German experts crack Mona Lisa smile
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German academics believe they have  solved the centuries-old mystery behind the identity of the  "Mona Lisa" in Leonardo da Vinci's famous portrait.
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A sculptor, an architect, a photographer and a writer were involved. Collisions may have been inevitable.
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A film which for the first time pokes light-hearted fun at Jews living in today's Germany has opened to rave reviews and praise from Jewish leaders for breaking down one of the country's most rigidly held ...
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Una creazione del gruppo artistico 'cracking art'
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A visual defect may have been partly responsible for Rembrandt&#39;s extraordinary eye. So say two Harvard researchers, and their theory is a reminder that human imperfections can be channeled into greatness and
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LONDON - German surgeons say they have managed to repair severe damage to a seven-year-old girl&#39;s skull using stem cells taken from her fat tissue.
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Despite inevitable compromises, Yoshio Taniguchi, the architect of the newly redesigned Museum of Modern Art, is pleased with the end result.
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The thriving art world has something to teach the classical music world.
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An art detective is poised to solve the mystery of what happened to âThe Battle of Anghiari,â considered by some experts to be Leonardoâs greatest painting.
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Scientists say they have worked out exactly how people recognise a face when they see it.
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For centuries, the "Mona Lisa" has beguiled art buffs unable to resist speculating on its origins and meaning. Now a French inventor claims to have some answers, including the fate of the enigmatic subject's famously missing eyebrows and lashes.
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The newly donated collection of Abstract Expressionist paintings at the Metropolitan Museum is largely a delight from beginning to end.
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The Philadelphia Museum of Art's show of Renaissance portraits and drawings provides a gripping art experience, visually and psychologically.
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The last two frescoes painted by  Renaissance master Michelangelo are to be restored to their  original brilliance, the director general of the Vatican  Museums said on Wednesday.
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A funny thing happened on the way to the  Mona Lisa. Visitors to the Louvre museum in Paris, home of the  world's most famous painting, started quizzing tour guides  about Dan Brown's best-selling novel "The Da Vinci Code."
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At Peter SellarsÂs New Crowned Hope Festival in Vienna, a cross-pollination of human and artistic cultures has yielded wonderful results.
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A 16-billion-pixel image of the famous painting goes online after a challenging digitization process.