Painted by Leonardo da Vinci in the early 16th century, the Mona Lisa is widely believed to portray Lisa Gherardini, a Florentine merchant’s wife. Using revolutionary techniques like sfumato, Leonardo ...

The “Mona Lisa” has given up another secret. Using X-rays to peer into the chemical structure of a tiny speck of the celebrated work of art, scientists have gained new insight into the techniques that ...

The Secrets of Mona Lisa” and the Fort Smith Regional Art Museum’s new digs were unveiled at an opening gala on Jan. 19. The 16,000-square-foot building on Rogers Avenue, donated by Arvest Bank in ...

Artist Ron Piccirillo claims he found the heads of a lion, an ape and a buffalo hovering in the air in the background of the Mona Lisa, after turning the painting on its side. (Photo Credit: ...

You’d think a girl could be left alone after 500 years, but if anything, the scrutiny of the Mona Lisa is more intense than ever. After studying the painting with 3-D laser scanners, researchers ...

SAN FRANCISCO – For centuries, the "Mona Lisa" has beguiled art buffs unable to resist speculating on its origins and meaning. Now a French inventor claims to have some answers, including the fate of ...

Historical paintings are also complex chemical objects so museums turn to analytical chemistry to decipher the mysteries concealed within their micrometric paint layers. Recently, x ray and infrared ...

Not by Leonardo: Andrew Graham-Dixon with the so-called Isleworth Mona Lisa Deducing that there were in fact two separate versions of the Mona Lisa, he leapt on a plane to visit potential precursors ...