A mural commissioned in 1503 for the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence has been the subject of controversy and debate for more than ...

Truly, the tale of a lost (!) da Vinci (!!) falls somewhere between “The Goldfinch” and Dan Brown. I mean, for God’s sake, it involves a Latin clue written into another painting; I was done with Doyle ...

One of the most written-about Renaissance artists, da Vinci may also be among the most poorly understood.

How patrons of the arts became plutocrats aboard yachts. I n the early 1500s, an unknown wealthy patron is said to have ...

A 16th-century Florentine noblewoman, Lisa Gherardini was the wife of a successful silk merchant named Francesco del Giocondo. But was she also the subject of the Mona Lisa? Many scholars believe she ...

Rising prices, crowds and failing facilities have turned the world’s greatest art museum into a ‘physical ordeal’. So what’s ...

In 1494, Francesco’s successor, Ludovico Sforza, built on the castle’s tradition and hired Leonardo da Vinci to create art ...

and the Museum of Ancient Art. 500 Years Later, MIT Proves That Leonardo Da Vinci's Bridge Design ... While the underground system may not currently be fully accessible, the ground-penetrating ...

A technological investigation at Sforza Castle found that it does in fact hold underground passages once described by ...