PARIS,  – Leonardo da Vinci is the star in a blockbuster retrospective opening Thursday at the Louvre museum in Paris to mark 500 years since the death of the Renaissance master. Some 240,000 people have already reserved their place in line for the exhibition, the biggest ever organised to showcase the Tuscan polymath’s indelible contributions to humanity — with an emphasis on his painting. A decade in the planning, the show simply titled “Leonardo da Vinci” groups 162 works, including 24 drawings loaned by Queen Elizabeth II of Britain from … Continue reading Louvre blockbuster spotlights Leonardo da Vinci 500 years on