It becomes a statement about the beloved woman, equivalent to the Italian ... a painting, it's a cultural icon. Learn how Leonardo da Vinci created this iconic image and why it's so famous.

The museum showcases the wealth of history, art, and architecture of these ... in the former Peroni brewery. Leonardo Da Vinci remains a popular figure in Italian culture, with museums and other ...

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

Mysterious tunnels sketched by Leonardo da Vinci have been rediscovered ... which was one of Europe's largest but now houses art collections and museums. Da Vinci was one of the artists charged ...

After discovering the identity of his mother, a slave from the Caucasus, Carlo Vecce publishes the monumental 'Life of Leonardo' (Alfaguara), of 680 pages. "The goal is to recover his humanity beyond ...

From muscle-bound castles to lavish manor houses, the world is filled with fine stately homes – and many of them happen to be ...

The Mona Lisa, the world’s most famous portrait by Leonardo da Vinci, will be relocated to a private room in the Louvre as the Paris museum undergoes a major renovation. At such a critical moment in ...

Patrons at the world's most visited museum will be able to separately access its most famous work of art ... with a separate entrance for Leonardo Da Vinci's painting as well as further ...

French President Emmanuel Macron has announced that the Mona Lisa will get its own dedicated room inside the Louvre museum, which he said will be renovated and expanded in a major overhaul that will ...

The Louvre’s last overhaul dates back to the 1980s, when its famous glass pyramid ... eager to take a selfie with Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece. Other paintings in the room by the greatest ...

But, yeah, it was often told to my representatives, and my representatives would share that with me.” Even after nabbing the ...