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 ...

Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo are two of the world’s most famous artists, having each created multiple masterpieces that pull millions of eager visitors each year to museums. They knew each other ...

Art can seem unapproachable at times. That’s because no two people view a work of art in the same way — and there’s no rulebook that says what is or isn't considered art. Fortunately, anyone can ...

A mural commissioned in 1503 for the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence has been the subject of controversy and debate. Andrew Doyle is the author of “Free Speech and Why It Matters” and “The New Puritans.” ...

Despite being perhaps the best-known artist of all time, Leonardo da Vinci was not a prolific painter. He created thousands of drawings in his notebooks in which he wrote obsessively, and while ...

Two-part documentary premiering Monday centers on Ken Burns’ first non-American subject, the painter of the ‘Mona Lisa’ and ‘The Last Supper.’ The doc acknowledges its subject’s homosexuality but ...