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5 Lessons on Creativity You Can Learn From Leonardo Da Vinci’s Inspired Legacy

The name Leonardo Da Vinci holds an excellent reputation that’s admired worldwide. He’s the artistic genius behind the famous Mona Lisa and the creator of The Last Supper, considered the world’s most important mural painting. However, his brilliance went beyond being a masterful painter. Leonardo Da Vinci was also an architect, sculptor, draftsman, engineer, inventor, ...

Arianne Ayson

A portrait of Leonardo Da Vinci.

Michelangelo and His Beliefs: How Spirituality Influenced His Art

Michelangelo played a massive part in Renaissance art and was even compared to other greats like Leonardo da Vinci and Raphael. If this sounds like the Ninja Turtles, this is because the popular cartoon was also heavily influenced by these Renaissance artists, even naming the turtles after them. An artist’s belief often significantly impacts the ...

Mike West

Michelangelo's painting in the Sistine Chapel (detail on ceiling).

The Mystery of Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘Salvator Mundi’

Leonardo da Vinci’s painting Salvator Mundi (Latin for “Savior of the World”) already has an illustrious history, including having vanished for hundreds of years before surfacing on the art market circa 1900. Even though Salvator Mundi was several centuries old and once owned by Charles I, it attracted little buyer interest for many years. This ...

David Clapp

salvator-mundi

The Last Da Vinci Code

Salvator Mundi, like all other Da Vinci paintings, hides an amazing secret. This kind of hidden message is often referred to as the “Da Vinci Code.” Are you curious about what the Da Vinci Code is in the Salvator Mundi and other famous works of the Renaissance genius? What is it that makes the Da ...

Believe It Or Not

Hidden Mysteries of the Da Vinci Code

The date was November 15, 2017. The place was Christie’s Rockefeller Center office in New York. The world-famous auction house founded in 1766 was holding an auction. A painting was sold for a whopping US$450.3 million in the auction that day, setting a new record for the most expensive painting ever sold at public auctions. ...

Believe It Or Not

Leonardo da Vinci's famous drawing of 'Vitruvian Man.'

Does ‘The Economist’ Magazine Predict the Future?

The Economist The Economist magazine was founded in 1843 and publishes economic and political news. Currently, the average weekly circulation is as high as 1.44 million copies and it is considered a fairly influential magazine. Amazingly, this magazine not only forecasts the economic situation, but it also seems to predict the future in an eerily accurate ...

Armin Auctor

'The Economist' cover for 2019.

World’s Most Expensive Painting Shows Up on Saudi Prince’s Yacht

Salvator Mundi, a painting done by Leonardo da Vinci, is the most expensive painting in the world. It was sold for a record US$450 million at a Christie’s auction in New York in 2017. The identity of the buyer was never revealed. Recent reports now state that it has been placed on Saudi Crown Prince ...

Armin Auctor

The Saudi Crown Prince with the 'Salvator Mundi' painting.

Leonardo da Vinci’s To-Do List and Limitless Passion

Leonardo da Vinci would grasp his small notebook that always hung from his belt and sketch profusely whenever he came across something eye-catching, says historian Toby Lester. Leonardo da Vinci’s collection of notebooks is filled to the brim with sketches, measurements, and observations centered around four themes — painting, architecture, mechanics, and human anatomy. “It ...

Armin Auctor

A page from Leonardo da Vinci's notbook.