Mona Lisa

in #steemit3 years ago

The Mona Lisa is a famous painting by the Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci. It took Vinci about four years to paint the picture in the early sixteenth century. The painting is currently housed in the Louvre Museum in France. 80% of the tourists who come to the museum come to see the Mona Lisa.
The picture is painted on a piece of pine wood. It is still a mystery as to who imagined the Mona Lisa. However, according to many researchers, the picture is of Lisa Gerardin, the wife of Francisco de Giocondo, a silk merchant from Florence. According to many, the picture is of Mona Lisa's mother, some think it is Vinci's girlfriend. However, modern analysis with the help of a computer has revealed that Vinci has some similarities with the picture. From this, many people think that Vinci imagines himself as a woman in the picture.

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Seeing the picture of Mona Lisa from a distance, it seems that she is smiling. Going closer, it seems that he is deep in thought. However, you will be surprised to hear that the Mona Lisa has no eyebrows.
Mona Lisa but was not so famous in the beginning. Since its theft in 1911, the image has grown in popularity. The image is now preserved in bullet proof glass at the Louvre Museum.

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