Puzzling aspects of consciousness, a great mystery in science, are revealed by appreciating illusions such as those ...

The Mona Lisa, also known as La Gioconda, is one of the most enigmatic paintings in art history. Its creator, Leonardo da Vinci, left numerous details that have been debated for centuries.

A painting of the Mona Lisa hangs above a fireplace in a London flat in the 1960s. Is this picture not only by Leonardo da Vinci, but also an earlier version of the world famous portrait that ...

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 ...

Explore Leonardo da Vinci's most famous works like the Mona Lisa, as well as his drawings and unfinished works. In 1517, Leonardo showed a visitor a portrait of Lisa del Giocondo, the wife of a ...

Paris' centuries-old Louvre Museum — home of da Vinci's iconic Mona Lisa — is getting an $800 million makeover, and American visitors will have to help pay for it.

A first-ever analysis of the whole Greenland shark genome gives researchers a couple of clues to their longevity.

Born on April 15, 1452, Leonardo da Vinci is one of humankind's greatest and most creative minds. He may be best known for influential paintings such as the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper ...

The Louvre Museum, an iconic symbol of Paris, is the largest art museum in the world and a historic monument. Originally ...

The portrait of Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci, more exactly the portrait of one Lisa Gherardini, was executed by fits and starts very early in the 16th century. By now it has been seen by ...

The first immersive exhibition in Romania dedicated to Leonardo da Vinci is set to debut at MINA Cluj on March 15, following ...