HISTORICAL FACTS: 5 - Caught on Camera

Hidden mysteries underneath iconic Italian castle unravelled

Method can also help investigate other historical sites around the world, researchers say

The Independent UK · Jan 15, 2025

Does taking part in Veganuary put people off meat in the long term? Here’s what the evidence shows

Humans have long wrestled with their conscience about killing and eating animals. The “meat paradox” (the conflict between people’s preference for meat and their concern for animals) may have inspired cave paintings from 37,000 years ago. Since then, many leading thinkers have eschewed meat, including Pythagoras, Leonardo da Vinci, Mary…

The Conversation · Jan 2, 2025

Renaissance: The Blood and the Beauty review – Charles Dance is gloriously game as Michelangelo

This astonishing docu-drama delves into the blazing rivalry between Michelangelo, Raphael and Leonardo – and Dance somehow resists the urge to ham it up to the max. Whatever you do, just don’t make a Ninja Turtles joke

The Guardian - UK · Dec 2, 2024

Ken Burns on Leonardo da Vinci: ‘He may be the person of the last millennium’

The legendary documentarian has taken on his first non-American subject for an expansive two-part docuseries

The Guardian - US · Nov 14, 2024

The Observer view: how Leonardo, Van Gogh and Monet help us to transcend the gloom

Four exhibitions in London this autumn remind us that creativity and imagination are the opposite of authoritarianism

The Guardian - UK · Nov 9, 2024

Leonardo, Raphael and Michelangelo: who is the greatest of the Renaissance masters?

Ahead of a new exhibition at London’s Royal Academy of Arts, writers make a case for each of Renaissance art’s big three, from the secretive genius of Leonardo to Raphael’s beguiling brilliance and the space-filling majesty of Michelangelo

The Guardian - UK · Nov 9, 2024

Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael review – bitchy Da Vinci conquers the army of gnarly nudes

The battle scenes at the centre of this somewhat academic exhibition ring with unforgettable violence – as Leonardo’s howling warrior prepares to sever an enemy’s hand

The Guardian - UK · Nov 5, 2024

Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael at the Royal Academy review: a gem of a show and a testament to staggering genius

5/5 This exhibition is almost understated with its subdued décor and lighting yet mind blowing in suggestion and imagination

Evening Standard · Nov 5, 2024

Drawing the Italian Renaissance at the King’s Gallery review: from Leonardo’s dragons to Raphael’s Graces this is a splendid show

5/5 There is an extraordinary number of Old Masters on display as well as lesser known artists of striking quality

Evening Standard · Oct 31, 2024

Drawing the Italian Renaissance review – Christ, naked and muscly, leaps from the grave

Among dazzling works by Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo from the Royal Collection, the sketches of lesser artists offer comfort and inspiration to future artists in this absorbing show

The Guardian - UK · Oct 31, 2024