Yakisugi is a Japanese architectural technique for charring the surface of wood. It has become quite popular in ...

Researchers from the Politecnico di Milano claim to have discovered mysterious underground passages beneath the medieval ...

The ongoing strike at the Louvre is a test of how securely, credibly and competently the world’s most visited museum is being run.

The following is an article from history.com: “On December 12, 1980, American oil tycoon Armand Hammer pays $5,126,000 at auction for a notebook containing writings by the legendary artist Leonardo da ...

Leonardo DiCaprio revealed the secret to surviving Hollywood is knowing when to stay quiet, and he’s spent his whole adult life mastering the art of disappearing. DiCaprio's approach to fame might be ...

Brief dive into Leonardo Da Vinci's lesser known designs, revealing hidden sketches, bold concepts, and inventions far ahead of their time. Remember the torture memos? The boat strike memos may be ...

Art, by its nature, often lends itself to multiple readings or interpretations. What one takes away from a work of art depends not just on what the artist brought to it when they sat down to put pen ...

In the world of art and anatomy, few images are more recognizable—or more dissected—than Leonardo da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man. Drawn in 1490, the iconic sketch has come to symbolize the Renaissance ideal ...

What has been said of Shakespeare could be said of Leonardo: All of the verifiable facts of his life can be set down on a page. Of course, that has not deterred biographers from making book on these ...

FLORENCE —“Beato Angelico” at the Palazzo Strozzi and the Convent of San Marco is a radiant ravishing of the eyes — and, if the pious painter has his way, the soul as well. Forget Jackson Pollock’s ...