"Grotesque Head of an Old Woman," recently acquired by the National Gallery of Art, is one of several studies by Leonardo exploring exaggerated facial expression. Leonardo da Vinci, "Grotesque Head of ...

Leonardo da Vinci was a pioneering painter and inventor—and, perhaps, bird lady. Avians appear in a number of the 13,000 notebook pages he produced, from the kite hawks of Codex Atlanticus (c. 1478) ...

Art can seem unapproachable at times. That’s because no two people view a work of art in the same way — and there’s no rulebook that says what is or isn't considered art. Fortunately, anyone can ...