20 May 2011

7 Interesting Facts About the Mona Lisa

the name of the picture is best known for the Mona Lisa, but that is only due to spelling errors! the original image is Monna Lisa. Monna, in Italian, was a common shortening of the Italian Madonna, which means "my lady ."

O Most people know that Leonardo da Vinci was an artist, but many believe that women's identity is unknown. Some even think that it is - Leonardo da Vinci I in the female form. most commonly believed theory is that Lisa Gherardini wife, was born in 1479th She was 24 years and mother of two sons when she posed for the painting. Why he chose it is still a mystery.

The painting is actually in the recent frictions. In 1956, a man named Ugo Ungaza threw stones at the picture, which resulted in a small patch of damaged paint with her ​​left elbow.

O peerless glory of this paper is partly because it was stolen from the Louvre Museum in Paris in broad daylight by an employee in 1911. It was quickly recovered two years later.

the picture is in their own room in the Louvre Museum in Paris and is protected in a climate controlled environment and encased in bulletproof glass. This room was built specifically for painting and the museum cost around seven million U.S. dollars. images are considered priceless and can not be secured.

o It is rumored that the reason she has no eyebrows in the picture, because during one of the first times they tried to clean and restore the image made ​​a mistake and accidentally removed the eyebrows. Other thoughts are that Leonardo, who was a consummate perfectionist, he never finished the painting, like most of his paintings were left unfinished.

A recent extensive research has shown that there are three different versions of the painted version is currently viewed. One version has her hands clutching the hand of the chair, instead of in front of it.