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A 1611 Renaissance painting captured a bat eating a bird 400 years before scientists fully documented itA 17th-century painting by Jan Brueghel the Elder may have captured a remarkable natural phenomenon centuries before science confirmed it: ...- On This Day in History, June 8: Porsche is born, Ghostbusters release, Siam renamed Thailand, Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four published, NFL merger announced, Robert F. Kennedy laid to rest and other major eventsOn This Day in History, June 8, the world witnessed events that shaped politics, warfare, literature and culture. The Viking raid on Lindis...
- Quote of the day by Mona Lisa maker Leonardo da Vinci: 'Iron rusts from disuse; stagnant water loses its purity…' What the legendary polymath warned centuries ago about how inaction slowly destroys the human mindQuote of the day by Leonardo da Vinci: Leonardo da Vinci, one of history’s greatest thinkers, shared a powerful message about the dangers o...
- PM Modi's gifts: Muga silk stole for Italy PM, Ladakhi stole for Sweden PM, Kesar mangoes for UAE prezPrime Minister Narendra Modi presented unique Indian gifts to world leaders during his recent five-nation tour. Items included Muga silk st...
- Quote of the day by Leonardo da Vinci: 'The greatest deception men suffer is from...' - life lessons on self-awareness, avoiding self-deception through critical thinking and why you can’t trust your own thoughts by The Mona Lisa and The Last Supper artistQuote of the day by Leonardo da Vinci: The renowned Renaissance artist and thinker, cautioned against the perils of personal opinions. He b...
- Quote of the day by Stoic philosopher Seneca: ‘Love sometimes injures. To love deeply is to risk grief — but wisdom teaches us how to endure it. If you wish to be loved, love’; his lessons on love, loss and emotional resilienceRoman thinker Seneca understood love's dual nature. He noted love can bring pain but wisdom helps endure it. Seneca advised that to be love...
- Quote of the Day by Leonardo da Vinci: 'As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well spent brings happy death'. Life lessons from the 'Renaissance man'Leonardo da Vinci, also known as the Renaissance man, gives us a meaningful life lesson about life, fulfillment and death in one of his quo...
- Quote of the day by Italian sculptor Michelangelo: ‘The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short, but in…’Michelangelo was a Renaissance master, achieved greatness in sculpture, painting, and architecture. His famous works include the David stat...
- Quote of the day by Michelangelo: 'There is no greater harm than that of time wasted'Quote of the day by Michelangelo: Renaissance master Michelangelo's profound words, "There is no greater harm than that of time wasted," un...
- The Lonely Palette podcast: Unpacking Botticelli's 'The Birth of Venus'The Lonely Palette podcast brings art history to everyone. Host Tamar Avishai interviews museum visitors about famous paintings. An episode...
- Book of the Day: Perspective(s) by Laurent Binet — A murder mystery told in lettersBook of the Day: For readers drawn to historical fiction that blends mystery, intellect and humour, Perspective(s) offers a distinctive exp...
- Two rare Rembrandt paintings can fetch $10mn at auctionSigned and dated 1635, the depictions of married couple Jan Willemsz van der Pluym and Jaapgen Carels, who were close to the artist's famil...
- Mona Lisa smeared with cake at Louvre. Man disguised as old woman in wheelchair hurls dessert at da Vinci’s masterpieceThe Mona Lisa is one of the most valuable paintings in the world.
- 'The Lost Leonardo' documentary unpeels mysteries of the Salvator MundiIts international stops, chronicling the da Vinci painting's sales, are baffling leaps.
- Sandro Botticelli's 14th-century 'masterpiece' may fetch more than $80 mn at New York auctionThis painting is considered as one of Botticelli's finest portraits.
- Revisiting the times of Leonardo da Vinci, with help from late artist Bharat DalalDalal regarded ‘The Fossilized Passions of Da Vinci’ as his dream project.
- Jan van Huysum's 'Flower Vase' painting, stolen by Nazi soldier, returns to ItalyA Nazi soldier had stolen the painting to gift it to his wife.
- Leonardo DiCaprio to play his namesake Leonardo da Vinci in upcoming biopicThe film marks DiCaprio's ninth project in which he plays a real life character.
- Sotheby's New York to hold auction of master paintings and sculptures on January 30, 2014The sale is highlighted by a number of important paintings from the Dutch Golden Age, particularly an exciting rediscovery of a work by Jac...
- Christie’s announces centerpiece of Renaissance sale during old masters week in New YorkPerhaps the finest illuminated manuscript in private hands, it is expected to inspire fierce competition, with an estimate of $12,000,000-$...
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