During the Renaissance in Italy, there was a rebirth of the ancient Greek notion that "man is the measure of all things." For Leonardo da Vinci, an innate curiosity and close observance of nature remained the  central theme throughout his life from which all things stemmed. xxx For him, the...

When I realized that the artistic passion could turn into a job, well, it came as a "shock" to my life…Just as an engineer breaks down and analyzes the problem before reassembling a process aimed at giving a solution, so in the same way the artist produces an artistic work...