Leonardo da Vinci 1452-1519, biography about the famous renaissance artist and painter from Italy ( find unique pictures and facts you can't find elsewhere ) Discover Leonardo da Vinci a man well beyond his time. Sigmund Freud said: Leonardo da Vinci was like a man who awoke too early in the darkness, while the others were all still asleep. Leonardo was painter, architect, engineer, philosopher, ...

...the fruits of idleness are more precious than the fruits of labor. -- Walter Benjamin Mona Lisa Images for a Modern World or a Giocondaphiliac's Delight: an evolving paper posted for discussion and entertainment by Robert A. Baron Main Contents: I. Monalisiana Text II. Analysis of Sources III. Study Pages IV. List of Monalisiana Images V. Mona Lisa Links Page VI. Readers' Comments Table of ...

Leonardo da Vinci Mona Lisa 1503-1506 Oil on wood 77 x 53 cm (30 x 20 7/8 in.) Louvre, Paris E.H. Gombrich, The Story of Art : There is another work of Leonardo's which is perhaps even more famous than 'The Last Supper'. It is the portrait of a Florentine lady whose name was Lisa, 'Mona Lisa. A fame as great as that of Leonardo's 'Mona Lisa' is not an unmixed blessing for a work of art. We ...