Michelangelo was the archetypal Renaissance man who found immense fame in his lifetime and is still remembered as one of the ...

A mural commissioned in 1503 for the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence has been the subject of controversy and debate for more than ...

Scientists are starting to understand more about the small heart muscle fibers that Da Vinci showed in his illustrations over ...

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

I couldn’t understand the dedication. Not in the way they must have. But I couldn’t ignore the sheer force that had made this place possible, and I couldn’t help but ...

The portrait of Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci ... subject of Stephen Campbell’s “Leonardo da Vinci: An Untraceable Life.” As a professional art historian, a person deeply concerned with ...

A rare portrait by Bernardino de’ Conti, a peer of Leonardo da Vinci, set a record at Sotheby's Master Paintings auction.

Before Rome awoke, the jurisconsult supervised the grooming of an Indian white elephant, an “exotic” marvel meant to match ...

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