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Art historians have tussled for ages over many aspects of what is arguably the world’s most famous painting: Leonardo’s Mona Lisa (ca ... in love with Italian Renaissance art and earned ...

The innovative Renaissance painter ... distinctive recipe on the Mona Lisa’s base layer to prepare the panel of poplar wood, the team of scientists and art historians in France and Britain ...

Leonardo da Vinci began painting the “Mona Lisa” in 1503, during a period when Florence was a thriving center of arts and culture. The Renaissance was in full bloom, marked by a renewed ...

The "Mona Lisa" has given up another secret. Using X-rays to peer into the chemical structure of a tiny speck of the celebrated work of art ... and inventive Italian Renaissance master may ...

According to Ann Pizzorusso, a geologist and Renaissance art scholar, da Vinci’s subject ... seeking information on the Mona Lisa’s possible settings, that Pizzorusso realized her conclusions ...

isn't just great for the Mona Lisa. It could also allow the dozens of other artworks in the Salle des Etats — including masterworks of the Venetian Renaissance by the likes of Titian ...

The decision to isolate the Mona Lisa in a dedicated room at the Louvre is a response to a need for crowd management, but it also signals a deeper shift: the transformation of the museum into a ...