Da Vinci's Legacy, Leibovitz's Prize, Rare Cezanne And More!

Wednesday, May 2, 2012 Leonardo Da Vinci's Legacy Most of us know the Leonardo's famous works by now. From the "Last Supper" to the "Vitruvian Man" and, of course, the "Mona Lisa", Leonardo's masterpieces have risen to the forefront of our cultural collective memory. His insatiable curiosity led him to become one of the foremost artists, scientists, architects and personas in Western history. But here are some things about Leonardo you may not know, on the anniversary of his death (May 2, 1519). Scroll down for a slideshow of his work. Is Annie The Best Photographer Yet? Rare Cezanne Painting Fetches $19 M Precious Chinese Artifacts Stolen Who Could Be Against This Man? BLOG POSTS Alan Dershowitz: Suppressing Ugly Truth for Beautiful Art The Metropolitan Museum in New York, in its current exhibit on the collection of Gertrude Stein and her family, has made a decision to suppress the ugly truth about her collaboration with Nazism during the German occupation of France. Christopher Duggan: Dance Photography -- The Instagram Challenge Shooting with Instagram on the iPhone is far from an ideal way to capture dance. Especially the way I like to capture it. Ilana Teitelbaum: In the Garden of Good and Evil: I Am Forbidden by Anouk Markovits By avoiding the easy cliché of the cold arranged marriage, Markovits intensifies the emotional heft of the story -- and forces the reader to be moved by the characters' fates. Ian David Moss: Government Money Is Not The Best Way To Fund The Arts Arts lovers: go ahead and write your letters to Congress asking for level funding, that 6% increase, or whatever you want. But once federal funding becomes less of a joke, it may well become more of a headache. Sean Martinfield: 'Don Quixote' Is Spanking New at San Francisco Ballet San Francisco Ballet's Don Quixote is an impossible dream come true. As the last program of the 2012 season, this newly designed production is a glorious quest for the ultimately beautiful.

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