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.
Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘Salvator Mundi,’ a masterpiece that has captivated the art world for centuries, took a remarkable journey from obscurity to the limelight in the mid-2000s.
Using ground-penetrating radar and laser scanners, researchers identified subterranean structures just a few feet below the ...
A technological investigation at Sforza Castle found that it does in fact hold underground passages once described by ...
In this context of crisis, the Lombardy Region has launched a bold idea: hosting the Mona Lisa during the Winter Olympics.
Campbell, Da Vinci: An Untraceable Life ... his entire personality. Leonardo’s genius, and the ambiguous allure of his paintings, were symptomatic traces of a repressed or sublimated homosexuality.
Step into a world of symbolic meaning with the 'A Year With Blessings' exhibition, featuring 133 pieces of traditional ...
One of the discoveries is a tunnel that connects the Sforza Castle to the nearby church of Santa Maria delle Grazie, which ...
The world was on the cusp of great change in 1909. The Edwardian era, with its opulent lifestyle and rigid social structures, was in full swing. Yet, amid the grandeur and societal norms, a storm ...
At the turn of the 16th century, Florence was the scene for "what may have been the ultimate clash of the titans of Western ...