The Mona Lisa is much more than just a painting, it's a cultural icon. Learn how Leonardo da Vinci created this iconic image and why it's so famous.

Fortunately, anyone can appreciate art, especially with guidance from the 15th-century Renaissance man Leonardo da Vinci. Leonardo was an artist driven by “wanting to know.” He considered ...

Malevich: State Russian Museum; Scala/Art Resource, NY In the opening pages of Leonardo da Vinci: An Untraceable Life, Stephen J. Campbell, the Henry and Elizabeth Wiesenfeld professor of art ...

The painting, protected by a thick layer of ... I have come to Windsor Castle to see the queen’s collection of Leonardo da Vinci drawings. Outside the towering stone walls, tourists snap selfies ...

It’s no mean feat to be history’s most famous polymath, but Leonardo da Vinci surely takes the title ... on the course of Western art. After studying under the pre-eminent Andrea del ...

Wild guess: You’ve probably heard of Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519 ... At the Louvre, the world’s most visited art museum, it is no longer possible to see “La Gioconda,” that famous ...

A woman who spent more than 20 years restoring Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece The Last Supper also had to correct an error made by the painter. The Last Supper is ...