Leonardo Da Vinci

A small town in Italy is celebrating after it was claimed that the bridge painted in the backdrop of Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa belongs to the town. The bridge in the background of the most famous portrait in the...

New research has surfaced, suggesting that Renaissance master, Leonardo da Vinci, may have been only half-Italian. According to Carlo Vecce, a professor at the University of Naples and an expert on da Vinci, the polymath's mother, Caterina, was, in...

A unique tribute to Leonardo da Vinci is coming to Athens. Three separate exhibitions on the ultimate Renaissance artist will be merged into one for the first time. The joint exhibition aims to create a rich audiovisual experience transporting visitors...

What are the names that are mentioned more often than any other names in human history? That was one of the questions examined in an extensive study conducted by Pantheon, the new media lab of the Massachusetts Institute of...

While much of graffiti is mindless spray-painting and egotistical self-aggrandizing tagging, some Greek street artists are using their talents to paint murals of dissent against the country's crushing economic crisis and the people they blame, usually politicians, bankers and...