Tag: Leonardo Da Vinci
First “Made in Italy” Remembrance Day – Politics
This Monday is the birthday of Leonardo da Vinci, considered by some to be the greatest artist and polymath in Italy, if not the world. The Renaissance genius was born…
In the dispute over alleged art fraud, Dmitrij Rybolovlev loses again in court – Culture
Dmitriy Rybolovlev, once a fertilizer tycoon and now owner of the AS Monaco football club and many, many others, calls his case the “biggest art fraud in history.” But the…
Art historian Alexander Perrig has died: Michelangelo’s best friend – culture
He was Michelangelo’s friend, his best in this and the last century. For around seven decades, the art historian Alexander Perrig has studied – by no means exclusively, but repeatedly…
Bridge in da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa”: An explanation that explains nothing – culture
Has the riddle now been solved as to which bridge can be seen in the background of the “Mona Lisa”? A historian says so. But even if it were true,…
Mona Lisa: Italians want to have solved the bridge puzzle – culture
The Mona Lisa is probably the most famous painting in the world and it still poses a mystery. At least one of them should now have been solved. Art historian…
Mona Lisa: Italians want to have solved the bridge puzzle – culture
The Mona Lisa is probably the most famous painting in the world and it still poses a mystery. At least one of them should now have been solved. Art historian…
Naked saints, excited minds: Exhibition “Damned Lust” in the Diocesan Museum – Munich
At the beginning of the week it was there again, this all-other-suffocating topic when it comes to the Catholic Church: “Searches in the abuse scandal also in Cardinal Marx’s official…
“The Lost Leonardo” in the cinema: a thriller about an old painting – culture
After the drug business and prostitution, the art market is the third largest unregulated market. The criteria for pricing fluctuate, supply and demand are decisive, i.e. the pack behavior, and…