You may have seen the Mona Lisa on coffee mugs, phone cases, textbooks, and museum walls, but Leonardo da Vinci’s painting ...

The Mona Lisa is famed for two things: her enigmatic smile and her steady gaze, widely believed to follow her viewers around the room. Indeed, Leonardo da Vinci’s world-renowned painting, also known ...

It is one of the most tantalising – and entertaining – puzzles in art, stretching from the Louvre to the Loire via, well, Norfolk. And our critic thinks he has just worked it out ...

Looking for a new book to occupy your winter break or a holiday gift? Barnes & Noble’s book of the year, “Mona’s Eyes” by Thomas Schlesser, is a solution to boredom and “gift block.” With 52 weeks, 52 ...

Since Valentine’s Day is this month, it’s a perfect time to write about one of the most famous love stories of all time. It’s a story that could raise some eyebrows except that this tale’s main ...

How does the Mona Lisa draw people in? Is it her eyes? That elusive smile? Or could it be the overall effect of the entire painting? If you only saw Mona Lisa’s eyes, would you want to see more? These ...

Thomas Schlesser is the author of “Mona’s Eyes,” which was a No. 1 bestseller in France and has been translated into 37 languages, including Braille. The director of the Hartung-Bergman Foundation in ...