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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.
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What year was Leonardo da Vinci's painting Mona Lisa sold?
His assistants sold it to the King of France when Leonardo was dead, in 1519.
Was the Mona Lisa ever in America?
Musée du Louvre. Additional answer: It has also once been exhibited in the US and once in Japan.
Well, no one can really answer that question, they can only guess. Unless you know someone that knows or has an ancestor that knows that has passed the information on, we won't know. Leonardo Divinci may have painted it as half man half woman, but I am not sure.
Why did Fernando Botero paint Mona Lisa at age 12?
Originally Fernando Botero didn't set himself to paint a young Mona Lisa. He had painted a Colombian girl (aged 12). While he was living in New York City in the early sixties, the woman that cleaned Botero's apartment saw the painting and told him that it resembled the Mona Lisa. Botero picked-up on that comment, modified the painting and renamed it, Mona Lisa,age 12
How does the Mona Lisa make you feel?
People come from all over the world to see her in Paris. They are fascinated.
Did Michelangelo paint Mona Lisa?
No. He painted in the late 1400s and acrylics were invented in the 1950s.
Why is the Mona Lisa so popular?
The Mona Lisa painting is the most famous painting in the world, including Egypt.
How long did it take Leonardo da Vinci to create the Mona Lisa?
No one knows this answer, but it has been said that it took him over 22 years to do the lips of the famous painting.
Answer 2:
You'd better not believe the above story.
For one thing Leonardo painted this portrait in 1504 and died 15 years later in 1519.
It was painted from 1503-1506
What is the story behind the smile of the Mona Lisa?
What happened here is some people say it is because she has gum and dental problems but what i think is that when somebody tells you "sit down i am going to paint you" you would not look grumpy or really happy with a big smile. it is normal to smile a little so you can brighten up, really. but some also say that she was secretly in love with Leonardo Da Vinci (the painter of Mona Lisa. some also say that she was pretending to be happy. see the thing is her husband was a merchant, so he traveled a lot sometimes even out all the way in the ocean. so the theory is that she mostly felt unhappy or lonely, so when Leonardo Da Vinci decided to paint her she tried as hard as she could to smile and be happy, hence her beautiful and mysterious smile
The Mona Lisa was painted by using oil paintings on a type of paper called poplar panel. Although that is all i know about the Mona Lisa it will greatly appreciated if anyone else knows anything about how it was painted
Where did Leonardo da vinci find the Mona Lisa?
He painted it in Italy of course im 100% sure because where else would he paint it Although he might have painted else where because Leo carried his remarkable painting of MonaLisa around with him for many years, painting thin layers upon thin layers to give it an 3D effect. He painted it in Florence.
What does Mona Lisa's hand gestures mean?
Mona Lisa has her hands crossing each other, left over right. The right hand has the fingers gently curl around the arm of a chair.
What is the mystery of Mona Lisa?
There are also various theories on the identity of the model.
One is Lisa Gherardini. Vasari identified the subject to be the wife of socially prominent Francesco del Giocondo, who was a silk merchant of Florence. Until recently, little was known about his third wife, Lisa Gherardini, except that she was born in 1479, raised at her family's Villa Vignamaggio in Tuscany and that she married del Giocondo in 1495.
In 2004, the Italian scholar Giuseppe Pallanti published Monna Lisa, Mulier Ingenua (literally '"Mona Lisa: Real Woman", published in English under the title Mona Lisa Revealed: The True Identity of Leonardo's Model). The book gathered archival evidence in support of the traditional identification of the model as Lisa Gherardini. According to Pallanti, the evidence suggests that Leonardo's father was a friend of del Giocondo. "The portrait of Mona Lisa, done when Lisa Gherardini was aged about 24, was probably commissioned by Leonardo's father himself for his friends as he is known to have done on at least one other occasion." Pallanti discovered that Lisa and Francesco had five children and that she outlived her husband. In early 2007, Pallanti found a death notice in the archives of a Florence church that referred to "the wife of Francesco del Giocondo, deceased July 15, 1542, and buried at Sant'Orsola." Sant'Orsola is a convent in Florence. Pallanti ascertains with certainty that this refers to Gherardini. This would make her age at her death to be 63 years. Also in January 2007, Italian geneologist Domenico Savini identified the princesses Natalia and Irina Strozzi as living descendants of Lisa Gherardini.
In September 2006, Bruno Mottin argued that the guarnelo he studied using the 2004 scan data suggested that the painting dated from around 1503 and commemorated the birth of Lisa Gherardini's second son.
Other suggestions
Some have seen a facial similarity between the Mona Lisa and other paintings, such as St. John the Baptist.Vasari, however, wrote about the portrait, and described it, without ever having seen it; the painting was already in France in Vasari's era. So various alternatives to the traditional sitter have been proposed. During the last years of his life, Leonardo spoke of a portrait "of a certain Florentine lady done from life at the request of the magnificent Giuliano de' Medici." No evidence has been found that indicates a link between Lisa Gherardini and Giuliano de' Medici, but then the comment could instead refer to one of the two other portraits of women executed by da Vinci. A later anonymous statement created confusion when it linked the Mona Lisa to a portrait of Francesco del Giocondo himself - perhaps the origin of the controversial idea that it is the portrait of a man.
Which lead to the theory that it was a self-portrait as Dr. Lillian Schwartz of Bell Labs suggested. Critics of this theory suggest that the similarities are due to both portraits being painted by the same person using the same style. Additionally, the drawing on which she based the comparison may not be a self-portrait. Serge Bramly, in his biography of Leonardo, discusses the possibility that the portrait depicts the artist's mother Caterina. This would account for the resemblance between artist and subject observed by Dr. Schwartz, and would explain why Leonardo kept the portrait with him wherever he travelled, until his death.
Art historians have also suggested the possibility that the Mona Lisa may only resemble Leonardo by accident: as an artist with a great interest in the human form, Leonardo would have spent a great deal of time studying and drawing the human face, and the face most often accessible to him was his own, making it likely that he would have the most experience with drawing his own features. The similarity in the features of the people depicted in paintings such as the Mona Lisa and St. John the Baptist may thus result from Leonardo's familiarity with his own facial features, causing him to draw other, less familiar faces in a similar light.
Leonardo used a pyramid design to place the woman simply and calmly in the space of the painting. Her folded hands form the front corner of the pyramid. Her breast, neck and face glow in the same light that softly models her hands. The light gives the variety of living surfaces an underlying geometry of spheres and circles. Leonardo referred to a seemingly simple formula for seated female figure: the images of seated Madonna, which were widely spread at the time. He effectively modified this formula in order to create the visual impression of distance between the sitter and the observer. The armrest of the chair functions as a dividing element between Mona Lisa and us. The woman sits markedly upright with her arms folded, which is also a sign of her reserved posture. Only her gaze is fixed on the observer and seems to welcome him to this silent communication. Since the brightly lit face is practically framed with various much darker elements (hair, veil, shadows), the observer's attraction to Mona Lisa's face is brought to even greater extent. Thus, the composition of the figure evokes an ambiguous effect: we are attracted to this mysterious woman but have to stay at a distance as if she were a divine creature. There is no indication of an intimate dialogue between the woman and the observer as is the case in the Portrait of Baldassare Castiglione (Louvre) painted by Raphael about ten years after Mona Lisa and undoubtedly influenced by Leonardo's portrait.
The painting was one of the first portraits to depict the sitter before an imaginary landscape. The enigmatic woman is portrayed seated in what appears to be an open loggia with dark pillar bases on either side. Behind her a vast landscape recedes to icy mountains. Winding paths and a distant bridge give only the slightest indications of human presence. The sensuous curves of the woman's hair and clothing, created through sfumato, are echoed in the undulating imaginary valleys and rivers behind her. The blurred outlines, graceful figure, dramatic contrasts of light and dark, and overall feeling of calm are characteristic of Leonardo's style. Due to the expressive synthesis that Leonardo achieved between sitter and the landscape it is arguable whether Mona Lisa should be considered as a portrait, for it represents rather an ideal than a real woman. The sense of overall harmony achieved in the painting-especially apparent in the sitter's faint smile- reflects Leonardo's idea of the cosmic link connecting humanity and nature, making this painting an enduring record of Leonardo's vision and genius.
It was a portrait that illustrated the leap into 'Humanism' of the Renaissance. Humanism is a broad category of ethical philosophies that affirm the dignity and worth of all people, based on the ability to determine right and wrong by appeal to universal human qualities-particularly rationalism. Humanism is a component of a variety of more specific philosophical systems, and is incorporated into several religious schools of thought. Humanism entails a commitment to the search for truth and morality through human means in support of human interests. A move away from religious focuses in art (though Leonardo did still do some religious paintings) and more of a focus on normal, average, human beings was what this caused.
The Mona Lisa is likely the most famous Humanistic painting, if not simply the most famous painting. It forces us to think about the woman in the picture, what is she thinking? feeling? That is what makes it so grand and mysterious.
[Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mona_lisa http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanism ]
How did the Mona Lisa become so famous?
because of her smile that got her so famous that how she did i don't know why
What is the price of the Mona Lisa?
The Mona Lisa is a very special painting it was painted by Leonardo da Vinci and the Mona Lisa is priceless this means it is worth too much money.
If you are thinking of buying it, you will be disappointed. It is not for sale. And a thing that is not for sale cannot have a price.
Some pieces of art are considered to be priceless. As the Mona Lisa is not up for sale, it is impossible to know its monetary worth. It has not been sold since it was purchased for 4,000 ecus by King Francis I of France in around 1516.
It was worth about 700 million USD in 2009.
It is impossible to estimate the value of a work of art, until it is up for sale. And the 'Mona Lisa' will never be.
Prior to the 1962-63 tour, the painting was assessed for insurance purposes at $100 million. According to the Guinness Book of Records, this makes the 'Mona Lisa' the most valuable painting ever insured. As an expensive painting, it has only recently been surpassed (in terms of actual dollar price) by Gustav Klimt 's 'Adele Bloch-Bauer I', which was sold for $135 Million (£73 million) on 19 June 2006. Although this figure is greater than that which the Mona Lisa was insured for, the comparison is not entirely valid as it does not account for the change in prices due to inflation - $100 million in 1962 is approximately $645 million in 2005 when adjusted for inflation using the US Consumer Price Index.
There is some debate about this. Some art historians believe Leonardo never completed the painting. It is well known that he kept the painting with him for many years, until he gave it to the King of France.
Where is the painting The Mona Lisa normally kept?
Leonardo painted it in Florence, took it to Milan then to the Amboise Palace where he lived for a couple of years. The king bought it and took it to Paris, where it entered the collections of the Louvre. Stolen and kept in Florence for a couple of years.
It is now firmly in the Louvre. It has been temporarily lent to one exhibition in New York and one in Tokyo.
How many years did it take Da Vinci to paint Mona Lisa's Lips?
only a couple of months. it took 4 years to paint the entire thing
Does mona Lisa have eye brows?
Second only to the mystery of her enigmatic smile is another question that has long fascinated art experts: what happened to Mona Lisa's eyebrows?
A Parisian engineer who has dedicated 3,000 hours to examining Leonardo Da Vinci's famous portrait now claims to have the answer.
Pascal Cotte says that ultra detailed digital scans of the 16th-century picture allow him to look into the past and see how the Florentine merchant's wife looked before years of restoration work.
Using the 240-megapixel scans, Mr Cotte, 49, says he can see traces of a left eyebrow long obscured from the naked eye by the efforts of the restorers.
His conclusion is that Mona Lisa once had both eyebrows and eyelashes, but that these have been gradually eroded to the point that they are no longer visible.
"If you look closely at Mona Lisa's eye you can clearly see that the cracks around the eye have slightly disappeared, and that may be explained that one day a curator or restorer cleaned the eye, and cleaning the eye removed, probably removed the eyelashes and eyebrow," he said.
Mr Cotte said his study of the painting also revealed that Da Vinci originally painted Mona Lisa with a wider face and a more expressive smile than in the final work.
He also changed his mind about the position of two fingers on the subject's left hand.
The alterations that Da Vinci made to the painting are, according to Mr Cotte, an example of his perfectionism.
"With just one photo you go deeper into the construction of the painting and understand that Leonardo was a genius," Mr Cotte said.
Da Vinci is quoted as once saying: "Art is never finished, only abandoned."
He is thought to have kept the Mona Lisa with him for more than a decade and kept working on it right up until his death.
Name the artist who painted the mona Lisa?
Leonardo Da Vinci painted "La Gioconda" and everybody has been calling it The Mona Lisa ever since.
Answer 2:
The fact is that her name was Lisa Gherardini, Monna or Mona means Mrs.
La Gioconda refers to the fact that her husband's name was Giocondo.
So both names are correct.
Is there a Mona Lisa painting at the Vatican Museum?
If so, it would only be a copy, because the REAL Mona Lisa is in the Louvre in Paris.
Atmospheric perspective is one technique Leonardo used. As objects recede into the distance they become more blue and have less detail.
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Was the 'Mona Lisa' painted with an eyelash?
A contemporary writer wrote that Mona Lisa had eyebrows and eyelashes.
Either he had not seen the painting or eybrows etc have been lost during cleaning.
