The artist said he was inspired to create the image after his visit to the Louvre in Paris was ruined by people glued to ...

Arts Purported earlier version of da Vinci's 'Mona Lisa' wows art lovers after going on display Dubbed the 'Isleworth Mona Lisa,' the painting was put on public view in an Italian city last month ...

For centuries, Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" and her enigmatic smile have inspired as much speculation as admiration. Now she's ready to answer questions — in Mandarin.

The Louvre in Paris may have the Mona Lisa. But fighting a crowd to catch a glimpse of Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece is far less appealing than the experience you can get for free at the ...

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 ...

Over 500 years after Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa, an academic believes she has unravelled the mystery about the backdrop to one of the world's most famous works of art.

Silvano Vinceti believes he's cracked a centuries-old mystery, identifying a bridge in the background of the Mona Lisa. But has he?

Brazilian professional makeup artist Huylson Tormen re-created the 'Mona Lisa' with potatoes and lettuce to make an edible masterpiece.

Arts Scientists winkle a secret from the ‘Mona Lisa’ about how Leonardo painted the masterpiece Researchers found a rare compound, plumbonacrite, in Leonardo da Vinci's first layer of paint.