A vitally important triangle, hidden in plain sight in Leonardo da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man, has been revealed and explained, ...

According to a London-based dentist named Rory Mac Sweeney, the key to understanding the Vitruvian Man, it turns out, was ...

Michelangelo, da Vinci, Van Gogh and company were pretty brilliant at hiding secret messages in their paintings Finding secret messages in paintings There’s a reason why masterpiece works of art spark ...

The Louvre Museum has failed to open on time Monday, leaving thousands of visitors stuck in long, unmoving lines.

Leonardo da Vinci, The Virgin, the Christ Child, Saint John the Baptist and an Angel, also known as the Virgin of the Rocks (1483/1494). Courtesy Musée du Louvre.

Da Vinci's war machines were not purely offensive. While pondering the question of siege ladders, a common and effective tool used in medieval warfare to breach city walls, he also struck upon a ...

Leonardo da Vinci paints The Virgin on the Rocks and the portrait Lady with an Ermine. Leonardo da Vinci paints The Virgin on the Rocks – the most complex Madonna image of the entire Renaissance ...

Leonardo da Vinci’s first commissions are a great way to explore his early painting techniques. As a young artist, Leonardo da Vinci helped advance the art of single-point linear perspective ...

Tumultuous feeling fuses with formal gravity. Leonardo da Vinci’s 1494-98 “The Last Supper” fresco is in the Refectory of Santa Maria delle Grazie, a Dominican convent in Milan, Italy.

Not DiCaprio, but the fellow from the Italian town of Vinci, that Renaissance genius who more than warrants the four hours of "Leonardo da Vinci," airing Nov. 18 and 19 on PBS (check local listings).

Portrait of Leonardo da Vinci by unknown artist. Circa 16th Century. Encore Fridays, Jan. 17 and 24, 2025 at 8 p.m. and Sundays, Jan. 19 and 26 at 11 p.m. on KPBS 2 / Stream now with KPBS Passport!

While Leonardo (1452-1519) was conflicted on war, he can hardly be considered a pacifist. He wrote about the 'bestial insanity' of war and said: 'He who does not value life does not deserve it.' ...