But what exactly is it about this 16th-century masterpiece that continues to captivate hearts and minds worldwide, making it arguably the most famous painting in history? At first glance, the Mona ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — For centuries, Leonardo Da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa” has beguiled art buffs unable to resist speculating on the origins and meaning of the world’s most famous artwork. Now a French ...

The story involves the discrepancies between the painting described by the Renaissance’s proto-historian Giorgio Vasari and the artefact known in the Louvre as La Gioconde. Graham-Dixon, by way of the ...

PARIS — 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 ...

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