leonardo da vinci is probably best known for his paintings. you see the most famous one right there, the mona lisa. but the italian artist was a true renaissance man with interests ranging from architecture, mathematics, engineering, natural sciences, and even music. now with the 500th anniversary of da vinci's death this thursday, a german scholar is challenging some aspects of the master's legacy. reporter: leonardo da vinci was not not just an artist and architecect, but also a philosopher and engineer. he is credited with some 80 inventions, including submarines and flying machines. but according to this german author, he did not really invent them all. >> it is widelely asserted t tht leleonardo really did build the flying machine himself and thaht an employeyee of his tried out this flying machine, and that leonardo accorded the flight in his codex. i have read the codex, and there is nothing in it about the flight. reporter: the florence workshop ofof the medici's court painter became leonardo's master school. he achieved mastery of per

italy and france commemorate the artistic genius of leader -- leonardo da vinci. the italian master lived out his final years at a chateau in france. i'm brent goff. to our viewers on pbs and the united states and around about, welcome. brent: we started venezuela where president nicolas maduro has called on the military to fight anyone involved in a coup. juan guaido called for a series of strikes hoping to force madero from power. guaido called this the final thing to do before ousting the door. this left four people dead. guaido declared himself venezuela's drum president -- interim president of venezuela. of move supported by united states and germany. oscar, i want to to start with the news of this arrest warrant that has been issued for leopoldo lopez. what do we knonow beyond that? oscar: he was surprisisingly fre onon tuesday during this coup attempt. he is now at a spanish -- the spanish embassy as a guest. they want to put them back in jail. this is a bit complex to analyze in a traditional manner because juan guaido is recognized but -- as president by

the full leonardo da vinci, the genius, the leonardo of his drawings.sts can reveal the drawings and this figure, this is they say leonardo himself. he was known by his contemporaries for his bed, rising off his cheek with spirals at the corner of the mouth, these rather mournful eyes. this is an exact match from the proper portrait we do not have. there is so much here. this anatomical drawing even has his thinker print. these drawings are the great deluge of the earth being destroyed. it captures his feeling of the impermanence of all things. he must‘ve seen it, his career, as something of a failure. failure, leonardo da vinci! engineering was never made, scientific there is neverfinished. relatively few of his paintings finish. what he wanted to achieve wasn't all he wanted to achieve. so much of his work and genius remains just an idea. wow. amazing. i want to talk to you about this story, of warning from surgeons about serious hand injuries from dog ownership. they have been wanting dog owners not to wrap things around fingers because of the danger

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but he has a call takes a skeptical view of the da vinci cult basing his research in the artist's own notebooks. it wasn't until the twentieth century that the image of layer in art of the inventor which he himself never claimed to be first emerged driven by benito mussolini to support his fascist ideology the dictator recast davinci as a universal genius and a leading figure of italian creative strength was done and of great miscellany initiated an exhibition not just initiated he ordered it and it was done and. that exhibition models were created from davinci sketches for the first time delegate math models that simply ignored the errors in the original sketches the exhibition travelled from milan to the u.s. and then to japan where it was destroyed in an air raid astonished elvises amazingly lost the exhibition is gone miscellany is gone fascism is gone but the laying out a cult of the cult of léonard of the inventor has remained. leonardo was a visionary but he wasn't a jack of all trades book doesn't question the boldness of davinci is ideas but rather it worshipful view that dis

leonardo da vinci?ure and architecture and engineering was never made, his scientific researches were never finished, relatively few paintings completed. what he wanted to achieve far outstripped what he actually achieved. the man behind the mona lisa was a fountain of ideas but so much of his work and his genius remained just an idea. david sillito, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's darren bett. approaching the bank holiday, no pressure! i was hoping you weren't going to ask! but it is going to be mixed. the weather will be turning much more unsettled heading into the bank holiday weekend because all this cloud will come in from the atlantic and bring some rain also we already have some cloud pushing in head a bit for northern ireland and here in wales, in the south—west of england and north—west england and they could be some light showers as well further east. a beautiful day on the coast in north yorkshire, in scarborough, the best of sunshine in yorkshire, south—eastern scotland and

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instagram generation and the president of italy and france remember the artistic genius leonardo da vinci he died five hundred years ago today the italian master lived down his final years as a shut in for this. i'm burned off it's good to have you with us we start tonight with venezuela where president nicolas maduro has called on the military to fight anyone who is involved in an attempted coup and that's after the country's. declared president one why the call for a series of strikes general strikes hoping to force from power has described this week's protests as the final phase in al sting mature or even though they have failed to break the political stalemate in the country clashes in caracas over the last two days have left four people dead according to human rights groups white have declared himself that that's where he lives in a room president back in january a move supported by the united states germany and some latin american countries. are right let's go now to our correspondent oscar shrinker he is standing by for us in caracas good evening to you. i want to start with the ne

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today is the 500thh anniversary of the death of leonardo da vinci. pentnt the last years of his life in france, ceronies wewere held today with emmanuel macron and his italian countnterpart. da vininci is famous for his portrait of the mona lisa, who has captivated millions with her smirk.. ununtil da vinci came around,, smiling was t ought to be acceptable in portraiture. it was seen as silly or vulgar. >> s s has captitivated audiencs for centuries.s. there is something about her gaze or her smile ththat makes mona lisa irresisistible and mysterious. leonardo dada vinci, you wowould rarely see a grinning subject. smiling wasas associated with lunatics, buffoooons, and prostitutes. >> after years of research, he smiling had the most memeaning. he was a great artist and accomplished s scientist he drew hundreds of sketcheses d dedecks -- and dissected hundres of corpses. subtleptured ththe most facial expreresses. >>>> lines and bororders arere . that is whwhat brings life to te painting. aintings feature a variety of smiles, fromm the mt playfufl to

the renaissance it's the presidents of italy and france commemorate the artistic genius leonardo da vinci he died five hundred years ago today the italian master who lived out his final years at the chateau in free as. i'm going to go off to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome we start tonight with of in it's way low where president nicolas maduro has called on the mill. terry to fight anyone involved in a coup it comes after the country's self declared president won quite a today called for a series of strikes hoping to force majeure from power why do has described this week's protest as the final phase in else. even though they have failed to break the political stalemate clashes in caracas over the last few days have left four people dead that's according to human rights groups declared himself in its way his interim president back in january a move supported by the united states germany and some latin american countries. are right let's go now to our correspondent oscar shrinker he is standing by for is in caracas good evening to you oscar i wan

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leonardo da vinci arrived in france carrying his most famous work the mona lisa on the donkey's back . this royal chateau de on was on the banks of the wa is where he spent the final chapter of his extraordinary life. young french king francis the first was enthralled by his genius he called leonardo his father never will tell you what's whole city to the french kings three in the west to show you were seeking to tour an intellectual refinement the tea had previously discovered in italy and wanted to transpose to the french court you wanted to show you the french court was the most elegant in europe five hundred years after his death his hope the legacy of leonardo the maestro of the nascence can help repair relationships between italy and france which once again have hit turbulent times. president emmanuel macro and his the talian counterparts. hope to soothe the tensions between rome and paris over the hardline immigration policy of italy's populist government and its support for the yellow vest protesters in france the president's lunched at the mansion which will be a dato was gi

. >> we're here next to the leonardo da vinci winder. >> reporter: you heard right. leonardo da vinci made this machine. >> this was made in the 1600s. >> reporter: this very machine, still in use, 400 years later. >> made directly from this machine, you have these beaulphilippericci. >> we're entering into the historical part. >> okay. >> reporter: it's the 1700 looms. in 1786, the city's most prominent families handed over their personal looms, so florence could go into business, producing the luxury fabrics that the aristocats wore. >> it changes color according to how the light hits the fabric. >> reporter: this goes back to the renaissance? >> yes. and it has a special sound. >> reporter: a city of businessmen, bankers. florence was always into conspicuous consumption. just look at its art. and the gold jewelry sold on the river. elaine is an art historian that lives in florence. >> when the medeci came through. they have changed it to the gold shops. >> reporter: as bankers and then powerful political figures, the medeci, were patrons of the art and of artisans

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the presidents of italy and france for a number of the artistic genius leonardo da vinci who died five hundred years ago today live to ask his final gives his chateau in france. i'm phil gal welcome to the program venezuela's president nicolas maduro has called on the military to fight anyone plotting a coup this after the country's self declared president won quite zero call for a series of strikes open to force majeure out of power wider has described this week's protests as the final phase in ousting the doura and now they have failed to break the political stalemate clashes during the last two days in caracas half a left four people dead according to human rights groups why they're declaring yourself an as well as interim president back in january a move supported by the. not in states germany and many latin american nations. and asked nick is a member of the german parliament who speaks on latin american foreign policy or chancellor merkel c.d.u. party he explained germany's take on venice minus constitution. i think we have a clear position that you undertow is a legitimate inter

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celebrations in events abounds to commemorate the five hundredth anniversary of the death of leonardo da vinci we look into the legacy of the tuscan master. artists in poland have taken to the street and to social media to protest the decision to remove a video installation from the national museum in warsaw the video in question by a prominent artist natalia l l dates from one thousand nine hundred seventy three and depicts a young woman eating a banana in a suggestive way well although it's been on display for many years conservative authorities have now branded it obscene sparking concerns that artistic freedom is under threat. occasionally protesting can be at tasty affair hundreds of demonstrators gathered in front of the polish national museum in warsaw to eat bananas together look at this when you move forward in the name of artistic freedom . we fully reject censorship in arts over the past few years our freedoms have been increasingly compromised and now it's our turn to look at the story of the shoes we're protesting against the removal of our freedom of speach.

celebrations and events abounds to commemorate the five hundredth anniversary of the death of leonardo da vinci we look into the legacy of the tuscan master. artists in poland have taken to the street and to social media to protest the decision to remove a video installation from the national museum in warsaw the video in question by a prominent artist natalia l l dates from one thousand nine hundred seventy three and depicts a young woman eating a banana in a suggestive way well although it's been on display for many years conservative authorities have now branded it obscene sparking concerns that artistic freedom is under threat. occasionally protesting can be at tasty affair hundreds of demonstrators gathered in front of the polish national museum in warsaw to eat bananas together. all in the name of artistic freedom. we fully reject censorship in art over the past few years our freedoms have been increasingly compromised and now it's our turn look at this we have a we are protesting against the removal of our freedom of speech artistic freedom. the debate centers around this installation by

meltzer: again, dan brown does not bring da vinci. daughter.he i will tell you, i have golda meier coming up. let me tell you something -- that joke does not work in virginia. kills here. i could have done helen keller or something, and it would have been ok, but golda meir kills in miami. to open it to questions. i appreciate you guys coming here and i will close after, but what i promised we would do is a couple of questions. you can ask anything, you can ask about the thrillers. you can ask about "heroes from my son," or "daughter." you can ask about anything. i write fiction. i will make up an answer. >> [inaudible] : oh, ok, what happened. thank you for that. here's what happened. two nightsigning ago, one of my heroes, one of the heroes in the book is christopher reeve. christopher reeve is one of my heroes not because he played superman. i love superman, but to me, the most import and part of the story is not superman. the most important part of the story is clark kent. you want to know why? we are all clark kent. we want to do

it's five hundred years since the death of the italian painter leonardo da vinci the sculptor architect and engineer was born near the town of vinci in fourteen fifty two but he spent most of his professional life in florence and milan so iconic works the last supper and mona lisa are among the most influential paintings of the innocents they were cheated reports from in fronts. the another divin she arrived in france carrying his most famous work the mona lisa on the donkey's back. this royal chateau de on was on the banks of the rwa is where he spent the final chapter of his extraordinary life the young french king francis the first was enthralled by his genius he called leonardo his father never will tell you what's whole city to the french kings through the west you sure you were seeking an intellectual refinement the tea had previously discovered in italy and wanted to transpose to the french court you wanted to show that the french quarter was the most elegant in europe five hundred years after his death his hope the legacy of leonardo the maestro of the nascence can help repair r

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a royal collection identifying a second image or portrait from da vinci in his lifetime.ary. i am sure that will be big news in the coming days. francine: richard branson is hoping to land a board seat at agm. he opposes jes staley's plans for barclays. jonathan, we keep talking about consolidation. your thoughts on french banks? it is not as ugly as they could have been, but it comes from a low base. jonathan: absolutely, the european banks are compounding what we expect from the u.s. generale and bmp -- bnp paribas were both down 30% last year. , little bit of short covering a little bit of relief that there is not more bad news. tomorrow will be interesting, because they have been a big underperforming. francine: they have been cutting a lot of investment banks. 1600.an: 1200 of they have a decent quarter so they have a bit of breathing space. if you look at the guidance from citigroup, q2 will not be as weak as it normally is in so far it is looking reasonable. tom: translate the culture involved with barclays right now for our global audience and particularly our ame

small ink sketch of a bearded man has been identified as one of only two known portraits of leonardo da vincit long before the artist's death exactly 500 years ago. the sketch is part of queen elizabeth's art collection held at windsor castle. it's due to go on display in london later this month. and you can get in touch with me and most of the team on twitter. i'm @bbcmikeembley. hello. we are now over halfway through the working week, for many there is a bank holiday weekend to look forward to. the weather managed to behave itself but more on that in just a moment. yesterday we saw some showers across the uk, if anything, today the showers, more widespread. and some of them are likely to be fairly heavy affairs as well. it all starts off fairly quietly, there will be a few showers across eastern england first thing, some feeding into wales and the north—west of england. but as the morning wears on, and the sun starts to warm up the atmosphere little bit, we will see some towers of cloud building and then the chance of thunderstorms increases come the afternoon. we could see a shower just ab

instagram generation and the presidents of italy of france remembering the artistic genius leonardo da vinci he died five hundred years ago today italian master lived out his final years at the chateau in free. golf it's good to have you with us of it as well as president nicolas maduro is calling on the military to fight anyone plotting a coup it comes after the country's self declared president won quite a call for a series of strikes hoping to still force majeure out of power has described this week's for. tez as the final fades in else. even though they have failed to break the political stalemate clashes in caracas over the last few days have left four people dead that's according to human rights groups quite a declared himself but it's where this interim president back in january a move that's been supported by the united states germany and many latin american countries. are right let's go now to our correspondent oscar shrinker he is standing by for us in caracas good evening to you. i want to start with the news of this arrest warrant that has been issued for opposition politician le

small ink sketch of a bearded man has been identified as one of only two known portraits of leonardo da vincin assistant not long before the artist's death exactly 500 years ago. the sketch is part of the queen's art collection held at windsor castle. it's due to go on display in london later this month. the sacking of the british defence secretary gavin williamson over his leaking of discussions about huawei is all over the uk front pages this morning. he's alleged to have briefed about prime minister theresa may's plans to give the chinese company huawei a role in bringing 5g technology to the uk — a move opposed by him and several ministers. he is denying that he lead to any information whatsoever. priya lakhani, founder and ceo of century tech. good morning. let's talk through this story, i had when i was making dinner for this story, i had when i was making dinnerfor much older this story, i had when i was making dinner for much older and this story, i had when i was making dinnerfor much older and the this story, i had when i was making dinner for much older and the fact that he had bee

italy are marking the five hundredth anniversary of the death of the artist and inventor leonardo da vinci france's amount of coal and italy's. are meeting in the our valley the town of m. boss event doesn't show of unity after the worst diplomatic crisis between rome and paris since world war two michael announced a joint commemoration in march in an effort to mend fences with italy as populist coalition party leaders have repeatedly sparred with the liberal french president. our minds are not our top story here on d. w. the death toll in mozambique following cycle in kenya has now reached forty one a week after the powerful storm hit some parts of most of the are still inaccessible and others are waiting for aid supplies. coming up next conflict south thames about in interviews u.s. republican jim risch head of the senate foreign relations committee that's coming up in a few minutes on d.w. don't go away. the phone. into the conflict zone with tim sebastian. i'll be challenging those in power asking tough questions demanding. as conflicts intensify i'll be meeting with kid players on the

formal commemorations to mark five hundred years since the death of the basin's genius leonardo da vinci the heads of state laid wreaths at the french shot where he spent his final years on site of the bonds between the nations the mona lisa now on display in the louvre in paris helped establish his reputation as one of the greatest painters of all time but they are not a division she applied his immense capabilities to a staggering range of endeavors in arts and sciences. and she embodied the ideals of europe's renaissance the rebirth of learning and knowledge that marks europe's transition from the middle ages into majority. is that you know that even she was unquestionably born in italy these from florence but beyond that she led a career at the service of several powerful men this career and his life and here in france and today he's undisputedly a universal figure and beauty must always bring together as many people as possible . it was in that spirit that the presidents of italy and france gathered at given she's tomb was france it's a don't know and it's all say this renee songs p

series of anti-gay laws were passed to neighboring uganda and nigeria i see that my coming out of the da vinci. you know movement to. an intervention that was like if i have to be accountable here i don't want my brothers and sisters to be dying and being beaten in nigeria and then i'm kind of quite. the it's very weird people were given i was feeling for them i just felt that that intervention was necessary when in a suffered a stroke in 2015 the next year he announced he was hiv positive he'll be remembered for humanizing the other and being one of the best writers of his generation he didn't try to create his own different stream that people can follow in order to report or write about africa he created our own narrative and demanded a place for it the mainstream by revealing the existing narratives it was a very courageous thing of the him to do and designs inspired many of us in many different fields to sort of bring up the african perspective and take hold of one narrative in a media in conservation in education legal practice media practice and reporting etc binyavanga wainaina died in

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. >> 500 years ago, leonardo da vinci died.it a lot better, creating so much from art to inventions. he's credited with the parachute, helicopter, the tank, the mona lisa. >> he was never formally schooled. we're going to school you about him and his life. >> we are. actually, that's all i got. >> okay. >> so 500 years ago. it seems like yesterday we were at his homegoing. that's what we say down south, the homegoing. >> stop it. >> it was 500 years ago. you can't say #toosoon for that, right? we appreciate what he contributed to society, and again that renaissance man has given us -- >> like just yesterday, my goodness. >> all right. guacamole cheese, how about it? >> why not guacamole queso? >> avocado puree is added to cheese. now you can get it in a block. how about that for parties. people would like that, right? >> block guac. i want mine all smooshed and guac style. >> on bread. >> no toast? that's what you millennials do. all right, how about this for "the mix." this is how much of a discount it takes to avoid shopping

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it's five hundred years since the death of the italian painter leonardo da vinci the artist architect and engineer was born near the town of vinci in four hundred fifty two but spent most of his professional life in florence and milan his last supper and mona lisa are among the most widely popular and influential paintings of their in a sauce they try to report so i was in france when it you know the davinci spent his final years the another division she arrived in france carrying his most famous work the mona lisa on the donkey's back. this royal chateau and on was on the banks of the rwa is where he spent the final chapter of his extraordinary life. young french king francis the first was enthralled by his genius he called leonardo his father never will tell you what's false it to the french kings through the west to show you were seeking choo-choo an intellectual refinement the tea had previously discovered in italy and wanted to transpose to the french court you wanted to show that the french court was the most elegant in europe five hundred years after his death his hope the lega

a small ink sketch has been identified as one of only two known portraits of leonardo da vinci.e extra layers if you are out this weekend as cooler weather is set to arrive. for the rest of the day, we had showers, some of them quite frequent, some of them with rumbles of thunder and lightning mixed in, so one minute we had skies like this with sunshine, had a little bit of warmth, but then later, cloud arrived and it looked quite threatening as well from time to time. i suspect for the rest of this evening, we will continue to see showers for a time. these will then start to ease away, and overnight tonight more cloud will spill out over scotland, crossed the border into england. this cold front is a dividing line between the cold air thatis dividing line between the cold air that is set to arrive has moved into the weekend. that is going to continue to push its way south—west through the course of the day. behind it, plenty of isobars squeezing together. the wins will strengthen and there will be guest —— gusts of up to 50 mph, coming from the cold arctic. so a bitterly cold s

a small ink sketch has been identified as lynette the other two to nine portraits of leonardo da vinci500th anniversary of his death. this catches part of the greens are a collection housed at windsor castle, due to go on display in london later this month. time for a look at the weather forecast. hello there this month. time for a look at the weatherforecast. hello there bank holiday weekend around the corner, there is change it to the feel of our weather as we move through friday and it's because at this blanket of cloud and shabby rain, living its way across northwest in the midlands and southwest, call and find not that that we had bright skies with showers by its introducing cold air and some of the silence turned increasingly wintry to higher ground, feeling cold as well to the north at that frontal system, temperature is struggling for this time of year, 6—10di system, temperature is struggling for this time of year, 6—10d i had a date, we still to get double figures but it's not expected to last, the qualifying continues to sink south we see plenty and i said advise us weaving

small ink sketch of a bearded man has been identified as one of only two known portraits of leonardo da vinci death exactly 500 years ago. the sketch is part of the queen's art collection held at windsor castle. it's due to go on display in london later this month. in a moment, the weather. but first, let's here's victoria derbyshire with what she's got coming up in her programme. an official peso at the london marathon has told the programme she and some of her fellow runners were treated horrifically, including being called fat and slow by contractors clearing up around them and being sprayed by chemicals in the clean—up operation.|j and being sprayed by chemicals in the clean-up operation. i don't know if you can see, sweep up behind me. lam undera if you can see, sweep up behind me. i am under a 17 minute pace and he is throwing detergent all over me. this is our london marathon. we will talk to her after turning on. we will see victoria at 10am. —— after 10am. beautiful picture of belfast this morning telling us the story of the weather, fair bit of cloud this morning and some showers. o

part of the negotiations it's five hundred years since the death of the italian painter leonardo da vinci a sculptor architect an engineer was born in near the town of inchy and fourteen fifty two that is but spent most is professional life in florence and milan his last supper and mona lisa are among the most widely popular and influential paintings of the renaissance david schaper reports from. france. the another divin she arrived in france carrying his most famous work the mona lisa on the donkey's back. this royal chateau de on was on the banks of the rwa is where he spent the final chapter of his extraordinary life the young french king francis the first was enthralled by his genius he called leonardo his father never will to yours whole city to the french kings through the west to show you were seeking an intellectual refinement the tea had previously discovered in italy and wanted to transpose to the french court you wanted to show that the french court was the most elegant in europe five hundred years after his death his hope the legacy of leonardo the maestro of the nascence can

a window into the mind of leonardo da vinci.o achieved during his lifetime is assigned as, a thinker, and inventor. so much of that is only to be found in his drawings if your knowledge of leonardo begins and ends with the mona lisa this introduces you to leonardo the military engineer. and we have leonardo the physicist, leonardo the anatomist. and i love this down here. the arm of st peter from the last supper, a painting that has suffered over the years but this reveals that would it originally looked like. and that is what all this does, it shows you the full leonardo, the genius leonardo, the leonardo, the genius leonardo, the leonardo revealed by the drawings. and new secrets are being uncovered. what appears to be a blank piece of paper science can now reveal the drawing that disappeared. and this figure, the distinctive beard a clue. says, they say, leonardo himself to dig he had a distinctive beard, it was commented on by his contemporaries, a beautiful well kept beard. mournful eyes gazing into the distance. i think th