Leonardo Da Vinci
Climate change protesters fined over Vinci's Last Supper protest in London
Five climate change protesters were fined Wednesday for glueing themselves to the frame of a copy of Leonardo da Vinci's "The Last Supper" in the Royal Academy of Arts. The five activists from the group Just Stop Oil glued their hands to the painting's border and one sprayed graffiti on the wall at the London museum in July, as part of a series of disruptive protests aimed at raising awareness about climate change. On Wednesday, following a two-day trial, District Judge William Nelson ordered all five to pay 486 pounds each for criminal damage. He said the protesters were "reckless" because they knew they would damage the painting's frame but also said that the "primary cause" of the protest "was to gain media attention and not to cause damage to a work of art." The 16th-century painting, which was unharmed, is attributed to one or more of Da Vinci's pupils and is believed to be the most accurate record of the original. Just Stop Oil said it wanted to put pressure on Britain's ...
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Da Vinci's code
Book review of THE SHADOW DRAWING: How Science Taught Leonardo How to Paint
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The Da Vinci code to life
Book review of How to Think like Da Vinci
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Leonardo da Vinci's painting 'Salvator Mundi' sells for $450 mn
It far surpassed Picasso's 'Women of Algiers'
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The Last Supper: the saddest painting in the world
Writer goes on the trail of Leonardo da Vinci's faded masterpiece, The Last Supper
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DNA to decode life and genius of Leonardo da Vinci
A team of specialists has come together to create new insights into the life of Italian genius.
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