There are no more than 20 paintings ascribed to Leonardo da Vinci the Renaissance polymath and genius by art historians around the world. And the majority of these works, housed at top museums worldwide, easily draw huge crowds.

Now, recent developments in high-definition reproduction technology are providing easy access to appreciating these paintings.

Art of Leonardo, an exhibition at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing, exemplifies such efforts by displaying 17 copies of the most representative works from Da Vinci's oeuvre, done through a digital scanning and printing method called "opera omnia" developed by Radiotelevisione Italiana, the Italian national public broadcasting company.

The exhibition, which runs through May 23, is being held at a temporary gallery specially designed and constructed right next to CAFA's art museum. And it allows visitors to see Da Vinci's most famous works, including Mona Lisa, The Last Supper and Lady with an Ermine, which have been brought together for this unique exhibition to mark the 500th anniversary of Da Vinci's death.