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There's a Hidden Portrait Underneath the Mona Lisa!French researcher Pascal Cotte has announced that using scanning technology he's found a second portrait on the canvas of Leonardo da Vinci's legendary Mona Lisa....
Secret Portrait of Michelangelo Found in One of his SketchesDeivish di Kampusch, from the Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre, reminds that Michelangelo used a similar self-portrait in another of his works....
The Truth About the End of the World is Encoded in the Papal Basilica of St. PaulThe papal portrait tradition hides a sinister secret. The problem arises from the final few portrait niches....
Have you Dreamed This Man?The psychotherapist called a sketch artist to draw a portrait of the person who so often appeared in the dreams of his patient....
The Greatest Artists of All TimeJohannes Vermeer (1632-1675)
Vermeer is an unsurpassed master in domestic painting and in portrait painting....
Unexpected Facts about Gustav Klimt`s The KissIn 2006, one of Klimt's other masterpieces - Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I was sold for $135 million - the greatest sum given for a painting at the time....
What Does it Mean if you Dream That you`re Painting?If you're painting a self-portrait, it means you've grown prideful. If the portrait is of another person, it's likely they've begun to play a very important role in your life....
The Great Art Mysteries That Remain UnsolvedThe muse-prostitute
Portrait of Wally is Austrian painter Egon Schiele's most famous of a series of paintings with the muse of the same name....
The Great Muses of the Genius Pablo PicassoHe painted about 70 portraits of her, while prohibiting her from posing for other painters. Fernande was also quite the jealous type....
Individuals who Turned Their Names into NamesakesThis quality of his did not allow him to spend large sums of money on beautiful portraits, which was why he ordered his painters to only paint his profile in dark colors, like a shadow, which came to be known as a silhouette...
How to Summon a GhostDuring those days, keep a portrait of the deceased in a visible area, covering it with cloth during the night. Keep a cup of water and a piece of bread next to the portrait every single day....
Leonardo da Vinci - Life and InventionsLeonardo makes a revolution in portrait painting. The portraits he paints create the image of the Renaissance person. They contradict the creative canons of the time....
Superstitions about RingsIt's no coincidence that kings and queens in portraits can be seen wearing rings on the index finger....
