Mona Lisa, oil painting on a poplar wood panel by the Italian painter, draftsman, sculptor, architect, and engineer Leonardo da Vinci, probably the world’s most-famous painting. It was painted sometime between 1503 and 1519, when Leonardo was living in Florence, and it now hangs in the Louvre, in Paris, where it remains an object of pilgrimage in the 21st century. The poplar panel shows evidence of warping and was stabilized in 1951 with the addition of an oak frame and in 1970 with four vertical br... {open}

 

The Mona Lisa (/ˌmoʊnə ˈliːsə/; Italian: Monna Lisa [ˈmɔnna ˈliːza] or La Gioconda [la dʒoˈkonda], French: La Joconde [la ʒɔkɔ̃d]) is a half-length portrait painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci that has been described as "the best known, the most visited, the most written about, the most sung about, the most parodied work of art in the world".[1] The Mona Lisa is also one of the most valuable paintings in the world. It holds the Guinness World Record for the highest known ... {open}

 

In Greek mythology, Styx (/ˈstɪks/; Ancient Greek: Στύξ [stýks][citation needed]) is a deity and a river that forms the boundary between Earth and the Underworld, often called "Hades", which is also the name of its ruler. The rivers Styx, Phlegethon, Acheron, Lethe, and Cocytus all converge at the center of the underworld on a great marsh, which sometimes is also called the Styx. According to Herodotus, the river Styx originates near Feneos.[1] Styx is also a goddess with prehistoric roots in Greek m... {open}

 

Canadian scientists used laser and infrared scans to produce a 3D image of the painting. This allowed details beneath layers of paint to be seen - including a gauzy dress then associated with pregnant or new mothers. It also showed the 500-year-old picture was in good condition. The scans, using a resolution 10 times finer than a human hair, did reveal some warping to the wooden back of the painting. Too dark  {open}

 

Accessibility links Sunday 10 February 2019 By Nick Squires, Rome 11:34PM GMT 09 Jan 2011 Carla Glori believes that a three-arched bridge which appears over the left shoulder of the woman with the enigmatic smile is a reference to Bobbio, a village which lies in rugged hill country south of Piacenza, in northern Italy. {open}

 

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The Louvre (English: /ˈluːv(rə)/ LOOV(-rə)[2]), or the Louvre Museum (French: Musée du Louvre [myze dy luvʁ] (listen)), is the world's largest art museum and a historic monument in Paris, France. A central landmark of the city, it is located on the Right Bank of the Seine in the city's 1st arrondissement (district or ward). Approximately 38,000 objects from prehistory to the 21st century ... [enter]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louvre

Accessibility links Monday 09 March 2020 By Nick Pisa, Rome 10:54PM GMT 12 Dec 2010 Leonardo Da Vinci's 500-year-old Renaissance masterpiece has long been steeped in mystery, and even today the true identity of the woman with the alluring smile still far from certain.  [enter]
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/art-news/8197896/Mona-Lisa-painting-contains-hidden-code....

Mona Lisa, also known as La Gioconda, is the wife of Francesco del Giocondo. This painting is painted as oil on wood. The original painting size is 77 x 53 cm (30 x 20 7/8 in) and is owned by by the Government of France and is on the wall in the Louvre in Paris, France. This figure of a woman, dressed in the Florentine fashion of her day and seated in a visionary, mo... [enter]
https://www.leonardodavinci.net/the-mona-lisa.jsp

The subject who is truly loyal to the Chief Magistrate will neither advise nor submit to arbitrary measures. This picture made available Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011, by the Italian National Committee for Historical, Cultural and Environment Heritage, shows a detail of the right eye of Leonardo da Vinci's 16th century masterpiece the "Mona Lisa" painting. Italian researcher Silvano Vinceti, presi... [enter]
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/mona-lisa-still-mysterious-after-all-these-years/article575274/

While this controversial claim is quickly spreading over the Internet to the delight of Dan Brown's fans, it has not gained much support among Leonardo scholars. Hidden behind the Mona Lisa's eyes is a mysterious code made of letters and numbers, according to a controversial claim by members of Italy's national committee for cultural heritage. ... [enter]
https://www.seeker.com/do-mona-lisas-eyes-hide-a-secret-code-1765152646.html

By Live Science Staff 14 December 2010 Like a chapter straight out of the popular book "The Da Vinci Code," art historians have found microscopic codes hidden within the eye of the charmingly mystifying painting. More than 500 years old, Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece has been viewed firsthand by a countless number of people. But it wasn't until magnified, high resolution images of the pa... [enter]
https://www.livescience.com/32890-the-eyes-have-it-are-there-secret-codes-in-the-mona-lisa.html

Tom Kington in Rome Sun 12 Dec 2010 14.49 EST First published on Sun 12 Dec 2010 14.49 EST An Italian researcher has sparked new controversy over the world's most famous painting by claiming Leonardo da Vinci painted tiny letters into the eyes of the Mona Lisa which may finally reveal the disputed identity of his model. To arrive at a theory worthy of The Da Vinci Code, Dan Bro... [enter]
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2010/dec/12/mona-lisa-eyes-model-identity

Watch CBSN Live January 12, 2011 / 11:15 AM / AP ROME - Forget her smile. An Italian researcher says the key to solving the enigmas of "Mona Lisa"' lies in her eyes. Silvano Vinceti claims he has found the letter "S" in the woman's left eye, the letter "L" in her right eye, and the number "72" under the arched bridge in the backdrop of Leonardo da Vinci's fa... [enter]
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mona-lisas-hidden-symbols-researcher-says-yes/

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 smi... [enter]
https://polarisdiagram.com/mona-lisa/

Conservation, exposition, Restauration d’Objets d’Art Home > Issues > 9 > Dossier > Casus > Paint handling in Leonardo’s Mona... Search Mona Lisa, the precious legacy of Leonardo da Vinci, represents a zenith of methodological innovations in painting. How the painter managed to obtain such delicacy of the tonal tran... [enter]
https://journals.openedition.org/ceroart/3828

How Leonardo da Vinci engineered the world’s most famous painting Leonardo da Vinci liked to think that he was as good at engineering as he was at painting, and though this was not actually the case (nobody was as good at engineering as he was at painting), the basis for his creativity was an enthusiasm for interweaving diverse disciplines. With a passion both playful and obsessive, he pursue... [enter]
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/11/leonardo-da-vinci-mona-lisa-smile/540636/

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Original Mona Lisa painting in Louvre   This article documents my journey, process and struggle to recreate the Mona Lisa —  the most famous portrait painting commission in the world.  It is a study of classical realism, techniques, materials and methods of the old masters.  We are going back in time 500 years, to delve into the mind of a genius … Leonardo da Vinci,  and  into the mystery sur... [enter]
https://www.marklovettstudio.com/painting-the-mona-lisa-commission/

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