Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa isn't just a painting; it's a global phenomenon. Housed within the Louvre Museum in Paris, this unassuming portrait of a woman with an enigmatic smile draws millions of ...

But the “Mona Lisa” — said by the Louvre to be a portrait of Lisa Gherardini, the wife of a Florentine silk merchant — and other works by Leonardo still have other secrets to tell.

Historical paintings are also complex chemical objects so museums turn to analytical chemistry to decipher the mysteries concealed within their micrometric paint layers. Recently, x ray and infrared ...

MONA LISA SMILE A Dutch emotion- recognition program determined that her non-grin is just 83% happy. She’s also 9% disgusted, 6% fearful and 2% angry. SPEAK UP!

The Art Angle The Round-Up: London vs Paris, Criticism in the Age of ‘Parasocial Aesthetics,’ and More Secrets of the Mona Lisa Naomi Rea joins Kate Brown and Ben Davis to discuss the biggest ...

Since scanning the “Mona Lisa,” Cotte has made super-high resolution photographs of paintings by Van Gogh, Brueghel, Courbet and other European masters — more than 500 paintings in all.

France's President Emmanuel Macron gives a speech in front of the Mona Lisa by Italian artist Leonardo Da Vinci at the Louvre Museum in Paris on January 28, 2025. Photo: Bertrand Guay/Pool/AFP via ...

Was the Mona Lisa based on Leonardo da Vinci’s male lover? Queer identities aren't just a modern phenomenon. Here's a look at ...

But the “Mona Lisa” — said by the Louvre to be a portrait of Lisa Gherardini, the wife of a Florentine silk merchant — and other works by Leonardo still have other secrets to tell.