X-Rays Reveal Secret From Da Vinci’s Masterpiece Mona Lisa
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Leonardo da Vinci’s painting Mona Lisa is an eternal masterpiece that has now given up a secret. Using X-rays and infrared spectroscopy to analyze the chemical composition of da Vinci’s paint mixture, scientists in France and Britain examined microscopic fragments from the celebrated work of art “Mona Lisa. Mona Lisa […]
Leonardo da Vinci’s Paradox Cracked
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – “It has been documented since the Renaissance that an air bubble rising in water will deviate from its straight, steady path to perform a periodic zigzag or spiral motion once the bubble is above a critical size,” write researchers in their paper. Leonardo da Vinci observed five centuries ago […]