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’s first commissions are a great way to explore his early painting techniques. As a young artist, Leonardo da Vinci helped advance the art of single-point linear perspective, which ...

As the 500th anniversary of the death of Renaissance great Leonardo da Vinci approaches, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York is reaching deep into its archive to exhibit four rarely shown ...

A team of researchers has used proteomics to establish the paint blends used in a painting supervised by the notoriously secretive Leonardo da Vinci, bearing huge significance for restoration and ...

“Grotesque Head of an Old Woman,” recently acquired by the National Gallery of Art, is one of several studies by Leonardo exploring exaggerated facial expression. Already a member? Sign in here. We ...

"Il Paesaggio" by Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci is analyzed under a microscope at the Opificio delle Pietre Dure di Firenze in Florence, Italy. Reuters ITALY — An in-depth study of Leonardo da ...

Opening today, on what would have been Leonardo da Vinci’s 563rd birthday, the exhibition “Leonardo da Vinci and the Idea of Beauty” at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The show will feature a ...

Royal Collection Trust staff pose beside preparatory sketches of Leonardo Da Vinci's The Last Supper at A Life in Drawing, the largest exhibition of Leonardo's work in more than 65 years, at The Queen ...

London -- A drawing of a bearded, pensive-looking man owned by Queen Elizabeth II is a portrait of Leonardo da Vinci, a royal art adviser said Thursday on the 500th anniversary of his death. Martin ...

A major and rarely seen drawinf by Leonardo da Vinci is going on display in New York. It's been 500 years since Leonardo da Vinci's dealth, but his art still lives on. Sotheby's has announced one of ...