leonardo da vinci
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The Brilliantly Weird Plan To Reconstruct Leonardo Da Vinci’s Genome
An international team of scholars has just unveiled plans to science the shit out of Leonardo da Vinci, the man who gave us the Mona Lisa and envisioned futuristic technologies like helicopters and tanks 500 years ago. Goals of the fledgling “Leonardo Project” include recovering the famous Renaissance figure’s remains and reconstructing his genetic code.
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Scientists: Mona Lisa May Be The First 3D Image In History
Thanks to a wonderful coincidence, Leonardo da Vinci may have invented the first stereoscopic image in history. According to researchers Claus-Christian Carbon and Vera M Hesslinger, the Mona Lisa can be seen in 3D thanks to another version that was painted side by side as Leonardo was making the original.
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Mona Lisa’s New LED Lighting Shows Her Off Just As Da Vinci Intended
Working with Toshiba, the Louvre has recently completed an upgrade to the Mona Lisa’s lighting. It will ensure the museum’s guests will be able to experience the painting as it was intended to be — no matter the time of day or what else is going on nearby.
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Here’s What Leonardo Da Vinci’s To-Do List Looked Like In 1490
Even the brilliant mind of Leonardo da Vinci needed to jot things down in a notebook so he could remember what he needed to do. The only difference, of course, is that da Vinci’s to-do list was much more complex than ours. I mean, who needs to calculate the measurement of Milan and its suburbs…