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Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Mona Lisa, Finally Unmasked?
Scholars at the University of Heidelberg say they have determined the true identity of the Mona Lisa "once and for all." The model, they say, was Lisa del Giocondo (aka Lisa Gherardini), the wife of Florentine merchant Francesco del Giocondo. She has been a top suspect for quite a while, in large part because the painting is known in Italy as La Gioconda. (The Louvre's website for the painting already calls it Portrait of Lisa Gherardini, though it says the exact identity of the sitter is "unclear.")
The Heidelberg proof is reportedly in the form of notes scribbled in an unrelated manuscript by a chum of Leonardo da Vinci in 1503, commenting that da Vinci was working on a painting of Mrs. Giocondo.
Posted by Mr. Holznagel at 5:58 AM 
6 Comments:
Is there a story code or story behind this painting?
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wow im just a student here at CAlifornia and this sounds all so interesting to me. I wonder if there really was a Leonardo da vinci...how do you know it was just some random guy that made it up?...this is the question that haunts me...
-Clueless-
Wow, i cant believe that they finally found out who it is. Its been like 500 years!It took 'em long enough.
Its about time, too!
i recently saw a documentary where the painting of the monalisa face structure match perfectly another painting from Da vinci that is said to be a portrait of himself from youth in other words he use his skull structure to paint the Monalisa
I actually think the 'Mona Lisa' is Leonardo's sly way of painting a young woman, as well as ding a SELF-PORTRAIT. He has humour in the painting, as well. Look at the background on either side of her. They do not match.
My supposition is that Leonardo, along with the famed 'The Prince'> author Niccolo Macchiavelli, laboured to change the course of the Arno River. Therefore, one side is before; the other is after. Unfortunately, like many of his works, it was never finished.
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