The name Leonardo da Vinci resonates in the corridor of time, embodying the essence of the Renaissance. Born in the Italian ...

Modern-day anatomy experts find inspiration in drawings from Leonardo da Vinci’s cadaveric dissections. But they also recognize what he got wrong. National Corporate funding for NOVA is provided ...

The likely Leonardo da Vinci painting "Salvator Mundi" looks straightforward at first glance: a depiction of Jesus Christ in Renaissance-era clothing, raising one hand in blessing and holding a ...

Scientists combined genetics and fractal theory to analyze these branching heart structures.

Leonardo da Vinci, a key historical figure of the Renaissance, left a small but precious collection of paintings. These works, scattered around the world's greatest museums, continue to delight ...

It’s with high expectations-indeed, the highest-that we go to an exhibition of drawings by Leonardo da Vinci. And the exhibition that Carmen C. Bambach has organized at the Metropolitan Museu… ...

Leonardo da Vinci's "The Virgin of the Rocks" painting been under study since 2005. Improved X-ray technology has now highlighted the hidden angels.

By the time the painting resurfaced in 1900, its origins had been forgotten. The masterpiece sold at a Christie's auction for $60 in 1958, before finally being identified as da Vinci's work in 2011.

Centuries after Leonardo watched a heart beat, a fresh answer is taking shape. A new wave of imaging, genetics, and ...