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The Mona Lisa
The Mona Lisa is a famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci. It is housed in Musée du Louvre in Paris.
428 Questions
Why does the da Vinci's Mona Lisa gives an illusion of smile?
The illusion of the Mona Lisa's smile is created by the subtle blending of light and shadow in the painting, which tricks the viewer's eye into perceiving a changing expression as they move around it. Leonardo da Vinci's use of sfumato, a technique of blending colors and tones seamlessly, adds to the ambiguity of the smile, leaving it open to interpretation.
Which arstist paint the Mona Lisa?
The Mona Lisa is a 16th century portrait painted in oil on a poplar panel in Florence by Leonardo da Vinci
What is the name of the museum the mona Lisa is kept?
The Mona Lisa painting is currently located at The Louvre Museum in Paris, France.
The Louvre is one of the world's largest museums and the most visited art museum in the world. Nearly 35,000 objects from prehistory to the 19th century are exhibited over an area of 60,600 square meters. The objects are divided among eight curatorial departments: Egyptian Antiquities; Near Eastern Antiquities; Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities; Islamic Art; Sculpture; Decorative Arts; Paintings; Prints and Drawings.
Where is the Mona Lisa in the louvre?
No, the Vatican is NOT the location of the Mona Lisa.
The Mona Lisa has a secure place in the Louvre (museum) in Paris, France.
Was Mona Lisa painted in Milan Italy?
No. Leonardo da Vinci painted The Mona Lisa (started 1503, finished 1506) in Florence, Italy.
Why is Mona Lisa considered revolutionary?
Because it radically broke with all the traditions of painting.
Was mona Lisa a self portrait?
It is believed to be but, no one knows for sure. Many scholars and facial experts have come to the conclusion that their faces are startlingly similar from the size of the nostrils to the distance between the eyes and so on and so forth. Laying a transparency of the mona Lisa over a self potrait of da vinci has also proved that the images almost exactly match up. Some people believe that it's him in "drag" but being the brilliant man he was he probably wanted to see his own perfect mate because scientists have proven that we are very inclined to fall for or be attracted to the opposite sex when they have characteristics similar to our own
What did the Mona Lisa mean to Leonardo da Vinci?
As far as we know, he never delivered this portrait, but kept it. Why he did has been the subject of guesswork for centuries. There are lots of theories, but none that is agreed upon. You will meet people who believe in one of those theories and tell you:'This is the absolute truth!
What is the full name of Monalisa?
Her real name was Lisa del Giocondo. She was a Florentine lady married to a successful cloth merchant: Francesco del Giocondo.
Which actress was in Mona Lisa Smile?
Julia Roberts, Kirsten Dunst, Julia Stiles, Maggie Gyllenhaal, ...
Is the Mona Lisa in the Louvre museum the original?
No, the 'Mona Lisa' is in the Louvre, Paris, France.
Did Leonardo Da Vinci ever make any mistakes on 'Mona Lisa'?
he made one side bigger than the other (i think). Go on google images and look 4 urself or 2 check my answer .
Answer 2
That was no mistake. That is what makes her half-smile so intriguing.
Where can you read Mona Lisa Eclipsing online for free?
On Stephenie's website you can read the first few chapters for free...
but for the whole book, you can get that at Wal*Mart
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-Zoeyy(:
still you have a point .like so many things now dayz the Mona Lissa i famous mainly for being famous.The Mona Lisa is without a doubt the most famous work in the entire forty thousand year History of visual art.
What kind of surface was used for the Mona Lisa painting and what kind of paint?
The Mona Lisa was painted on poplar panel using oil paints. Da Vinci carried this piece of work around with him for many years, never truly finishing it. He would continue working on other pieces but always came back to this portrait. Da Vinci used a style of painting called sfmato, a technique employed to produce a smokey, shaded effect.
Where can you see the mona lisa?
It's hanging in the Louvre gallery in Paris. Mona Lisa stands out amongst the great paintings for the detail in her hands, eyes, and lips. Da Vinci used a shadowing technique at the corners of her lips as well as the corners of her eyes which give her an extremely lifelike appearance and look of amusement.
Who was the Mona Lisa and why was the painting commissioned?
The Florentine merchant Francesco del Giocondo commissioned Leonardo to make this portrait of his wife, Lisa Gherardini.
What is Mona Lisa a boy or a girl?
Look carefully at the Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci. If you look closely enough at the background behind the Mona Lisa, then you will notice that the landscape behind her simply isn't even. On her left hand side, there are tall spiky mountains and on her right hand side there are trees of some kind. And in-front of the trees there is a river of some kind flowing towards you. Now look at the bottom of the mountain and the trees on her left and right. Shouldn't the land be straight and not having one (the land underneath the mountains) higher than the other (the land underneath the trees)?
It is made to represent the sacred male and female, left was always associated with females so he lowered the land to make her look more graceful and raised the land on the male, or right, side to make her look not as graceful and more male, and the name also represents the male and female Egyptian gods of fertility. Amon and Isis, (also known as L'isa).
AMON L'ISA
MONA LISA
The Mona Lisa is neither male nor female.
