At long last, Berenson had freed himself from the vampiric face of the Mona Lisa. Today Leonardo’s painting, happily ...

I have a complicated relationship with the Mona Lisa. She is the best-known artwork in the world. Books, films, songs and ...

Renaissance portraiture didn’t begin with The Mona Lisa but was a gradual development shaped and formed by centuries of changes in technique, materials, and tastes. The rise of portraiture in ...