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

And so this is perhaps the culmination of Leonardo’s trajectory as a scientist and artist. He’s taken this straightforward subject and turned it into something wonderful. Martin Kemp [Leonardo ...

Renaissance masterpieces are known for portraying figures in dramatic poses with perfect lighting that make a captured moment ...

Inside, past an arched gateway bedecked by gargoyles, Leonardo ushers me back to the Renaissance. I can almost hear whispers of the artist as I gaze at a leather album bound in the late 1500s in ...

Did artist Verrocchio delegate two figures in his Beheading of St. John the Baptist to his prize pupil Leonardo da Vinci? Museo Dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence. Photo: Antonio Quattrone ...

Since its sale for a record US$450 million, the whereabouts of the Salvator Mundi, said to be painted by Leonardo da Vinci, has become one of the art world's greatest mysteries. On Monday ...

Police are hunting for thieves who stole a Leonardo da Vinci painting from the estate of one of Scotland's richest landowners. Two men stole the painting, Madonna with the Yarnwinder - thought to ...

Fortunately, anyone can appreciate art, especially with guidance from the 15th-century Renaissance man Leonardo da Vinci. Leonardo was an artist driven by “wanting to know.” He considered ...

On the north wall is The Last Supper, the unrivalled masterpiece painted between 1495 and 1497 by Leonardo da Vinci, whose work was to herald a new era in the history of art. Description is available ...