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4 unusual facts about Leonardo


Billy Devaney

Devaney was raised in the Leonardo section of Middletown Township, New Jersey, and attended Mater Dei High School.

Carlo Pedretti

The wax statuette was first published as a work by Leonardo in the corpus of Leonardo’s studies in the Queens Collection at Windsor Castle, a special project entrusted to Carlo Pedretti.

Leonardo da Vinci programme

:: This article is about the EU programme, for information about the artist see Leonardo da Vinci, for more meanings of “Leonardo” and “da Vinci” see Leonardo and Da Vinci (disambiguation)

Leonardo's Swans

Leonardo’s Swans is an international bestseller by Karen Essex, published by Doubleday in 2006.


Adriano Alves

Adriano Leonardo Alves (born January 5, 1977 in Vila Velha, Espírito Santo Brazil) is a retired Brazilian footballer.

Agustín Barboza

In 1957 he organized his own group “Barboza y sus compañeros”, with Ramón Mendoza, Leonardo Figueroa and Carlos Centurion, continuing to spread his work through Europe and the Middle East.

Augusto Daolio

He founded Nomadi in 1963, together with Beppe Carletti, Franco Midili, Leonardo Manfredini, Gualtiero Gelmini and Antonio Campari, remaining the historical co-leader of the band together with Carletti.

Aurelio Tolentino

Born in Santo Cristo, Guagua, Pampanga, he was the third and youngest child of Leonardo Tolentino and Patrona Valenzuela.

Carlo I Tocco

Leonardo I Tocco (who was count of Cephalonia 1357–1376 and duke of Leukas 1362–1376) was himself the son of Guglielmo II Tocco (governor of Cephalonia 1328–1335) and Margherita Orsini, sister of Nicholas Orsini and John II Orsini, rulers of Epirus and counts of Cephalonia.

Carlo Pedretti

Pedretti is a professor emeritus of art history and Armand Hammer Chair in Leonardo Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles, and is the author of more than 40 books and 500 essays and articles in various languages, on the many aspects of his specialty.

Cathedral of St. Eunan and St. Columba

The original altar-piece, an Irish carving of Leonardo's Last Supper, is still present in the Cathedral and has been incorporated into the new altar.

Codex Leicester

One page was exhibited at the Seattle Museum of Flight's 2006 exhibit "Leonardo da Vinci: Man, Inventor, Genius."

Dylan Greenberg

Dylan is often credited as the inventor of the "Grobn'm" film movement and in 2013 released their 18 minute short film "The Great Reverse Gratsby," a parody of The Great Gatsby set to be released on the same day as the Leonardo DiCaprio film.

Fort San Pedro

Plans and estimates for the restoration of the fort were completed by Architect Leonardo Concepcion, who had completed his MA in Restoration in Madrid.

George V. Grigore

In movies he plays the most important characters of the history of being like: Nostradamus, Leonardo da Vinci, Jesus Christ, Rasputin, Pugachov, Hagendorf, John the Apostle and the fiction character like vampire Bruno, Malik The Profet, and many priest and monk characters.

Giuditta Pasta

Kemble asked fellow-singer Pauline Viardot what she thought of her voice now and got the reply ‘It is a ruin, but then so is Leonardo’s Last Supper’.

Giusy Vitale

Giuseppa Vitale (born in Partinico, 1972), better known as Giusy, is the sister of Mafia bosses Leonardo, Michele and Vito Vitale from Partinico (Sicily).

Hermeticism

"Leonardo da Pistoia" searched for ancient Hermetic manuscripts throughout the regions surrounding Constantinople, Pera, and Galata.

Jason Deere

He has written memorable songs for acts like Lady Antebellum, Little Big Town, LeAnn Rimes, Jessica Simpson, Jim Brickman, SHeDAISY, Be Be Winans, Natalie Grant, Point of Grace, Wanessa Camargo, Leonardo, Luiza Possi, The Wreckers and he has a lengthy list of film, television and production credits.

Leandro e Leonardo

The two brothers, Leandro (born Luís José Costa, b. Oct. 15, 1961) and Leonardo (Emival Eterno Costa, born July 25, 1963), were from Goianápolis.

Leonardo Augusto Vieira Moreira

Leonardo Augusto Vieira Moreira, or simply Leonardo (born February 4, 1986 in Minas Gerais), is a Brazilian striker who currently plays for Hokushinetsu Football League side Japan Soccer College.

Leonardo de Deus

Leonardo Gomes de Deus (born January 18, 1991 in Campo Grande) is a Brazilian swimmer.

Leonardo dos Santos

Léo Fortunato (Leonardo Fortunato dos Santos, born 1983), Brazilian footballer

Leonardo Gigli

Leonardo Gigli (30 April 1863, Sesto Fiorentino – 4 April 1908, Florence) was an Italian surgeon and obstetrician remembered for describing Gigli's operation, and for designing the Gigli saw to simplify its performance.

Leonardo Isaula

Leonardo Rubén Isaula George (born 8 February 1977 in Yoro, Honduras) is a Honduran midfielder who currently plays for Atlético Choloma in the Liga Nacional de Honduras.

Leonardo Omar Onida

Leonardo Omar Onida (born 19 July 1973) is a poet who is artistic director of Ottobre in Poesia, an annual literary festival in Sassari, Sardinia, Italy.

Leonardo Padrin

Leonardo Padrin (Ponso, 29 September 1959) is an Italian politician from Veneto.

Leonardo Tejada

Leonardo Tejada (Latacunga, 1908 - Quito, 2005) was an Ecuadorian painter whose work was known for its Social Realism and Expressionism.

Leonardo World

Leonardo World was launched in several countries: United States, Canada, South America, Australia, Japan, China, Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Malaysia.

Ljubomir Fejsa

In February 2013, when Leonardo Jardim was sacked by Olympiacos FC due to the crowds dismay because of the playing style of the team, coach Michel was hired and he immediately made Fejsa one of the starters.

M. C. Frank Chang

He also received Pan Wen-Yuan Foundation Award in 2008, Rockwell’s Leonardo da Vinci Award (Engineer of the Year) in 1992, National Chiao Tung University’s Distinguished Alumnus Award in 1997, and the National Tsing Hua University Distinguished Alumnus Award in 2002.

Mario Taddei

Studies on the subject mention that manuscripts relating to Leonardo’s idea for the robot are in the Codex Atlanticus, specifically folio 579r.

Markus J. Buehler

In 2011 he received the inaugural Leonardo da Vinci Award from EMI.

Niccolò van Westerhout

:* Leonardo Campanile e Tiziano Thomas Dossena, Doña Flor, an opera by Niccolò van Westerhout Idea Publications, New York, 2010, ISBN 978-0-9825373-2-9

Noot Seear

She has appeared in advertising campaigns for brands such as Chanel, Giorgio Armani, Kenzo, Pantene Pro-V, Ralph Lauren Polo Jeans, Kenneth Cole, Neiman Marcus, Alberta Ferretti, Rolex and Yves Saint Laurent, where she was memorably styled as the Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci for the Rive Gauche ad campaign in 1998.

Pedro Sanchez Falconete

In 1644, on the foundations of the medieval humanitarian Hospital de la Caridad, Seville, a new church was erected to plans of Falconete, altered in the long, slow course of construction by Leonardo de Figueroa.

Pietro Tacca

The daring stability of the statue was calculated by Galileo Galilei: the horse rears, and the entire weight of the sculpture balances on the two rear legs—and, discreetly, its tail— a feat that had never been attempted in a figure on a heroic scale, of which Leonardo had dreamed.

Preeti Desai

Desai also featured with Italian designer Leonardo Ferragamo of Salvatore Ferragamo Italia S.p.A. for L'Officiel magazine, and walked for fashion designer Christopher Kane in a Fashion Week.

Salaì

DC Comics' 1995 Vertigo series Chiaroscuro: The Private Lives of Leonardo da Vinci (later published as a graphic novel) tells a speculative story of a love affair between Leonardo and Salai.

Salai

Salaì (1480–1524), nickname of Gian Giacomo Caprotti da Oreno, an Italian artist and pupil of Leonardo da Vinci

Sfumato

Among the students and followers of Leonardo (called as Leonardeschi) who tried their hands on Sfumato after Leonardo were Bernardino Luini and Funisi.

Sidnei Tendler

In this period he also took a course in Semiology with Professor Umberto Eco and History of Urbanism with Professor Leonardo Benévolo.

Somerset County Youth Orchestra

It has given concerts in prestigious locations, among them Old Town Square in Prague, La Madeleine in Paris, and the Leonardo museum in Vinci.

Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi

In 2007 she won the Leonardo di Bona-Memorial in Cutro (Crotone).

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time Re-Shelled

Players control the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Leonardo, Donatello, Michaelangelo, and Raphael.

The Last Sucker

The inner cover art contains a parody of Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper, with Jourgensen in the center of the table and figures from the Bush administration around him; Bush himself is drawn in Philip the Apostle's place.

The Two Deaths of Quincas Wateryell

To them, Quincas is Joaquim Soares da Cunha, an "exemplary employee of the State Rent Board," who disgraced his family by walking out on them one day, calling Vanda and her mother, Dona Otacilia "vipers" and Vanda's husband Leonardo a "silly ass."

Themes in Italian Renaissance painting

In Leonardo da Vinci's John the Baptist, elements of the painting, including the corners of the model's eyes and mouth, are disguised by shadow, creating an air of ambiguity and mystery.

Tommy Tanaka

In June, 2006, the USDOJ's Office of the Inspector General released their final report on their investigation into allegations made by previous interim U.S. Attorney for Guam Frederick Black that Tanaka's nephew Leonardo Rapadas replaced Black in his position as U.S. Attorney after Black called for an investigation into Washington-based lobbyist Jack Abramoff.

Villas Boas

Villas-Bôas brothers, Orlando (1914–2002), Cláudio (1916–1998) and Leonardo Villas-Bôas (1918–1961), Brazilian activists regarding indigenous peoples

Yagüez River

The first attempt to canalize the river was when Don Leonardo de Campos was mayor of Mayagüez in 1852, but the difficulties of the project did not allow it back then.


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