Leonardo da Vinci: Mona Lisa Leonardo’s secret in the hands of Mona Lisa
The Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci is undoubtedly the most famous painting in the world. It is exhibited in the Louvre in Paris. In spite of the existing numerous known facts about the painting, there is a sense that something is still missing. What is the meaning of the picture? What is the meaning of Mona Lisa’s smile? What mystery is hidden in her eyes? Who is the person in the painting? When was it painted? Who was the painting made for? These are just some of the many questions to which scholars have not provided an unequivocal answer, regardless of the thousands of pages written on the subject. Considering numerous attempts to interpret the painting in a variety of unorthodox ways, each new attempt gives rise to suspicion. Moreover, the mere mentioning of Leonardo da Vinci by non-scholars instigates doubts. I hope that the text presented here will not reinforce such suspicions. On the contrary, I hope the text will help in the further exploration of this and other works of art by Leonardo da Vinci. I also hope that, in the future, geometry will be used to a greater extent in the exploration of Leonardo’s works of art and thereby fulfil his wish often mentioned in our day and age: Let no man who is not a Mathematician read the elements of my work.[1,2]
Mona Lisa - Polaris Diagram