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Leonardo Cartoon was ‘presentation drawing’ in Florence commission bid

Leonardo da Vinci’s Burlington House Cartoon, which will soon be the centrepiece of an exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts (RA) in London, originally hung close to the Mona Lisa in the artist’s ...
Forbes

What Leonardo Da Vinci’s Roaring Lion In Paris Has To Say About The World Today

The Italian Cultural Institute in Paris is celebrating Leonardo da Vinci’s influence on urbanism, science and technology by bringing his technical sketches of a mechanical lion to life. Da Vinci was a ...
The Independent

Pride of Da Vinci's genius walks again after 500 years

Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter It lives. It lives! After almost five centuries, a legendary, artificial monster, which has intrigued scientists and art historians ...
Reuters

Da Vinci's lion prowls again after 500 years

AMBOISE, France (Reuters) - A mechanical lion invented by Leonardo da Vinci to entertain the King of France has sprung back to life in the Renaissance genius's last home. Da Vinci's original automaton ...
Daily Mail

Scientists painstakingly recreate Leonardo da Vinci's mechanical lion from his sketches in tribute to the Renaissance master

A model of Leonardo Da Vinci's mechanical lion has gone on display in a museum in Paris. The life-size creation, which measures 6ft7ins high and 9ft10ins long, has been put in place as a tribute to ...