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

With its implication that the young woman isn’t as chaste as she should be, the marriage-prospect-derailing portrait triggers ducal panic and the deployment of the city-state’s best investigative ...

The Mona Lisa hasn't always been a huge tourist attraction. It turns out the most famous painting in the world owes its ...

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 ...

Mr Trump said a portrait by the same artist of former US president Barack Obama was "wonderful" but "the one on me is truly the worst". A portrait of Donald Trump, which he branded "truly the ...

Added to the UNESCO World Heritage Site list, the city center of Siena is distinctive for its winding streets and medieval ...