Amidst this vibrant backdrop, two prodigious talents, Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci, found themselves at odds. Da Vinci was two decades senior and had already established his reputation.

Michelangelo, who had just completed his statue David, and Leonardo da Vinci were already in Florence; Raphael traveled to ...

Just like the gods who have the supernatural powers to make plenty out of scarcity, artists have the ability to create with ...

Robert Langdon decodes Da Vinci's paintings to follow the trail of the Holy Grail, while Anthony Brunelli applies his artist's eye to Michelangelo's frescoes to uncover the Sacred Order.

At the turn of the 16th century, Florence was the scene for "what may have been the ultimate clash of the titans of Western ...