For centuries, Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" and her enigmatic smile have inspired as much speculation as admiration. Now she's ready to answer questions — in Mandarin. A digital, interactive ...

Art historians have tussled for ages over many aspects of what is arguably the world’s most famous painting: Leonardo’s Mona Lisa (ca. 1503–08). Who was the sitter? What does her smile mean? Is the ...

LECCO, Italy, May 15 (Reuters) - Over 500 years after Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa, an academic believes she has unravelled the mystery about the backdrop to one of the world's most famous ...

CERN, Billi Kid, Elisha Cook Jr., James and Karla Murray’s Overground/Underground 2 (2008)Courtesy Artbreak Gallery The Mona Lisa takes on Dick Cheney — and is clearly winning, with those lush purple ...

Benjamin Blake Evemy takes you on a journey through the most interesting and unbelievable heists the art world has seen, starting with the disappearance of the most valuable painting in the world.

The hidden image has art historians debating who the real-life 'Mona Lisa' was. — -- A hidden portrait underneath the "Mona Lisa" has been discovered by a French scientist, who said he uncovered ...

Researchers studying 3-D images of the “Mona Lisa” say she was probably either pregnant or had just given birth when she sat for Leonardo da Vinci’s 16th-century masterpiece. The clue was something ...

The Mona Lisa is the most widely recognised and most famous painting ever. Although the King of France, Francis I, and ...

Let’s not quibble about that. Let’s just agree Leonardo da Vinci’s portrait isn’t going to overwhelm with its grandeur. The Mona Lisa is an oversized postage stamp. I’m not going to abase the portrait ...