leonardo da vinci paintings Leonardo painted this picture in the full maturity of his talent, and, although it is now little more than a monochrome owing to the free and merciless restoration to which it has been at times subjected, it must have created a wonderful impression on those who saw it in the early years of the sixteenth century. It is difficult for the unpractised eye to-day to form any idea of its original beauty. Leonardo has here painted this worldly-minded woman–her portrait is much more famous than she herself ever was–with a marvellous charm and suavity, a finesse of expression never reached before and hardly ever equalled since. Contrast the head of the Christ at Milan, Leonardo’s conception of divinity expressed in perfect humanity, with the subtle and sphinx-like smile of this languorous creature. Leonardo Da Vinci is a painter, sculptor, draughtsman, architect, engineer, anatomist, physicist, astronomer, observer of life in all its forms, and most of all, great thinker.
A FIFTH man was arrested yesterday in relation to the theft of a Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece worth up to £40 million. The Madonna of the Yarnwinder was stolen in an audacious daylight robbery from Drumlanrig Castle, near Thornhill in Dumfries and Galloway, in August 2003. Police retrieved the 500-year-old artwork, which has been valued at between £15 million and £40 million, in a raid on a solicitors’ office in Glasgow earlier this month. Brown was taken to Dumfries and Galloway Police headquarters where he was questioned then arrested by officers investigating the theft. Submit your questions to Geraldine Gammell , director of The Prince’s Trust Scotland, and see her responses in SoS’s Debate page on Nov. Diverse and dynamic - from business travel, local student info to green news >> scotsman. read more
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Toronto - Officials put online an image of Leonardo Da Vinci’s “Last Supper”. The image is taken at 16 billion pixels - 1,600 times stronger than the images taken with the typical 10 million pixel digital camera. The high resolution will allow experts to examine details of the 15th century wall painting that they otherwise could not, including traces of drawings Leonardo put down before painting. The high-resolution allows viewers to look at details as though they were centimetres from the art work, in contrast to regular photographs, which become grainy as you zoom in, said curator Alberto Artioli. To see the image, click here . read more
