For a time there was uncertainty as to whether the Mona Lisa in the Louvre was the actual painting by Leonardo da Vinci. In ...

Records related to the former Johnson County sheriff's three-year investigation into alleged election fraud show he wanted to ...

Marion County deputies say a van was used as a getaway car for a theft at a Walmart. The car was spotted when the driver ran ...

In the 15th century, artists like Leonardo da Vinci and Donato Bramante were invited to paint ... his areas of interest include modern history and true crime.

One of the most written-about Renaissance artists, da Vinci may also be among the most poorly understood.

The portrait of Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci, more exactly the portrait of one Lisa Gherardini, was executed by fits and starts very early in the 16th century. By now it has been seen by ...

The mere mention of Leonardo da Vinci evokes genius. We know him as a polymath whose interests spanned astronomy, geology, ...

A mural commissioned in 1503 for the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence has been the subject of controversy and debate for more than ...

In 1460, Francesco Sforza, the duke of Milan, decided he required a royal residence. He seized upon the ruins of a medieval fortress in northern Italy and over the next few years, oversaw its ...

Truly, the tale of a lost (!) da Vinci (!!) falls somewhere between “The Goldfinch” and Dan Brown. I mean, for God’s sake, it involves a Latin clue written into another painting; I was done with Doyle ...

Scientists have discovered hidden structures underneath Milan’s 15th-century Sforza Castle, hinting at the presence of secret passageways depicted in the drawings of Leonardo da Vinci.