The Mona Lisa hasn't always been a huge tourist attraction. It turns out the most famous painting in the world owes its ...

I have a complicated relationship with the Mona Lisa. She is the best-known artwork in the world. Books, films, songs and poems celebrate and parody her. Amateur investigators have identified her as a ...

Leonardo da Vinci began painting the “Mona Lisa” in 1503, during a period when Florence was a thriving center of arts and culture. The Renaissance was in full bloom, marked by a renewed ...

But it wasn’t until 1873, when the Oxford aesthete Walter Pater published his explosive book Studies in the History of the Renaissance that the character of the Mona Lisa took a decisively ...

The famous 'Mona Lisa effect' is a fictional concept and experts have proven exactly why. Read more about the phenomenon here and find out the reason.

The famous Parisian museum announced the Mona Lisa is moving into her own gallery. The change will actually help visitors ...

Don't let that smile fool you — the Mona Lisa has seen some things. After a visitor attempted to smash its protective glass last week, the painting and its wild history of attempted vandalism ...

The League of Women Voters of Montgomery County will screen a new documentary called “Why is Mona Lisa Smiling? The Re-imagination of the Corporation” on Sunday, April 27 from 2… Read More ...

Interact with a large projection of the “Mona Lisa” at “Da Vinci — An Immersive ... The documentary, set against a backdrop of Renaissance Italy, features da Vinci’s personal notebooks ...

The Mona Lisa was being slowly injected with a dose of eerie, haunted beauty. But it wasn't until 1873, when the Oxford aesthete Walter Pater published his explosive book Studies in the History of the ...