From reproductions, we remember a diagram of proportions and measurements: the nude in superimposed positions, arms and legs doubled, within a square and circle — symbolising earth and heaven, man ...

Never has a piece of art attracted more interest than a half-length portrait painting by the Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci ...

Despite being a prolific draughtsman, fewer than 20 paintings by Leonardo survive. But which were his greatest hits?

In the new exhibition, "Point Blank," at Halcyon Gallery in London, Bob Dylan presents his most intimate series of paintings ...

The 2006 film The Da Vinci Code has been widely discussed for many reasons. One of the biggest reasons for its criticism is ...

After nearly three decades of shaping young minds in t City School System, third-grade teacher Michelle McGrady is preparing to retire. But for McGrady, retirement doesn’t mean slowing down — it means ...

Miró in the mid- to late 1920s was punk. He was a one-man aesthetic earthquake. He wanted to return painting to first ...

Virginia Patecek has led a special ministry in which members of the church could get involved and in doing so established a ...

Ginevra de' Benci was a poet famed for her beauty and intellect. But art historians know little about her beyond the writings ...

Review - The House of Da Vinci is an engaging puzzler inspired by the world of Leonardo da Vinci and his works.

Gioachino Rossini’s comic opera “The Barber of Seville” was always rooted in the stock characters and silly scenarios of ...

A Leonardo da Vinci painting, Madonna with the Yarnwinder, has been stolen from Drumlanrig Castle in Scotland. Police said that the thieves posed as visitors to the castle, in Dumfries and ...