Leonardo da Vinci had a ‘super-fast eye’ that let him capture momentary changes like the flutter of a dragonfly wings or the ‘enigmatic magic’ of Mona Lisa’s smile. This superhuman trait is similar to one top tennis players and baseball player share and allowed the great master to capture the most minute and fleeting expressions. … Read more
The feet of Jesus in Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper have been revealed in gigapixel detail in a Google project that aims to bring some of the collection of Royal Academy of Arts online amid the coronavirus lockdown. The London-based academy is the latest to join the Google Arts & Culture platform, where high-res … Read more
Some five hundred years ago, Leonardo da Vinci sketched what he believed was the perfectly proportioned male body. Now, scientists have compared the ‘Vitruvian Man’ with nearly 64,000 physically fit men and women and discovered da Vinci was very close to anatomical measurements of the modern-day human. The team found the groin height, shoulder width … Read more
Michelle Keegan has risen to fame since her initial appearance as Tina McIntyre in ‘Coronation Street’ in 2007. The actress beat around 900 applicants to secure a role on the beloved soap and has since gone on to appear on the BBC show ‘Our Girl’. The military drama, which is now in its fourth season, … Read more