Though Fra Angelico is arguably best known for the frescoes painted for the Convent of San Marco, in central Florence, “San Domenico was his convent,” said Angelo Tartuferi, until last year ...

Unfortunately, Leonardo did not work in fresco but in tempera on a two-layered surface of plaster that did not absorb paint. It was as early as 1568 when Vasari first pointed out problems with this ...

In this thrillerlike quest a National Geographic bestselling author and historian goes in search of a mysterious second version of the famous Last Supper fresco reportedly painted by Leonardo da ...