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The Mona Lisa (/ ˌ m oʊ n ə ˈ l iː s ə / MOH-nə LEE-sə; Italian: la Gioconda [la dʒoˈkonda] or Monna Lisa [ˈmɔnna ˈliːza]; French: la Joconde [la ʒɔkɔ̃d]) is a half-length portrait painting by Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci.
The technique in this portrait and in the "Mona Lisa" is called "sfumato," in which da Vinci blended colors and shades to get gradual transitions between different shapes in each painting.
Mona Lisa, by Leonardo da Vinci, Louvre Museum The 16th-century portrait Mona Lisa, or La Gioconda (La Joconde), painted in oil on a poplar panel by Leonardo da Vinci, has been the subject of a considerable deal of speculation. Columns and trimming Early copy of the Mona Lisa at the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, showing columns on either side of the subject It has for a long time been argued ...
PARIS (AP) — The “Mona Lisa” has given up another secret. Using X-rays to peer into the chemical structure of a tiny speck of the celebrated work of art, scientists have gained new insight ...
Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa — one of the most famous paintings in the world — is shrouded in mystery; from questions around the figures identity, to her puzzling, enigmatic expression.
Certainly, Lady Lisa might stand as the embodiment of the old fancy, the symbol of the modern idea." The Mona Lisa described by Walter Pater. The word ekphrasis, or ecphrasis, comes from the Greek for the written description of a work of art produced as a rhetorical or literary exercise, [1] often used in the adjectival form ekphrastic.
Detail of the face of Mona Lisa showing the use of sfumato, particularly in the shading around the eyes.. Sfumato (English: / s f uː ˈ m ɑː t oʊ / sfoo-MAH-toh, Italian: [sfuˈmaːto]; lit.
After 500+ years, X-rays have revealed an amazing secret inside the Mona Lisa. Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece is even more special than we knew.