For nearly 500 years, people have been gazing at Leonardo da Vinci's portrait of the Mona Lisa with a sense of bafflement. First she is smiling. Then the smile fades. A moment later the smile returns ...

It’s one of the most famous works of art of all time, but a new study may change the way that you look at the Mona Lisa. Researchers from the University of Cincinnati claim that Mona Lisa’s smile is ...

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PARIS (Reuters) - Visitors to the Louvre in Paris should have a clearer view of Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" after the museum installed a new, more transparent form of bullet-proof glass to protect ...

PARISPARIS — The Mona Lisa may maintain her famously enigmatic smile because she benefits from one of Paris’ best-kept secrets: An underground cooling system that’s helped the Louvre cope with the ...

"What people love about the Mona Lisa is that her expression changes as you look at her, and that makes her seem alive," says Margaret Livingstone, a neurobiologist at Harvard University. She insists ...

Criminal acts, from the leveling of Les Halles to the rise of the Montparnasse Tower, rumble through the history of Paris. But few events have caused more headlines, outrage and shock than the heist ...

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You can always count on Julia Roberts to deliver a stellar performance, regardless of what role she is given. In Mona Lisa Smile, Roberts fills a serious and draining role that she may be a little ...