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The Mona Lisa [a] is a half-length portrait painting by the Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci.Considered an archetypal masterpiece of the Italian Renaissance, [4] [5] it has been described as "the best known, the most visited, the most written about, the most sung about, [and] the most parodied work of art in the world."
Here’s What da Vinci Used to Paint the Mona Lisa KENZO TRIBOUILLARD - Getty Images Analyzing a minuscule speck of paint from Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, a team of scientists discovered new ...
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 ...
A new study found a rare compound called plumbonacrite within the “Mona Lisa,” suggesting Leonardo da Vinci may have been the first to use a technique previously found in later paintings.
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.
Fortune is a River: Leonardo da Vinci and Niccolò Machiavelli's Magnificent Dream of Changing the Course of Florentine History (online notes for Chapter 6). Free Press via Dartmouth College (dartmouth.edu). ISBN 0-684-84452-4. Archived from the original on February 3, 2009. Müntz, Eugène (1898). Leonardo Da Vinci, Artist, Thinker and Man of ...
The Death of Leonardo da Vinci, by Ingres, 1818 [u] The 19th century brought a particular admiration for Leonardo's genius, causing Henry Fuseli to write in 1801: "Such was the dawn of modern art, when Leonardo da Vinci broke forth with a splendour that distanced former excellence: made up of all the elements that constitute the essence of ...
Art historians say Leonardo da Vinci hid an optical illusion in the Mona Lisa's face: she doesn't always appear to be smiling. There's question as to whether it was intentional, but new research ...