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The math that describes the branching pattern of trees in nature also holds for trees depicted in art—and may even underlie ...

The portrait of Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci ... subject of Stephen Campbell’s “Leonardo da Vinci: An Untraceable Life.” As a professional art historian, a person deeply concerned with ...

A rare portrait by Bernardino de’ Conti, a peer of Leonardo da Vinci, set a record at Sotheby's Master Paintings auction.

A new exhibition at Buckingham Palace features over 150 Renaissance drawings by masters like Raphael, Michelangelo, and ...

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The mere mention of Leonardo da Vinci evokes genius. We know him as a polymath whose interests spanned astronomy, geology, hydrology, engineering and physics. As a painter, his Mona Lisa and Last ...

The Mona Lisa continues to captivate the world with its secrets. Every new study raises more questions than answers, keeping ...

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Renaissance thinkers saw their own era as a reenactment of the great dramas of Greek history. What drove this comparison?

Featuring Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo and others, a show at the King’s Gallery at Buckingham Palace highlights the period’s works on paper—which, though frequently preparatory, stand as ...

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