The angels look like two young boys ... What was the most famous painting of the Renaissance? The Mona Lisa art by Leonardo da Vinci is considered one of the most famous paintings of the Renaissance.

This unusual Renaissance painting was created by an anonymous artist and features a drooling dragon-dog, a farting baby, as ...

Despite being a prolific draughtsman, fewer than 20 paintings by Leonardo survive. But which were his greatest hits?

With the Virgin and Child at its centre, this painting also depicts two saints, two playful angels, a bawdy scene with a naughty child on one of the column capitals and a magnificent slobbering dragon ...

Ginevra de' Benci was a poet famed for her beauty and intellect. But art historians know little about her beyond the writings ...

The mathematics underpinning the modern method of elliptic curve cryptography originated with Renaissance architect Filippo ...