Saturday, 26 April 2014

The Fact Of Mono Lisa Painting!

Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa. Click for full image.

  • Leonardo DA Vinci is famously known as an artist and he was born on april 15, 1452 in Vinci,Italy.
  • His early years were spent living on his father’s family estate in Vinci. During this period of his life, he was also influenced by his uncle, who had a love of nature and had a hand in rearing him during his formative years.
  • Some interesting facts about monalisa paintings is ,the name of the painting, mona lisa was the result of a spelling error! The original name of the painting was monna lisa. Monna in italian is a short form of madonna, meaning ‘my lady’.
  • The identity of the woman in the painting is still a mystery. Some belive that it is the female form of leonardo da vinci himself.most popular belief is that the woman was lisa gherardini, who was 24 years old and a mother of two sons.
  • Another interesting fact about the painting is that the woman in the painting has no eyebrows.
  • In 1956 a man named ugo ungaza threw a rock at the painting, which resulted in a small patch of damaged paint next to her left elbow.

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