By Kayla Mutchler I dreamt of going to Italy all of my life—and college made my dream come true. During my upbringing, my maternal grandparents would tell me stories of their youth there, and I knew from a young age that one day I would go. So, in the spring of 2019, I applied for …

Paying tribute to Da Vinci — An artistic dialogue spanning 500 years. Both China and Italy are major cultural countries with rich cultural heritage and long historical traditions. The exchanges between the two countries are highly complementary and have great potential for cooperation. Sino-Italian cultural exchanges have a long history. The Dialogue 2019 is the …

A less known angle of the genius Leonardo Da Vinci’s entire experience may be considered as the embodiment of the Alchemist premise As above, so below, which refers to the understanding of the macrocosms by studying the microcosm. Leonardo’s well-known fascination with nature perhaps derives right from this premise: his understanding of sacred geometry, platonic …