Francis I of France. Leonardo is renowned primarily as a painter. The "Mona Lisa" is the most

title: Leonardo da Vinci Gymnasium

text: (7 miles) distance to the city of Heidelberg. The school benefitted from shared on-campus facilities, including a computer network, an on-campus library, fully equipped science and computer laboratories. In addition, the school had access to two gyms and its own athletic ground. Leonardo da Vinci Gymnasium The Leonardo da Vinci Gymnasium was a state recognized private, coeducational, full-time day and boarding school for highly gifted students located in Neckargemünd (Baden-Württemberg) run by the SRH Group, a Non-Profit organisation in Healthcare and Education. The school was one of Germany’s first private schools for intellectually gifted children from 5th grade onward and

title: Leonardo da Vinci Gymnasium

text: Leonardo da Vinci Gymnasium The Leonardo da Vinci Gymnasium was a state recognized private, coeducational, full-time day and boarding school for highly gifted students located in Neckargemünd (Baden-Württemberg) run by the SRH Group, a Non-Profit organisation in Healthcare and Education. The school was one of Germany’s first private schools for intellectually gifted children from 5th grade onward and it was the first and sole private school of this kind in the state of Baden-Württemberg. The school consisted of a secondary school and a high school, which correspond to the state equivalents. Its stated aim was the promotion of the intellectual

title: Leonardo da Vinci Art School

text: of Italian Arts Association," eliminating tuition altogether, so that student needed provide only their own art materials. No employees received payment for their services. For the school's rededication, Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia unveiled a fresco symbolic of the New Deal. Contributions diminished significantly during World War II, leading to the Leonardo's closture at its third and final location at 130 East 16th Street on April 28, 1942. In addition to starting the career of Noguchi, the Leonardo also was the only school in its time to teach the art of fresco painting. Leonardo da Vinci Art School The Leonardo da Vinci

title: Leonardo da Vinci Art School

text: Leonardo da Vinci Art School The Leonardo da Vinci Art School (the "Leonardo") was an art school founded in New York City (1923-1942), whose most famous student was Isamu Noguchi and whose director was sculptor and poet Onorio Ruotolo. With sculptor Attilio Piccirilli, Ruotolo founded the school to provide low-cost, often free art instruction to the working poor, mostly in the evening. The school was first located at St. Nicholas of Myra, Christian Orthodox Church, 288 East 10th Street, off Avenue A and near Tompkins Square Park. Tuition was six dollars ($6) per month—or free. Students in the 1920s included

title: Leonardo da Vinci High School (Buffalo, New York)

text: Leonardo da Vinci High School (Buffalo, New York) Leonardo da Vinci High School is a high school in the lower west side of Buffalo, New York. There are 400 students enrolled in da Vinci spanning grades 9-12. The high school building is located on the D'Youville College campus. The school located at 334 Porter Avenue and serves Grades 9 through 12. The current principal is Mr. Gregory Lodinsky, and the current vice principal is Ms. Elizabeth Crispin. Leonardo da Vinci was originally housed on the 4th Floor of the Koessler Administration Building (KAB) on the D'Youville College Campus and shared

title: Museo Ideale Leonardo da Vinci

text: and in Budapest, in 1991. It also created the first CD-Rom dedicated to da Vinci, "Leonardo. The digital painting" (ACTA, 1989). The Museo Ideale Leonardo Da Vinci, in its role as a site of research, philological enquiry and creativity, pursues, among others, three major objectives: The museum is located in the Gallery that - with the Ancient Cellar of the Castle - housed a forerunner "Wine Museum" in the 19th century. This is recorded by Giuseppe Garibaldi's memories dated July- August 1868, where it is called "Museum Masetti" because it was part of the ownership of the counts Masetti da

title: Leonardo da Vinci World Award of Arts

text: is named after Leonardo da Vinci. Leonardo da Vinci World Award of Arts The Leonardo da Vinci World Award of Arts has been established by the World Cultural Council as a means of acknowledgment to those who offer a positive message to mankind through different expressions of art. It is conferred upon a renowned artist whose work constitutes a significant contribution to the artistic legacy of the world. The award has been presented biennially since 1999. The qualifying jury is constituted of internationally renowned artists, authorities, and members of the World Cultural Council. The prize consists of a diploma, a

title: Personal life of Leonardo da Vinci

text: infinitely atrocious act to take away the life of man. Personal life of Leonardo da Vinci The personal life of Leonardo da Vinci (15 April 1452 – 2 May 1519) has been a subject of interest, inquiry, and speculation since the years immediately following his death. Leonardo has long been regarded as the archetypal Renaissance man, described by the Renaissance biographer Giorgio Vasari as having qualities that "transcended nature" and being "marvellously endowed with beauty, grace and talent in abundance". Interest in and curiosity about Leonardo has continued unabated for five hundred years. Modern descriptions and analysis of Leonardo's character,

title: Personal life of Leonardo da Vinci

text: Personal life of Leonardo da Vinci The personal life of Leonardo da Vinci (15 April 1452 – 2 May 1519) has been a subject of interest, inquiry, and speculation since the years immediately following his death. Leonardo has long been regarded as the archetypal Renaissance man, described by the Renaissance biographer Giorgio Vasari as having qualities that "transcended nature" and being "marvellously endowed with beauty, grace and talent in abundance". Interest in and curiosity about Leonardo has continued unabated for five hundred years. Modern descriptions and analysis of Leonardo's character, personal desires and intimate behavior have been based upon various

title: Leonardo da Vinci, A Memory of His Childhood

text: Leonardo da Vinci, A Memory of His Childhood Leonardo da Vinci and A Memory of His Childhood () is a 1910 essay by Sigmund Freud about Leonardo da Vinci. It consists of a psychoanalytic study of Leonardo's life based on his paintings. In the Codex Atlanticus Leonardo recounts being attacked as an infant in his crib by a bird. Freud cite the passage as: According to Freud, this was a childhood fantasy based on the memory of sucking his mother's nipple. He backed up his claim with the fact that Egyptian hieroglyphs represent the mother as a vulture, because the

title: Chiaroscuro: The Private Lives of Leonardo da Vinci

text: Chiaroscuro: The Private Lives of Leonardo da Vinci Chiaroscuro: The Private Lives of Leonardo da Vinci is a Vertigo comic book limited series published from 1995 to 1996, which was later repackaged in 2005 as a single volume. The series was written by Pat McGreal and David Rawson and illustrated by Chaz Truog and Rafael Kayanan. The original series covers were done by Stephen John Philips and Richard Bruning. A work of historical fiction, Chiaroscuro narrates the life of Leonardo da Vinci from the point of view of Gian Giacomo Caprotti da Oreno (almost exclusively called "Salai" in the story),

title: Museo Ideale Leonardo da Vinci

text: of the Da Vinci family and the scientific research project of their DNA. Among its external exhibitions: "Leonardo's bridges" (Malmö and Stockholm, 1993, with the "Lady with an Ermine"); "Leonardo. Le favole e il mare" (Sestri Levante, 1996); "Leonardo. Dal Mediterraneo alla luna" (Cagliari and Alghero, 1997); "Il Giardino dell'utopia da Leonardo a Pratolino" (1999); "Leonardo and Europe" (Assisi, Naples, Rome, Biel-Bienne, 2000-2001); "Léonard. L'artist de la science" (Strasburg, 2002); "Leonardo. I giochi e lo sport" (Athens, 2004; Florence, 2005); "Leonardo and the Codex Leicester" (Tokyo, 2005); "Leonardo. I segreti della creazione nell'arte e nella scienza" (Athens, 2006); "La Joconde

title: Leonardo da Vinci (video game)

text: Leonardo da Vinci (video game) Leonardo da Vinci is a 1997 interactive CD-ROM game by Corbis, consisting of a "computerized viewing tool which permits the user to examine English translations of the Codex [Leicester] superimposed onto facsimiles of its pages". The tool, known as Codescope, is licensed by Corbis. In 1994, Bill Gates acquired the Codex Leicester. In 1997, Gates' privately held company Corbis released a CD-Rom version of the manuscript. On October 25, 1996 it was announced the game would be ready for the holiday season (Microsoft Windows in November and Macintosh in December), but this was ultimately postponed.

title: Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport

text: is served by a six-lane motorway and numerous buses and taxis. From the 1960s until the 1980s, the airport experienced significant aircraft hijackings as well as being the scene of two major terrorist attacks and the port of origin for an aircraft bombing in flight—some engendered by Palestinians as part of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. <br> Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport Rome–Fiumicino International Airport "Leonardo da Vinci" () , is an international airport in Rome and the major airport in Italy. It is one of the busiest airports in Europe by passenger traffic with 41.7 million passengers served in 2016. It is

title: Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport

text: an area of and is named after polymath Leonardo da Vinci who, in 1480, designed a flying machine with wings and the first proto helicopter. The airport was officially opened on 15 January 1961, with two runways, replacing the smaller Rome Ciampino Airport, which remains in service for some low-cost airlines as well as domestic and charter operations. Despite being officially opened in 1961, Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport had actually been in use since 20 August 1960. This was to help relieve air traffic that was congesting Rome Ciampino Airport during the 1960 Summer Olympics. During the 1960s, home-carrier Alitalia

title: Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport

text: Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport Rome–Fiumicino International Airport "Leonardo da Vinci" () , is an international airport in Rome and the major airport in Italy. It is one of the busiest airports in Europe by passenger traffic with 41.7 million passengers served in 2016. It is located in Fiumicino, west of Rome's historic city centre. The airport serves as the main hub for Alitalia, the largest Italian airline and Vueling, a Spanish low-cost carrier owned by International Airlines Group. Based on total passenger numbers, it is the eighth-busiest airport in Europe and was the world's 47th-busiest airport in 2017. It covers

title: SS Leonardo da Vinci (1960)

text: the forward and rear passenger-accessible sections on the lowest decks were entirely separated from each other. The public spaces of the ship were designed by several Italian designers, including Vincenzo Monaco and Amedeo Luccichenti who were responsible for the ballroom and cocktail bar. SS Leonardo da Vinci (1960) SS "Leonardo da Vinci" was an ocean liner built in 1960 by Ansaldo Shipyards, Italy for the Italian Line as a replacement for their SS "Andrea Doria" that had been lost in 1956. She was initially used in transatlantic service alongside SS "Cristoforo Colombo", and primarily for cruising after the delivery of

title: SS Leonardo da Vinci (1960)

text: Gronchi, the President of the Italian Republic. The ship was delivered during the first half of 1960. Like the "Andrea Doria" and "Cristoforo Colombo", the "Leonardo da Vinci" proved to be a tender ship (prone to instability) in rough weather. But the "Leonardo da Vinci's" stability problem was greater because of her larger size, and as a result 3000 metric tons of iron were fitted along her bottom to improve stability. This made the ship excessively heavy for the power of her engines and led to extremely high fuel expenses. On 30 June 1960, under the command of the "Italian

text: Tech. This also applies for any other sport da Vinci does not offer, but another school does. (Hockey, lacrosse, etc.) Ethnicity: Attendance: Teacher Experience Teacher education levels Student-Teacher Ratio Leonardo da Vinci High School (Buffalo, New York) Leonardo da Vinci High School is a high school in the lower west side of Buffalo, New York. There are 400 students enrolled in da Vinci spanning grades 9-12. The high school building is located on the D'Youville College campus. The school located at 334 Porter Avenue and serves Grades 9 through 12. The current principal is Mr. Gregory Lodinsky, and the current

title: Horse and Rider (Leonardo da Vinci)

text: Horse and Rider (Leonardo da Vinci) Horse and Rider is a beeswax sculpture depicting a rider on a horse, attributed to Leonardo da Vinci 1508–1511. It was intended to be used as a model for a life-size sculpture, commissioned by Charles II d'Amboise, French Governor of Milan from 1503–1511. Charles II d'Amboise died in 1511, Leonardo died in 1519 and the monument to d'Amboise was never completed nor cast in bronze. The approximately high, long, and wide beeswax sculpture is believed to be a maquette for a full size bronze sculpture. According to professor Ernesto Solari, curator of a 2016

title: Horse and Rider (Leonardo da Vinci)

text: bronze castings have been exhibited in New York, London,Miami, and Oregon. Horse and Rider (Leonardo da Vinci) Horse and Rider is a beeswax sculpture depicting a rider on a horse, attributed to Leonardo da Vinci 1508–1511. It was intended to be used as a model for a life-size sculpture, commissioned by Charles II d'Amboise, French Governor of Milan from 1503–1511. Charles II d'Amboise died in 1511, Leonardo died in 1519 and the monument to d'Amboise was never completed nor cast in bronze. The approximately high, long, and wide beeswax sculpture is believed to be a maquette for a full size

title: The House of Da Vinci

text: after completion of every level. Blue Brain Games is an indie team of graphic artists and developers, all of whom are people interested in both 3D puzzle games and the renaissance genius Leonardo Da Vinci. The House of Da Vinci was successfully funded on Kickstarter in late 2016. 2,391 adventure game enthusiasts backed the game. Merlina McGovern of adventuregames.com rated the game 3.5 out of 5 wrote that "Although "The House of Da Vinci" is slightly marred by persnickety mechanics and the occasionally frustrating puzzle, exploring the mind of a genius by reverse engineering his inventions will pull you into

title: Museo Ideale Leonardo da Vinci

text: by the city and by the Da Vinci family. The exhibition areas are temporarily closed due to rainwater infiltration from the overlying building, and are awaiting re-opening, planned for 2019. Started in 1972 as a collection in progress of different, ancient and modern items, relating to Leonardo, the ethno-anthropological territory of Vinci and contemporary art that engages with Leonardo, it was designed to addemble sets of artworks, artifacts and documentary materials. The collection includes original antique paintings from the school of Leonardo, tools and instruments of his time and of his native land, rare engravings (including "Knots" dating 1506-8 by

title: Museo Ideale Leonardo da Vinci

text: and "Friends of the Museum". The "Endless knot" (2007) draws on the land with 1,200 plants of "gioconde roses" the knot inspired by the decoration on the dress of Leonardo's "Mona Lisa". The garden is not open at the moment, awaiting for the reopening of the museum. Among its multimedia editions: "Leonardo da Vinci e il Codice Hammer": exhibition and cd-rom: 1994; "Leonardo. La pittura", ACTA-EMME, 1995; "La Biblioteca ideale di Leonardo", 1999; "I Parchi di ingegni e meraviglie in Toscana. Da Leonardo e Buontalenti al terzo millennio" for Regione Toscana, 2007; "Itinerario leonardiano" per l'IMSS, 2008. It curates also

title: Leonardo da Vinci

text: 1801: "Such was the dawn of modern art, when Leonardo da Vinci broke forth with a splendour that distanced former excellence: made up of all the elements that constitute the essence of genius..." This is echoed by A.E. Rio who wrote in 1861: "He towered above all other artists through the strength and the nobility of his talents." By the 19th century, the scope of Leonardo's notebooks was known, as well as his paintings. Hippolyte Taine wrote in 1866: "There may not be in the world an example of another genius so universal, so incapable of fulfilment, so full of

title: The Last Supper (Leonardo da Vinci)

text: the positions of hands and loaves of bread can be interpreted as notes on a musical staff and, if read from right to left, as was characteristic of Leonardo's writing, form a musical composition. The Last Supper (Leonardo da Vinci) The Last Supper ( or "L'Ultima Cena" ) is a late 15th-century mural painting by Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci housed by the refectory of the Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan, Italy. It is one of the western world's most recognizable paintings. The work is presumed to have been started around 1495–96 and was commissioned as part

title: The Last Supper (Leonardo da Vinci)

text: The Last Supper (Leonardo da Vinci) The Last Supper ( or "L'Ultima Cena" ) is a late 15th-century mural painting by Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci housed by the refectory of the Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan, Italy. It is one of the western world's most recognizable paintings. The work is presumed to have been started around 1495–96 and was commissioned as part of a plan of renovations to the church and its convent buildings by Leonardo's patron Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan. The painting represents the scene of the Last Supper of Jesus with his apostles,

text: Cultural references to Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo da Vinci (April 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519) was an Italian Renaissance painter and polymath who achieved legendary fame and iconic status within his own lifetime. His renown primarily rests upon his brilliant achievements as a painter, the "Mona Lisa" and the "Last Supper", being two of the most famous artworks ever created, but also upon his diverse skills as a scientist and inventor. He became so highly valued during his lifetime that the King of France bore him home like a trophy of war, supported him in his old age and,

title: Istituto Statale Italiano Leonardo Da Vinci

text: Istituto Statale Italiano Leonardo Da Vinci The Istituto Statale Italiano Leonardo Da Vinci () is an Italian government-owned Italian international school in Paris, France. Its "scuola media" and "liceo scientifico" (junior and senior high school, or high school and sixth-form college), along with the school administration, occupies one campus in the 7th arrondissement. The elementary school is housed in a different campus in the same arrondissement. The Lycée français Chateaubriand, the French school of Rome, is considered to be its sister school. This was established by the "Convention Culturelle italo francese" of November 4, 1949. In 1932 Paris's first Italian

text: other men survived following a 50-day ordeal on a liferaft. In April 1943 "Leonardo da Vinci" sank three vessels in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Durban. After sinking four more ships, on 22 May 1943 "Leonardo da Vinci" unwisely signalled its intention to head for Bordeaux on completion of its patrol. Its position having been fixed by direction-finding, on 23 May the destroyer and the frigate (both escorts to convoys WS-30 and KMF-15) subjected the submarine to an intense depth charge attack and sank it west of Vigo at an estimated position of . There were no survivors.

title: Leonardo da Vinci

text: black cloak "of good stuff" with a fur edge. Leonardo da Vinci was buried in the Chapel of Saint-Hubert in Château d'Amboise in France. Some 20 years after Leonardo's death, Francis was reported by the goldsmith and sculptor Benvenuto Cellini as saying: "There had never been another man born in the world who knew as much as Leonardo, not so much about painting, sculpture and architecture, as that he was a very great philosopher." Leonardo's remains were originally interred in the chapel of Saint-Florentin at the Chateau d'Amboise in the Loire Valley. However, following the chapel's destruction in 1802, the

text: before being "adopted" by the wife of his father Ser Piero. The idea of depicting the Mother of God with her own mother was therefore particularly close to Leonardo's heart, because he, in a sense, had 'two mothers' himself. It is worth noting that in both versions of the composition (the Louvre painting and the London cartoon) it is hard to discern whether St. Anne is a full generation older than Mary. Leonardo da Vinci, A Memory of His Childhood Leonardo da Vinci and A Memory of His Childhood () is a 1910 essay by Sigmund Freud about Leonardo da

title: Leonardo da Vinci High School

text: KGO, KALW, KXJZ, and the Local News10 Television Channel. New Technology High School Leonardo da Vinci High School Da Vinci Charter Academy (DVCA) is located at 1400 E. 8th street in Davis, California (DVCA was located in Davis, California at 1602 Oak Avenue, which is part of the Davis Senior High School Campus from the fall of 2004 until fall 2009). DVCA has about 350 students, and is expected to grow to 400 students. This school is a member of the New Technology Foundation, an organization that promotes the integration of technology and high school education by establishing schools modeled

title: Leonardo da Vinci High School

text: Leonardo da Vinci High School Da Vinci Charter Academy (DVCA) is located at 1400 E. 8th street in Davis, California (DVCA was located in Davis, California at 1602 Oak Avenue, which is part of the Davis Senior High School Campus from the fall of 2004 until fall 2009). DVCA has about 350 students, and is expected to grow to 400 students. This school is a member of the New Technology Foundation, an organization that promotes the integration of technology and high school education by establishing schools modeled after the Napa's New Technology High School, a project-based small learning community with

title: Leonardo da Vinci World Award of Arts

text: Leonardo da Vinci World Award of Arts The Leonardo da Vinci World Award of Arts has been established by the World Cultural Council as a means of acknowledgment to those who offer a positive message to mankind through different expressions of art. It is conferred upon a renowned artist whose work constitutes a significant contribution to the artistic legacy of the world. The award has been presented biennially since 1999. The qualifying jury is constituted of internationally renowned artists, authorities, and members of the World Cultural Council. The prize consists of a diploma, a commemorative medal and US$10,000. The award

title: Leonardo da Vinci (video game)

text: The game was one in a line of educational/entertainment CD-ROMs with subjects including Paul Cézanne, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and the Manhattan Project. The game's promotion was kick-started by being featured in a Da Vinci exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. The title contains the Codex Leceister, as well as a virtual gallery of Leonardo’s major paintings, plus his drawings, manuscripts, and lost works. Players can view the Codex in the original mirror-script Italian, a reversed “normal” view, a transcription of the original Italian, and a modern English translation. "Leonardo Da Vinci" is a coffee-table-book

title: Da Vinci Medallion

text: Fritjof Capra would receive the 2007 award in recognition for his work in systems thinking. Award recipients include: Da Vinci Medallion The Leonardo da Vinci Society for the Study of Thinking and the Da Vinci Medallion were created to award scholarship in the realm of human thinking. The name was chosen to honor Leonardo da Vinci, the archetypal Renaissance man. In 2005, the inaugural chair was awarded to Professor Edward de Bono, for his work in the field of creative thinking and in the direct teaching of thinking as a skill. Dr. Margaret J. Wheatley, credited with establishing new approaches

title: Da Vinci Medallion

text: Da Vinci Medallion The Leonardo da Vinci Society for the Study of Thinking and the Da Vinci Medallion were created to award scholarship in the realm of human thinking. The name was chosen to honor Leonardo da Vinci, the archetypal Renaissance man. In 2005, the inaugural chair was awarded to Professor Edward de Bono, for his work in the field of creative thinking and in the direct teaching of thinking as a skill. Dr. Margaret J. Wheatley, credited with establishing new approaches to thinking about organizations, accepted the award in 2006. In the fall of 2006, the society announced that

title: Lucan portrait of Leonardo da Vinci

text: discovery by Nicola Barbatelli, the painting was subjected to an initial examination by Alessandro Vezzosi, director of the Museo Ideale Leonardo da Vinci at Vinci, who confirmed that the painting appeared to be from the Renaissance period. Vezzosi was reported, in February 2009, as investigating whether the painting was the work of a minor 16th-century artist Cristofano dell'Altissimo. Altissimo executed numerous portraits of famous men for Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, some of them after the Giovio Series, including a profile of Leonardo based on the red chalk profile drawing in the Royal Collection attributed to Leonardo's

title: The Leonardo da Vinci Society for the Study of Thinking

text: his work in the field of creative thinking and in the direct teaching of thinking as a skill. Award recipients include: The Leonardo da Vinci Society for the Study of Thinking The Leonardo da Vinci Society for the Study of Thinking was founded in 2005 to promote excellence in thinking and the teaching of thinking skills. The Society was conceived by Dominic Pistillo, founder and former President of the University of Advancing Technology (UAT) in Tempe, Arizona. The da Vinci Society is a not-for-profit foundation. The goal of the Society is to help create a better tomorrow by fostering better

text: The Leonardo da Vinci Society for the Study of Thinking The Leonardo da Vinci Society for the Study of Thinking was founded in 2005 to promote excellence in thinking and the teaching of thinking skills. The Society was conceived by Dominic Pistillo, founder and former President of the University of Advancing Technology (UAT) in Tempe, Arizona. The da Vinci Society is a not-for-profit foundation. The goal of the Society is to help create a better tomorrow by fostering better thinking and the teaching of thinking skills globally. The Society’s Board of Directors identifies the world’s greatest thinkers, whose contributions to

title: Da Vinci Surgical System

text: Da Vinci Surgical System The da Vinci Surgical System is a robotic surgical system made by the American company Intuitive Surgical. Approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2000, it is designed to facilitate complex surgery using a minimally invasive approach, and is controlled by a surgeon from a console. The system is commonly used for prostatectomies, and increasingly for cardiac valve repair and gynecologic surgical procedures. According to the manufacturer, the da Vinci System is called "da Vinci" in part because Leonardo da Vinci's "study of human anatomy eventually led to the design of the first known

title: SS Leonardo da Vinci (1960)

text: the "Michelangelo" and "Raffaello", with a white hull and a thin green band painted where the upper edge of the black hull colour previously ended. Because of the provisions made for conversion to run on nuclear power, the "Leonardo da Vinci" had a somewhat unusual interior layout. Space for a reactor was reserved amidship, in and around the ship's steam turbine power plant. This made it necessary to locate the dining rooms and galleys one deck higher than usual, and separated from the ship's main working passage. No passenger corridors passed through the area reserved for a reactor, which meant

text: space with the Grover Cleveland High School for electives. Currently, the school is housed solely in Madonna Hall building which is adjacent to KAB still on the D'Youville College campus. Students who attend DaVinci have the opportunity to take college credit-bearing classes from D'Youville. "Previous assignment and reason for departure denoted in parentheses" "Previous assignment and reason for departure denoted in parentheses" <nowiki>*</nowiki>denotes interim appointment Leonardo da Vinci High School offers varsity sports including: Leonardo da Vinci High School does not offer football. Students who are interested in playing the sport are able to try out for football at Hutch

text: Egyptians believed that there are no male vultures and that the females of the species are impregnated by the wind. In most representations the vulture-headed maternal deity was formed by the Egyptians in a phallic manner, her body which was distinguished as feminine by its breasts also bore the penis in a state of erection. Unfortunately, the translation "Geier" (vulture), which Maria Herzfeld had used for "nibbio" in 1904 in the first edition of her book "Leonardo da Vinci, der Denker, Forscher und Poet", was not exactly the kite Leonardo da Vinci had meant: a small hawk-like bird of prey,

title: SS Leonardo da Vinci (1960)

text: Italia Crociere, but was laid up from 1978 onwards until 1982 when she was scrapped. Named after the famous Italian inventor Leonardo da Vinci, the ship featured numerous technological innovations, including provisions for conversion to run on nuclear power. The Italian Line lost most of its passenger liners during World War II, including the prestigious SS "Rex" and SS "Conte di Savoia". All of the ships that did survive the war dated from the 1920s. In 1949 the company received subsidies from the Italian government to build two new liners of approximately 30,000 gross register tons for the transatlantic service

title: Pierino da Vinci

text: 1500–1561), who was then in Pisa in the service of Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany. It depicts Ugolino and his sons. The work is now in the collection of the Liechtenstein Museum. Several sculptures, now believed to be by Pierino da Vinci, were at one time attributed to Michelangelo. Pierino da Vinci Pierino da Vinci (–1553 or 1554), born Pier Francesco di Bartolomeo di Ser Piero da Vinci (), was an Italian sculptor, born in the small town of Vinci in Tuscany; he was the nephew of Leonardo da Vinci. The son of Bartolomeo da Vinci, Leonardo’s