Truly, the tale of a lost (!) da Vinci (!!) falls somewhere between “The Goldfinch” and Dan Brown. I mean, for God’s sake, it involves a Latin clue written into another painting; I was done with Doyle ...

The Mona Lisa continues to captivate the world with its secrets. Every new study raises more questions than answers, keeping ...

What’s more, it’s housed in a building designed by Giorgio Vasari that dates back to 1560. Because of the many works of art housed here, you're going to need to take your time. One of the best ...

Perspectives, a thrilling epistolary novel by Laurent Binet, sees Giorgio Vasari investigate the murder of a controversial ...

Giorgio Vasari famously reported that in 1494 Piero de’ Medici commissioned Michelangelo to make a snowman – it was ‘very beautiful’, but nothing more is known about it.

The story, told by Giorgio Vasari in his “Lives of the Painters”, has for centuries been the standard account of the origins of the Renaissance, cementing Cimabue’s role as a transitional ...

According to Giorgio Vasari, whose “Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects” (first published in 1550) established the genre of artistic biography, Parmigianino painted ...

Laurent Binet’s Renaissance epistolary novel blends the postmodern playfulness of Umberto Eco with the vigour of Dashiell ...

All about the Vernaccia grape in San Gimignano, Tuscany, and its potential to make elegant white wines now that a new ...

According to Leonardo's biographer, Giorgio Vasari, the artist "was one of the first who, with Galen's teachings, began to ...