a portrait
painted by Leonardo
da Vinci (1452--1519) of Lisa di Anton Maria,
second wife of Francesco
del Giocondo, a
merchant from Florence,
Italy. (Mona [or Monna] is Italian for "lady," a formal
address to a woman of high social
position.) Started in 1503, the
painting took several years to
complete and is considered Leonardo's greatest
work. It has become one of the most famous paintings in the
history of
art. The woman is dressed in the fashion of her
day and seated in front of a mountainous landscape. The
particular smile on her face has been the
subject of much discussion and interpretation for centuries. The
painting hangs in the Louvre, the
national museum of
France, located in
Paris. Your
understanding of it is sufficient so that you won't get
gypped buying a "Mona Lisa," because
Joe just
bought it yesterday, see?
a
painting by Italian painter, Leonardo
da Vinci (1452@1519), of a woman with a mysterious smile. It is one of the most readily recognized paintings in the
world. Your
understanding of it is sufficient so that you won't get
gypped buying a "Mona Lisa," because
Joe just
bought it yesterday, see?
- Study Evaluation of Information (11 Aug. 64) a portrait
painted by Leonardo
da Vinci (1452-1519) of Lisa di Anton Maria,
second wife of a Florentine
merchant. (Mona [or Monna] is Italian for "lady," a formal
address to a woman of high social
position.) Started around 1503, the
painting took several years to
complete and is considered Leonardo's greatest
work. It has become one of the most famous paintings in the
history of
art. The woman is dressed in the fashion of her
day and seated in front of a mountainous landscape with an enigmatic smile on her face. Her smile has been the
subject of much discussion and interpretation for many centuries and the
term "
Mona Lisa smile" can be used to describe a smile resembling that of the woman in the
painting. The
painting hangs in the Louvre, the
national museum of
France, located in
Paris.
a
painting by Italian painter, Leonardo
da Vinci (1452 - 1519), of a woman with a mysterious smile. It is one of the most readily recognized paintings in the
world.
a
painting by Leonardo
da Vinci of a woman with a mysterious smile. It is one of the most readily recognized paintings in the
world. Also see Leonardo
da Vinci in this glossary.
the name of a
painting by Italian artist Leonardo
da Vinci (1452-1519). It is a
rendition of a woman with a mysterious smile. It is one of the most famous and readily recognized paintings in the
world. The
suppressive may be sitting back there with a
covert Mona Lisa smile.
the name of a famous
painting by Italian artist Leonardo
da Vinci (1452-1519) which depicts a woman with a mysterious smile. The
suppressive may be sitting back there with a
covert Mona Lisa smile.
-The Antisocial Personality (25 Aug. 66) the name of a famous
painting by Italian artist Leonardo
da Vinci (1452-1519) which depicts a woman with a mysterious smile. The
suppressive may be sitting back there with a
covert Mona Lisa smile.