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da vinci
Vinci, Florence, in present-ay Italy
Trivia about da vinci
This Renaissance man's invention of the maritime lock allowed Milan to link with the Po river via a canal system
In the 1480s he designed a flying machine that used revolving paddles instead of wings
His portrait subjects include Ginevra de' Benci & Lisa del Giocondo
A Milan museum named for this Renaissance man contains models of some of his machines and inventions
The three guys seen here are part of a mural painted by this man
The term Gioconda Smile refers to an enigmatic smile like the famous one painted by this man
If you can read this, you're a genius like this Italian born in 1452 who made notes in mirror writing
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, Russia.) Amazingly, this 15th century Italian's Benois Madonna cost just 150,000 Rubles when the Hermitage acquired it in 1914
The first known design of a self-propelled vehicle was made by this artist & scientist around 1478
While living in Milan, he created a forced-air central heating system for a castle
Break the code and name this inventive 16th Century artist
While working for Ludovico Sforza, he knocked out "The Last Supper" on the wall of a local church
He painted the work known around the Louvre as "La Joconde"
He advocated sfumato, a subtle blending of tones, saying light and shade should blend like smoke as seen here
The beautiful lass here was drawn by this Florentine great; "La Gioconda" was less upsetting
In 1482 he asked the Duke of Milan for a job, saying, "I can further execute sculpture in marble, bronze or clay"
This artist couldn't finish his portrait of Francesco del Giocondo's wife
(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Dance Theatre of Harlem in New York.) Karel Shook, the teacher who cofounded the Dance Theatre of Harlem, wrote that the body is in balance when it is pulled up so the student seems to feel her navel touching her backbone, a position discovered by this Renaissance master
There's no wry smile on this Italian's "Ginevra de'Benci", which you can see right here in the U.S. of A.