Mona Lisa—the world famous woman portrait from the Italian Renaissance
For those who don't know the real name of Mona Lisa—Lisa Gherardini, the wife of Florence's Merchant 'Francesco del Giocondo is the actual identity of mona lisa
It is one of the most famous & expensive art piece all over the world. But do you know what makes the Vinci's Mona Lisa so famous
Here are some factors contributing to the popularity of the painting
The Sfumato Technique
Leonardo used Sfumato technique ( without line & edge) to color the Mona Lisa that makes the painting so realistic & gives smooth glide to the viewers eye
Unfinished Painting
It is believed that it took more than 10 years to make this masterpiece but, still it is unfinished. Despite incompletion, the painting shows the exellent artistic skill the artist had
The Painting Theft
It is the another reason that makes the painting so special. The painting was stolen on August 22, 1911 when it was kept in the world's most visited museum 'Louvre'
It is believed that the theft of the painting belonged to the great painter Pablo Picasso and Guillaume Apollinaire
Her Mysterious Smile
Through perspective, optical illusion & shadow work, Da Vinci created Mona Lisa's mysterious smile which always remained in talk
Marcel Duchamp's postcard
Some scholars argue that the playful distortion of a postcard reproduction in 1919 by Marcel Duchamp brought the painting back to the attention and made it one of the world's most famous painting