https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed An Italian court has blocked the loan of Leonardo da Vinci's famed Vitruvian Man sketch to the Louvre in Paris, ahead of an exibition marking the 500th anniversary of the artist's death. https://www.thelocal.it/20191010/italian-court-rules-against-lending-da-vinci-work-to-france Thu, 10 Oct 2019 11:18:44 +0200 italian-court-rules-against-lending-da-vinci-work-to-france Leonardo da Vinci may have suffered traumatic nerve damage that left him with a "claw hand", impairing his ability to paint in later life, a new study said. https://www.thelocal.it/20190505/da-vincis-suffered-claw-hand-in-later-life-researchers Sun, 05 May 2019 11:47:02 +0200 da-vincis-suffered-claw-hand-in-later-life-researchers President Emmanuel Macron and Italian counterpart Sergio Mattarella on Thursday kicked off commemorations to mark 500 years since Leonardo da Vinci died in France, paying their respects to the Renaissance genius in a private visit to his grave. https://www.thelocal.it/20190502/in-pictures-france-and-italy-mark-500-years-since-d-vincis-death Thu, 02 May 2019 15:41:57 +0200 in-pictures-france-and-italy-mark-500-years-since-d-vincis-death On the 500th anniversary of the Renaissance artist's death, a mystery sketch of a bearded man was revealed to be one of only two surviving portraits of him made during his lifetime. https://www.thelocal.it/20190502/newly-identified-leonardo-da-vinci-portrait-on-show-in-london Thu, 02 May 2019 12:46:35 +0200 newly-identified-leonardo-da-vinci-portrait-on-show-in-london Later this year, the Louvre in Paris will host an exhibition of masterpieces by the Italian painter Leonardo da Vinci to mark his death 500 years ago in France. But the work that in recent months has been the intense focus of scrutiny by the media and da Vinci specialists, may not be on show. https://www.thelocal.it/20190428/mystery-of-salvator-mundi-the-worlds-most-costly-painting Sun, 28 Apr 2019 13:21:58 +0200 mystery-of-salvator-mundi-the-worlds-most-costly-painting Five hundred years after the death of Leonardo da Vinci, a silk mill is still using one of his designs as it shuttles some of the finest threads in the world across its looms. https://www.thelocal.it/20181218/the-florence-silk-mill-still-using-a-da-vinci-designed-machine Tue, 18 Dec 2018 13:08:59 +0100 the-florence-silk-mill-still-using-a-da-vinci-designed-machine Italy wants to renegotiate a deal to loan all of its Leonardo da Vinci paintings to France's Louvre to mark 500 years since his death, Italian media reported on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.it/20181117/italy-nationalists-mull-refusing-da-vincis-to-louvre Sat, 17 Nov 2018 16:32:20 +0100 italy-nationalists-mull-refusing-da-vincis-to-louvre Experts think a common eye disorder may help explain Leonardo Da Vinci's incredible talent for three-dimensional representation and the sense of perspective in his landscapes. https://www.thelocal.it/20181022/eye-disorder-may-have-helped-da-vincis-art Mon, 22 Oct 2018 17:17:06 +0200 eye-disorder-may-have-helped-da-vincis-art The subject of centuries of scrutiny and debate, Mona Lisa's famous smile is routinely described as ambiguous. But is it really that hard to read? https://www.thelocal.it/20170311/mona-lisas-smile-decoded-science-says-shes-happy Sat, 11 Mar 2017 11:46:20 +0100 mona-lisas-smile-decoded-science-says-shes-happy A lost drawing by the Renaissance master Leonardo da Vinci has been discovered in the papers of a French provincial doctor, a Paris auction house said Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20161214/lost-da-vinci-sketch-found-in-france Wed, 14 Dec 2016 09:35:27 +0100 lost-da-vinci-sketch-found-in-france Italian researchers said on Thursday they have discovered living relatives of the Renaissance genius Leonardo da Vinci,despite the loss of his body centuries ago. https://www.thelocal.it/20160415/da-vincis-relatives-found-by-italian-history-buffs Fri, 15 Apr 2016 11:09:04 +0200 da-vincis-relatives-found-by-italian-history-buffs