Why Is the Mona Lisa So Famous?
“Yo, Mona Lisa, could I get a date on Friday?” sang Wyclef Jean on the Fugees’ debut album, in 1994. Around half a century earlier, Nat King Cole had crooned about Mona Lisa as the lady with the mystic smile in an Oscar-winning song. Fast-forward to 2018, when power couple Beyoncé and Jay-Z punctuated their […]
Does Mona Lisa Have a Hidden Personality?
The Mona Lisa is the most famous portrait in the world – Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece. A French scientist has spent more than 10 years analysing the painting. Now with his latest research he claims he has found another portrait of a different woman underneath – claims which are prompting controversy in the art world. […]
Leonardo da Vinci (4/5): Rivalry with Michelangelo and birth of the Mona Lisa
The painter Leonardo da Vinci and the sculptor Michelangelo, whose rivalry was well known, met to work on the painting of two huge murals in the most emblematic room of the Palazzo Vecchio. It was during this period that Leonardo painted two of his most famous works: “Madonna and Child with St. Anne” and “Mona […]