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Martin Kemp is Professor Emeritus of Art History at the University of Oxford, and his book “Leonardo by Leonardo” presents a stunning gallery of the master’s paintings alongside Kemp’s own ...
2019 marks the 500th anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci, perhaps the greatest artist that has ever lived. Naturally, the art world has been ablaze with Leonardo-talk since the beginning of ...
LEONARDO DA VINCI'S THUMBPRINT DISCOVERED: DRAWING IN QUEEN ELIZABETH'S COLLECTION REVEALS SECRETS "Salvator Mundi," Latin for "Savior of the World,” is one of fewer than 20 paintings by Da ...
Explore Leonardo da Vinci's most famous works like the Mona Lisa, as well as his drawings and unfinished works. In 1517, Leonardo showed a visitor a portrait of Lisa del Giocondo, the wife of a ...
Leonardo da Vinci, The Virgin, the Christ Child, Saint John the Baptist and an Angel, also known as the Virgin of the Rocks (1483/1494). Courtesy Musée du Louvre.
Leonardo da Vinci, a key historical figure of the Renaissance, left a small but precious collection of paintings. These works, scattered around the world's greatest museums, continue to delight ...
A new analysis of microsamples from two of Leonardo da Vinci’s most famous artworks, theMona Lisa and theLast Supper, shows that Leonardo may have experimented with lead oxide as a drying agent ...
Documentary filmmakers Ken Burns, his daughter Sarah Burns, and her husband, David McMahon, are the co-directors of a new two-part miniseries called Leonardo da Vinci. Ken and Sarah Burns sat down ...