Scientists are starting to understand more about the small heart muscle fibers that Da Vinci showed in his illustrations over ...

The Mona Lisa continues to captivate the world with its secrets. Every new study raises more questions than answers, keeping ...

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

The math that describes the branching pattern of trees in nature also holds for trees depicted in art—and may even underlie ...

A rare portrait by Bernardino de’ Conti, a peer of Leonardo da Vinci, set a record at Sotheby's Master Paintings auction.

An underground tunnel network long rumored thanks to drawings by Leonardo da Vinci under Milan’s Sforza Castle are proven to ...

This frenzied scene is from Leonardo da Vinci’s ... A drawing by Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) after da Vinci's "The Battle of Anghiari" (Vladimir Polotovskiy/Getty Images ...

In 1460, Francesco Sforza, the duke of Milan, decided he required a royal residence. He seized upon the ruins of a medieval fortress in northern Italy and over the next few years, oversaw its ...

The mere mention of Leonardo da Vinci evokes genius. We know him as a polymath whose interests spanned astronomy, geology, hydrology, engineering and physics. As a painter, his Mona Lisa and Last ...

Italy’s famed Sforza Castle is a focal point for historians, architects, and art lovers—as well as ... the grounds originally hinted at by Leonardo da Vinci. But according to recent, ground ...

Greek mythology is prominent in art dating from antiquity through to the renaissance and even in contemporary artwork. During ...