From the Mona Lisa to the American Gothic, these famous paintings don’t just grace museum walls; they offer a glimpse into the past and define entire generations. Although most of these masterpieces ...

Paintings by El Greco and Rembrandt are just the latest to be found under layers of paint and scholarly doubt.

At the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where art historian Elizabeth Block works, there’s always a crowd near John Singer Sargent’s Madame X (1884). Everyone wants to spy that black slinky dress, and ...

Explore Leonardo da Vinci's most famous works like the Mona Lisa, as well as his drawings and unfinished works. In 1517, Leonardo showed a visitor a portrait of Lisa del Giocondo, the wife of a ...