Leonardo da Vinci, the painter of such masterpieces as the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper, was fascinated by the concept of motion. The polymath of the Renaissance famously considered this to be “the ...

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, which ...

It's been said that on his deathbed on May 2, 1519, Leonardo da Vinci lamented his life’s purpose, saying, “I have offended God and mankind because my work did not reach the quality it should have.” ...

(CNN) — “Old Masters” such as Leonardo da Vinci, Sandro Botticelli and Rembrandt may have used proteins, especially egg yolk, in their oil paintings, according to a new study. Trace quantities of ...

PBS’ new two-part, four-hour Leonardo da Vinci probably won’t redefine the identity of Ken Burns, renowned as a documentary chronicler of all things Americana. But it does find the director, working ...

Leonardo da Vinci wasn’t known for getting things done. He was often years or even decades late when delivering paintings, and many of the fantastical schemes he concocted (think giant horse statues ...

Renderings of the Leonardo da Vinci Museum of North America add vibrant colors and recreations of the polymath's groundbreaking machinery to a Downtown Pueblo backdrop. The first of its kind in the ...