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Method can also help investigate other historical sites around the world, researchers say

Humans have long wrestled with their conscience about killing and eating animals. The “meat paradox” (the conflict between people’s preference for meat and their concern for animals) may have inspired cave paintings from 37,000 years ago. Since then, many leading thinkers have eschewed meat, including Pythagoras, Leonardo da Vinci, Mary…

This two-part documentary celebrates the genius of Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci, and our guide here explains how to watch “Leonardo da Vinci” online and from anywhere now.

The legendary documentarian has taken on his first non-American subject for an expansive two-part docuseries

Four exhibitions in London this autumn remind us that creativity and imagination are the opposite of authoritarianism

Ahead of a new exhibition at London’s Royal Academy of Arts, writers make a case for each of Renaissance art’s big three, from the secretive genius of Leonardo to Raphael’s beguiling brilliance and the space-filling majesty of Michelangelo

The battle scenes at the centre of this somewhat academic exhibition ring with unforgettable violence – as Leonardo’s howling warrior prepares to sever an enemy’s hand

5/5 This exhibition is almost understated with its subdued décor and lighting yet mind blowing in suggestion and imagination

5/5 There is an extraordinary number of Old Masters on display as well as lesser known artists of striking quality