Ahead of St. Petersburg appearance this month, the 'Florenzer' author talks about art, identity, and resistance.

When kids learn about famous artists in picture books and narrative nonfiction stories, it helps readers remember the famous artists in a deeper way. Why? Because stories help us remember information, ...

Now, researchers provide a gripping insight into the family of Renaissance-era Italian polymath Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519). A new book, to be published on Thursday, traces his relatives ...

In their new book “Genìa Da Vinci. Genealogy and Genetics for Leonardo’s DNA,” published by Angelo Pontecorboli Editore, experts Alessandro Vezzosi and Agnese Sabato of the Leonardo Da ...

Campbell argues that Leonardo’s works, such as The Vitruvian Man (around 1490), have been co-opted into a mythical “Da Vinci World ... that around 250 new books were released to coincide ...

Leonardo da Vinci: An Untraceable Life, a new book by Stephen Campbell ... to provide what a modern reader expects from a biography. Although, to be fair, except for a few cases of detailed ...

The portrait of Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci, more exactly the portrait of one Lisa Gherardini, was executed by fits and starts very early in the 16th century. By now it has been seen by ...

An upcoming book by art historian Stephen J. Campbell, Da Vinci: An Untraceable Life ... We spoke to the author about this “anti-biography,” what makes Leonardo so “untraceable,” and ...

This exciting biography tells an incredible ... about our PBS Books Readers Club Pick this month, "Leonardo da Vinci" by Walter Isaacson. Book friends, what were your thoughts?

This exciting biography tells an incredible ... about our PBS Books Readers Club Pick this month, "Leonardo da Vinci" by Walter Isaacson. Book friends, what were your thoughts?

Wild guess: You’ve probably heard of Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519 ... since it’s necessary to set up a complex mix of biography and history as background during a period of profound social ...

Bambach spent 23 years researching her expansive four-volume book, Leonardo da Vinci Rediscovered ... This book is really meant to show why biography matters. He is an artist of his time and ...