Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘Quick Eye’ May Have Aided in Creation of ‘Mona Lisa,’ According to New Study
New scientific studies consider physiological traits that may have helped the Italian master depict nature with astonishing accuracy.
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New Google Tool Transforms Photos Using the Style of Art History’s Masters
Google Arts and Culture has collaborated with the Getty Museum and other art institutions to make masterpieces available as photo filters.
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Tableaux Vivants Are Giving Us Life During the Pandemic
With museums and galleries in the United States shuttered, tableaux vivants offer a way to connect to art in an immediate, physical way. Why rely on a virtual experience of art when you can be the…
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Louvre’s Blockbuster Leonardo Show Attracts Over 1 M. Visitors, Nearly Doubling Previous Record
The figures easily top the museum's previous attendance record held by a 2018 Eugène Delacroix retrospective, which attracted 540,000 visitors.
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Jodie Foster to Direct Film Based on Infamous 1911 ‘Mona Lisa’ Theft
The movie will be based on a 1981 book recounting the crime.
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Five Leonardo Scholars Selected Their Favorite Work by the Italian Master. None Picked ‘Mona Lisa.’
With Leonardo fever taking hold, see which works by the artist these historians love the most.
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One Mystery Solved: Italian Museum Unveils Leonardo ‘Salvator Mundi’—a New Copy of the $450 M. Painting
It's the product of a collaboration between curator Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev and the artist Taner Ceylan.
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$18 M. Frank Lloyd Wright House Sells to Marijuana Moguls, and More: Morning Links from October 24, 2019
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A Guide to the Louvre’s Gargantuan Leonardo da Vinci Retrospective
All your burning questions about the blockbuster show, answered.
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Salvador Dalà on Why People Attack Leonardo’s ‘Mona Lisa,’ in 1963: From the Archives
The artist addressed why people felt inclined to attack or deface the painting throughout history.
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LeBron James Signs Four-Year Film Deal With Comcast’s Universal Pictures
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