Category: Da Vinci

[PREMIERING NOW] William Bouguereau: A Defender of God-Given Art

The 19th-century artist William-Adolphe Bouguereau saw art, just like his predecessors Michelangelo, Da Vinci, and Rafael, as a divine calling. He not only excelled in the use of techniques and colors, but also produced over 800 delicate works of art during his lifetime that were greatly cherished all over Europe and the United States. Even…


[PREMIERING on Jan 27 at 10 AM ET] William Bouguereau: A Defender of God-Given Art

The 19th-century artist William-Adolphe Bouguereau saw art, just like his predecessors Michelangelo, Da Vinci, and Rafael, as a divine calling. He not only excelled in the use of techniques and colors, but also produced over 800 delicate works of art during his lifetime that were greatly cherished all over Europe and the United States. Even…


Globetrotting Artist Makes Incredible Hand-Drawn Journals That Look Like Leonardo Da Vinci’s Notebooks

The meticulously hand-drawn notebooks of José Naranja call to mind the rusticated, penned scribings and illustrations of Leonardo da Vinci. Detailed sketches, diagrams, and hand-penned cursive writing fill the journals of Naranja—who is also an airplane engineer, not unlike that Renaissance inventor-artist. Consciously or unconsciously, Naranja follows in the footsteps of that master draftsman. Or it…


How to Invest in Classical Art

Art has the ability to stir our emotions, not unlike music, creating reactions that may be universal as well as uniquely personal. Great art has been celebrated, enjoyed, and even coveted, but could it also have a more practical purpose? For many investors seeking to diversify portfolios for financial or personal reasons, the answer is…


Life of Leonardo Da Vinci, Painter and Sculptor of Florence

The greatest gifts are often seen, in the course of nature, rained by celestial influences on human creatures; and sometimes, in supernatural fashion, beauty, grace, and talent are united beyond measure in one single person, in a manner that to whatever such an one turns his attention, his every action is so divine, that, surpassing…


Da Vinci’s ‘Head of Bear’ Drawing Seen Fetching up to $16 Million

LONDON—A drawing of a bear’s head by Leonardo da Vinci is seen fetching up to $16.7 million, potentially setting a record, when it heads to auction in July, Christie’s said on Saturday. Measuring 7 cm (just under 3 inches) squared, “Head of a Bear” is a silverpoint drawing on a pink-beige paper. The auction house…