he discussed the last supper of leonardo da vinci.old on the second of february in fifty eight hundred forty five it's oh the painting was actually presented and sold. a product of living on a living so yes painted by leo a lot of the while it was in those days it was not that important but probably. ninety percent of the painting is the work of. the disciples p.o.p.o. self. tell me about this theory of who painted christ and since yes well. you know but i believe. maybe who has been restoring for twenty two years the original fresco in the londell as she said to this is a work of a group. of your pupils disciples of. but she said i'm convinced that christ is and especially also the apostle of sin john your favorite model of that means he has been painted by himself by a layer not of them yeah. mine is that it's here it's a quality the quality of your when you look at a painting you see that in john this. is very nice and it's exceptional quality and very very about and they also made. some twenty years ago. there are under gag yup au

how did the last supper project come about and who asked leonardo de painted. this may come as a surprise but you really don't know what you need to know is that the jokes for tended to favor home grown artists like giovanna don't want to follow that may not have been particularly in maginot but they delivered their work on time and on budget like this fresco of st peter martyr. what we do know is that the job had chosen this church to become the pantheon of his dynasty. actually it was part of a dominican convent and the abbot white away saw as opportunity so he asked the joke if he would build him a new or factory place to have meals for the monks complete with frescos. a refectory was usually decorated with two paintings a last supper and a crucifixion of christ. the last supper illustrated the institution of the eucharist whereas the crucifixion depicted the redemption of mankind to the suffering of jesus the two counter-points of christian theology the the most important for us go destined for the south wall was the crucifixion of christ this did you gave

the last supper by leonardo da vinci when it was first shown in fourteen ninety nine he created shock waves through italy and beyond changing the world of art for ever but a twenty year restoration effort has revealed the awful truth of the original fresco only some twenty percent is still visible simply put we can no longer see you know or understand why this painting had such a devastating impact. or can lead. to. this is the incredible story of a hunt across europe following a trail of clues of documents hidden for centuries that suggest. that layla doe and his workshop painted a leather last supper a huge life size kit but none other than the king of france does that painting still exist if so can it reveal the secrets of the original fresco. this is where a story starts in milan the most important fashion and business city in all of modern italy and in that sense love much has changed even in the fifteenth century milan was a bustling city filled with artists and musicians. of older cities states and italy the duchy of milan was the most powerful the most exuberant and the wealth

the celebrations and events abound 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 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 a tasty affair hundreds of demonstrators gathered in front of the polish national museum in warsaw to eat bananas together when you move all 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 at this moment we are protesting against the removal of our freedom of speech artistic freedom. the debate centers around this installati

this year marks 500 years since the death of leonardo da vinci.h him and his work, as the bbc‘s tim allman explains. he was the definitive renaissance man. painter, scientist, engineer, architect, astronomer, historian. the list goes on and on. even now, there is so much more to learn about leonardo da vinci. scientists at the uffizi gallery florence have been taking a closer look at his earliest work. commonly known as landscape 8p, leonardo drew this when he was just 21. analysis of handwriting at the top of the page confirms what many had long believed, leonardo da vinci was ambidextrous. it is truly spectacular what these analyses actually yielded. now we do know that leonardo worked with both hands, notjust, as we know famously, with his left hand. but there is more. 0n the back of the picture there appears to be incomplete sketches of another landscape and drawings of a figure. these are images unlikely to have been seen in more than 500 years. perhaps more secrets will now be unearthed in other paintings and illustrations, adding yet more l

even now, there is so much more to learn about leonardo da vinci.scape 8p, leonardo drew this when he was just 21. analysis of handwriting at the top of the page confirms what many had long believed, leonardo da vinci was ambidextrous. it is truly spectacular what these analyses actually yielded. now we do know that leonardo worked with both hands, notjust, as we know famously, with his left hand. but there is more. 0n the back of the picture there appears to be incomplete sketches of another landscape and drawings of a figure. these are images unlikely to have been seen in more than 500 years. perhaps more secrets will now be unearthed in other paintings and illustrations, adding yet more lustre to the legacy of leonardo da vinci. tim allman, bbc news. his birthday is coming up on the 15th of april. the singer madonna will make a guest appearance at the eurovision song contest in israel next month. concert promoters and the singer's us representatives confirmed reports in israeli media that madonna will perform two songs in tel aviv during the thre

even now, there is so much more to learn about leonardo da vinci., leonardo drew this when he was just 20 not ——21. analysis of handwriting at the top of the page confirms what many had long believed, leonardo da vinci was ambidextrous. truly spectacular what these analyses actually yield at. now we do know that he worked with both hands, not just, as we know famously, with his left hand. but there is more. on the back of the picture there appears to be incomplete sketches of another landscape and drawings of a figure. these are images unlikely to have been seen in more than 500 years. perhaps more secrets will now be unearthed in other paintings and illustrations, adding yet more lustre to the legacy of leonardo da vinci. tim allman, bbc news. c, we bring you high culture, low culture and all the points in between. there is more for you on the bbc website. and you can get in touch with me and most of the team on twitter — i‘m @bbc mike embley. sunshine really did make a big reference to the temperature yesterday. we had 20 degrees for the first tim

and so leonardo ended up building high tech weapons for the sport. inspired by antiquity he can bind the idea of an enclosed chariot with the torches formation used by the roman legions in siege warfare. it was supposed to be an armored vehicle with incredible firepower but it failed in practice it was too heavy to move easily and the steam engine hadn't yet been invented. the codex atlantica contains more than a thousand pages with sketches by leonardo he designed to perpetual motion machine a gearbox and vehicles powered by springs. but many of his creations still puzzle us even now. something called device was a mechanical calculator although critics say that interpretation goes a step too far in the renaissance there was no way of actually constructing a mechanical gear train like this of course leonardo knew that but that didn't stop his theoretical innovations and some of them were groundbreaking. here not his love of mechanics chimes with the spirit of the times like him many pioneering minds was searching for machines that might save people t

even now, there is so much more to learn about leonardo da vinci.s earliest work. commonly known as landscape 8p, leonardo drew this when he was just 21. analysis of handwriting at the top of the page confirms what many had long believed, leonardo da vinci was ambidextrous. it was truly spectacular what these analyses actually yielded. and now, we do know that leonardo worked with both hands, not just as we know famously with his left hand. there is more, on the back of the picture, there appears to be incomplete sketches of another landscape, and drawings of a figure. these are images unlikely to have been seen in more than 500 years. perhaps more secrets will now be unearthed in other paintings and illustrations, adding yet more lustre to the legacy of leonardo da vinci. tim allman, bbc news. now, it‘s time for a look at the weather. good afternoon. while our weather may look similar to yesterday there isa may look similar to yesterday there is a noticeable difference, it feels fresher. yesterday, suffolk saw highs of 20 celsius. but today we are

clocks with the most mechanically elaborate devices of leonardo's time. when pencil henline invented his pocket watch in the early sixteenth century people started believing themselves the masters of time. but those who earn money with time by loaning money for said periods while charging interest were committing a mortal sin in. time still belongs to god alone. the program on charging interest is in the christian bible it's one of the really important biblical probably almost as important as thou shalt not kill. that's because people believed that humans shouldn't profit from time because time belong to god. but in the late middle ages and the renaissance the economy had come to play a totally different role money had to be available in the economy and making money and time available was beneficial so you had to make it worth your while. for. as a result there were more and more ways of getting around the ban on charging interest in practice on students for. two thirds. the imperial decrease of the sixteenth century and now allowed christian money lender

and leonardo da vinci's mona lisa. for more than a thousand years the skill of realistically capturing the three dimensional world on a flat canvas had been forgotten the renaissance rediscovered perspective. it was a quantum leap for architecture which took its inspiration from the symmetry of the great buildings of the ancient world. the art of building huge dome structures had fallen into oblivion in the middle ages and was rediscovered in the renaissance. but the renaissance didn't limit itself to on. the invention of double entry bookkeeping also meant that men of business now knew what funds they had available the surplus fortunes of the newly wealthy flowed into the pockets of the era's artists. it was like an investment program for scholars and artists never before had so much been invented or devised in such a short period of time. new mechanical machines were created. and the human machine was researched in increasing detail the study of anatomy and reached a peak. the first pocket size timepieces were invent

michelangelo and leonardo da vinci one of two generations later. but even in donna telos time in the early renaissance artists were very familiar with the structure of the human body which allowed them to create new very lifelike depictions of people. men like donna tello were either artistically talented scholars all scholarly artists. as fate would have it done to tell it was interpretation of the old testament hero didn't achieve the same popularity as another sculpture of the renaissance one that was also created in florence. at five meters tall michelangelo's david is the monumental statue. half a century after dinner tello it symbolized the self-confidence of the new renaissance man. even under one hundred twenty explodes the thing about the renaissance was that people became aware of their abilities and strengths in a new way before. they unleashed an incredible energy in their thinking and actions in business and technology. of there was an outpouring of self-confidence and. before sent. in the middle ages nearly everyone was illiterate the

adding yet more lustre to the legacy of leonardo da vinci.hire. further south across wales, the midlands, east midlands, through the south of england, cloudy with outbreaks of rainfor england, cloudy with outbreaks of rain for some. that's the scene in shropshire. yesterday, temperatures reached 20 degrees but over the next few days it will turn much colder as airfrom few days it will turn much colder as air from scandinavia uses few days it will turn much colder as airfrom scandinavia uses in, right across the uk. the yellow colour is being replaced by blue. but i mention club this morning across southern parts, outbreaks of rain across the midlands, into the south—east of england, some showers in the south—west, sunny spells here. the best of the sunshine across north wales, the midlands, eastern and northern parts of england, scotland and northern ireland through this afternoon. we've lost the cloud around north sea coast, temperatures here about 7-9d. sea coast, temperatures here about 7—9d. elsewhere reaching 12—14d, not quite as warm as

we continue our stroll through the city passing a very lifelike leonardo da vinci talk an awful. our next destination is the piazza and seniority the political heart of the city the town hall or pearl i'm so vicki oh boasts a replica of michelangelo's famous david statue we have to remind that florence is a roman city we're actually working go. off to the room our rest of the city council senior i was able to florence is one huge open air museum so my culture to it is just a book of guided walking tour. the city is not only. known for its artistic treasures but also for instance leather goods. i visit the school. a family run leather school and business located in a former monastery students can sign up for workshops to learn the trade. bigotry party gordie's grandfather founded the school in one nine hundred fifty but their craftsmanship is a longstanding florentine tradition. probably

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brazilian striker leonardo scores all of al wahda's goals as they stage a dramatic asian champions league comeback. fernando verdasco prevails in the battle of the veterans at the barcelona open. hello and thanks for joining us on sport today. we start in the english premier league where chelsea missed a chance to tighten their grip on a top 4 spot. they were held to a 2—2 draw at home to burnley. in a breathless start, jeff hendrick opened the scoring for the visitors afterjust 8 minutes before ngolo kante and then gonzalo higuain gave chelsea the lead with 2 quickfire goals. that was all before the quarter of an hour mark. it didnt stop there — ashley barnes drawing burnley level on 2a minutes. thats how it stayed. chelsea, who had manager maurizio sarri sent to the stands, were unhappy with what they perceived to be time—wasting tactics by the visitors but burnley with a precious point, are now almost certainly safe from relegation. technical players cost a lot of money. we have to develop players, we have to develop a team and wherever we go in the country. it's very difficult. you sa

. >> there is no sign of the masterpiece by leonardo da vinci.his is the painting of jesus that art experts say he created about 500 years ago. it was set to be unveiled last year but it was abruptly canceled with no explanation. except, museum officals say they have no idea where it is. >>they hopthinti exhibit ceatfall anniversary of leonardo da nci's deh. >> we will be right back.

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the last supper by leonardo da vinci when it was first shown in fourteen ninety nine they created shock waves through italy and beyond changing the world of art for ever but a twenty year restoration effort has revealed the awful truth of the original fresco only some twenty percent is still visible simply put.

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the celebrations and events abound 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 prominent artist natalia l l dates from one 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 protests.

now to tennis and defending champion rafael nadal needed a deciding set but overcame argentina's leonardoednesday. after losing his previous match on clay when he was beaten by italy's fabio fognini in the semi—finals of the monte carlo masters. nadal initially struggled losing the first set but recovered for a 6—7, 6—4, 6—2 win and will now play 37 year—old fellow spaniard david ferrer. victoria azarenka is through to the last 16 of the the stuttgart 0pen where she'll play defending champion karolina pliskova. belarussian azarenka who was a beaten finalist here in 2012 was a 7—5, 6—4 winner over lucky loser vera zvonareva to set up a last 16 match against the czech. mark allen became the third seed to be knocked out of the world snooker championship in the first round after he was beaten 10 frames to 7 by china's zhou yuelong. the world number six from northern ireland trailed 7—2 overnight and quickly fell 9—2 behind before winning five straight frames but the world number 35 edged a scrappy frame 17 to progress. judd trump overturned a 6—3 deficit to win a thrilling final—frame decider

nadal, who dropped a set in his second round win over leonardo mayer, managed to beat his great rival it four titles in a row at this event

brazilian striker leonardo scores all of al wahda's goals as they stage a dramatic asian champions leagueevails in the battle of the veterans at the barcelona 0pen. hello and thanks for joining us on sport today. we start in the english premier league where chelsea missed a chance to tighten their grip on a top 4 spot. they were held to a 2—2 draw at home to burnley. in a breathless start, jeff hendrick opened the scoring for the visitors afterjust 8 minutes before ngolo kante and then gonzalo higuain gave chelsea the lead with 2 quickfire goals. that was all before the quarter of an hour mark. it didnt stop there — ashley barnes drawing burnley level on 24 minutes. thats how it stayed. chelsea, who had manager maurizio sarri sent to the stands, were unhappy with what they perceived to be time—wasting tactics by the visitors but burnley with a precious point,

nadal, who dropped a set in his second round win over leonardo mayer, managed to beat his great rivalrrer, in straight sets, 6—3 6—3, as he looks to make it four titles in a row at this event and he paid tribute to his friend afterwards. i have been watching all day, happy of course for the victory but very sad to say goodbye to a good friend and one... one friend who we went through all these things during our career. at the moment, i really hope that he is very happy with his decision and he is able to do whatever he wants. kei nishikori is a two—time former winner and he sealed his place in the quarter—finals with a straight sets win over felix auger—aliassime on thursday. the japanese fourth seed won 6—1, 6—3, and will face spanish lucky loser roberto carballes baena in the last eight. on the wta tour, the top seed and world number one naomi osaka is through to the quarter—finals of the stuttgart grand prix. in her first clay court match of the season, she beat shay su way from taiwan in straight sets — a win that guarantees she'll still be world number one when the new rankings a

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nine and two thousand and fourteen they say the money was used to finance hollywood films including leonardo dicaprio the wolf of wall street no irony there and to buy hotels art jewelry and other expensive items this super yacht was also allegedly bought with stolen money it was seized and returned to malaysia where it was recently sold to recoup one hundred twenty six million dollars keep in mind that not set up one and for the people of malaysia prosecutors now say that seven hundred million dollars from the fund ended up in his personal bank account he has been charged with forty two counts of criminal breach of trust graft abuse of power and money laundering southeast asia correspondent boston hartig is following the story. this is only the first of several trials that malaysia's former prime minister najib razak will have to face he's being charged with money laundering abuse of power and breach of trust if he's convicted on only one of those charges the sixty five year old could face up to twenty years in prison the wanted to be scandal sparked outrage among malaysians leading to the

the 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 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 a tasty affair hundreds of demonstrators gathered in front of the polish national museum in warsaw to eat bananas together when you moved.

tajada 1 x 0 ganó monarcas >> ahora fue un partido histórico vamos a tratar de mantener el ritmo leonardo el 44 su quinto del torneo en la segunda mitad lanzaron tres goles +1 récord nueve goles le hicieron en la pizarral equipo de veracruz esto es todo ya volvemos >> una noche fresca hay que la bahía condiciones agradables se están registrando los 53° 10 millas por hora >> ( información en pantalla) >> sin embargo al norte de la bahía en el estado de oregón estamos viendo para nosotros mañana es día clave cuando un frente frío se acerca a nuestra región pero solo lloviznas muy ligeras de la bahía a partir del lunes por la tarde hacia la noche durante las primeras horas del martes así que tenga paraguas a la mano y maneje con cuidado >> tendremos un aviso de fuertes vientos estará vigente mañana partir de las 8:00 de la mañana a las 11:00 la noche podrá tener las 30 millas podemos ver la acumulación de 1:00 a 4:00 después tendremos alta presión a partir de este jueves estaremos muy pendientes a estas condiciones 183° será la máxima para este viernes bueno paola continuamos contigo para ve

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captive whales in russia whose plight prompted an outcry from the public and even celebrities like leonardo dicaprio all authorities have signed a deal now with international scientists if we see the nearly one hundred whales the orca and beluga whales have spent months in cramped pens near the sea of japan for the hard copy that's after a company caused them to export them to china images of the whales sparked a campaign to free them and forced moscow to intervene. that is indeed very great news you're watching the news up next in business africa an energy crisis persists in southern africa or in south africa rather i should say just weeks before an election there. that story in a whole lot more coming up with ben fizzling and just a minute and don't forget you can get all the latest news and information around the clock by heading to our web site that's d.w. dot com i'm a little rock n roll in c. tomorrow same time same place. the response was a fight for survival. is a dangerous. floods and droughts climate change become the main driver of mass migration you can write any kind of peace n

captive whales in russia his plight prompted an outcry from the public and even from celebrities like leonardo dicaprio authorities have signed a deal with international scientists to free the nearly one hundred whales the orca and beluga whales have spent months in cramped pens near the sea of japan. that's after a company called them to export them to china images of the whale sparked a campaign to free them and forced moscow to intervene. for those whales. thanks for the company everybody. looks a bit. linked to news from africa moral or link to exceptional stories and discussions from the news as easy with safety deputed comes here to join us on facebook. for go. to that new romex you tube channel.

leonardo bonucci put them ahead early on, his celebration not the target of races.t them on course for another win which would ta ke course for another win which would take them 18 points clear at the top of serie a. kean did his best to seal the victory, despite what he may have been hearing from the crowd. the final whistle brought an end to that, but not to the debate about how football deals with racism from fans. kean has taken to social media to show his response to racism is to not respond, while his team mate blaise matuidi, who says he was subjected to taunts last season at the same venue, came out in support of his team mate. and all this on the day that uefa president aleksander ceferin attended a conference aimed at addressing these issues. iam i am ashamed to see lone individuals, after racist comments —— data racist, sexist and homophobic insults without realising the devastating effect and symbolic significance of their words —— utter. that's why i am ashamed. i am ashamed to see bananas thrown on the pictures. the barcelona match finished in the most

we exchanged views on what needs to be done so that we can improve the situation in the future or leonardo and this is the korean peninsula and the regional political situation which is garnered the urgent attention of the world and we also held deep discussions on strategic ways to pursue stability in the regional political situations and on matters of jointly managing the situation. but later in a press conference putin revealed how he expected to play a further diplomatic role. but in front of him you can chairman kim jong un asked us to inform the american side about his position. about the questions he has in relation to the processes that are happening on the korean peninsula and everything that's happening around these process is pretty simple all three. of the summit then has offered putin a chance to push russia's agenda of opposing u.s. influence north korea's talks with president trump on the country's nuclear arsenal broke down without a deal in february. let's bring up to speed now with some of the other stories making news around the world hold after months of speculation for

>> leonardo dicaprio? well, i don't think he said too much in direct response, but the discussion went on. i might add, just to add one more controversial issue, at the same time, when president obama addressed that issue of, you know, driving, et cetera, he also just brought up what he said explicitly would be something not well received by the audience he had on the south lawn. he said, let's talk about natural gas and fracking, the fracking revolution. he said, look, let's get real. the revolution in natural gas has, without a doubt, reduced carbon emissions very, very dramatically. it's more than half of our carbon emissions reductions have come from the shift from coal to natural gas. mainly market driven. we addressed that earlier. secondly, at the same time, there's no doubt it provided a major edge to our energy using industry. so it created jobs in that way as well. and he said, look, clearly there are issues to be addressed. there are environmental footprint issues in terms of production. in the

but another opposition leader, leonardo lopez, he had been in jail. said he's been freed by the military. what do you know about this? >> reporter: t >> two things happened today and they're both very significant. first the release of leonardo lopez, the mastermind of the movement against maduro. after he's released from a torture center for political prisoners, he had kept a very low profile, despite the intense surveillance from the maduro regime, he was able to design this opposition movement and to see him today out and about shoulder to shoulder with juan guaido in the streets sends a very powerful message to venezuelans inside their country and around the world. that's the first thing that changed today and it's very significant, can't understate the presence of lopez in the streets. the second thing that changed today is the balance of power, it raises the question of who has control over the armed forces. juan gooduaido, has tried to bu an international coalition, to take control of some of the finances of the venezuelan government in places l