such as Leonardo da Vinci ("The Portrait of a Musician"), Caravaggio ("The Basket of Fruit"), Raphael ("The Cartoon for the School of Athens"), Titian ("Adoration of Magi") and Botticelli ("The ...

In the year 1480, Leonardo da Vinci was commissioned to paint an 8-by-9-foot work for the main altar of the San Donato monastery in Sopeto. He started his "Adoration of the Magi" and was well ...

Something The Mona Lisa, David, and The School of Athens all have in common is they represent a way of thinking that was ...

One of the most written-about Renaissance artists, da Vinci may also be among the most poorly understood.

The mere mention of Leonardo da Vinci evokes genius. We know him as a polymath whose interests spanned astronomy, geology, ...

An underground tunnel network long rumored thanks to drawings by Leonardo da Vinci under Milan’s Sforza Castle are proven to ...

Leonardo Da Vinci is known for the creation of iconic images like the Mona Lisa and the Vitruvian Man, but his designs ...

This frenzied scene is from Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Battle of Anghiari,” a lost masterpiece whose imagery has survived thanks only to later copies by artists such as Peter Paul Rubens ...

One of the most famous Biblical artworks is undoubtedly this one. ‘The Last Supper’ is a mural created by da Vinci and shows the moment Jesus announces that one of his disciples will betray him.

In 1460, Francesco Sforza, the duke of Milan, decided he required a royal residence. He seized upon the ruins of a medieval fortress in northern Italy and over the next few years, oversaw its ...