While the anecdote concerning the prostitute Mary Magdalene is deeply moving, the compassion and forgiveness which Jesus shared with her was a part of his communion with everyone whom he helped, ...

The Mona Lisa, also known as La Gioconda, is an oil painting of a Renaissance woman painted by Da Vinci in 16th century ...

Long before Silicon Valley pitches or Shark Tank deals, there was Leonardo da Vinci, an artist, scientist and part-time time ...

Archeologists discovered, thanks to modern technology, that ancient sketches by Leonardo depict real tunnels under the Sforza ...

World Art Day, observed on April 15 to commemorate Leonardo da Vinci’s birthday, is an international celebration of artistic ...

Leonardo da Vinci, history's ultimate genius polymath, still makes headlines as his work inspires new research.

In colonial Latin America – called “New Spain” by European colonists – images of a white Jesus reinforced a caste system where white, Christian Europeans occupied the top tier, while those with darker ...

Not far from Florence, the Tuscan hills harbour a village full of light and memories. At Vinci, Leonardo's genius seems to ...

Disaronno – the world’s favourite Italian liqueur – celebrates an extraordinary milestone: 500 years of heritage, style, ...

The famous 'Mona Lisa effect' is a fictional concept and experts have proven exactly why. Read more about the phenomenon here and find out the reason.

Leonardo da Vinci travelled by horseback from Italy to France with the Mona Lisa carefully rolled up in his saddlebag.

When the former New York Times Paris bureau chief first set out to write a book about the most famous and largest museum in ...