What Happened in 1483

Leonardo da Vinci Paints the First Madonna of the Rocks

The Virgin of the Rocks (sometimes the Madonna of the Rocks) is the usual title used for both of two different paintings with almost identical... Read more

Leonardo da Vinci Sketches the Design for a Parachute

Some think that a form of a primitive parachute was mentioned by Chinese texts 21 centuries ago. In 9th century Abbas Ibn Firnas and Ali Ben Isa... Read more