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 insights, ...

Although Leonardo’s “Mona Lisa” is the artist’s most famous painting, it may not be his most intriguing, accomplished or beautiful. It may not even be his best portrait. A strong contender in that ...

A painting once bought for $60 is about to go under the hammer, billed as "the greatest artistic rediscovery of the 21st century." Leonardo da Vinci's "Salvator Mundi" was unveiled at Christie's New ...

Leonardo da Vinci spends 14 years working on the Mona Lisa, the culmination of all his knowledge. Toward the end of his life, Leonardo da Vinci finally finds the perfect patron – the King of France – ...

Researchers found clues of a hidden painting that might be a Da Vinci. March 12, 2012— -- It sounds like the stuff of riveting mystery novels: A team of researchers has spent nearly 40 years ...

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, scientists have gained new insight into the techniques that ...

Leonardo da Vinci, the famous Italian polymath who painted the Mona Lisa, had a sophisticated geometric understanding far ahead of his time. To draw the Vitruvian Man in 1490 – an illustration of the ...