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Is the 'Mona Lisa' a Man? 5 Theories About the Famous da Vinci Painting
By Steven Hoffer - AOL NewsNo wonder Mona Lisa is smiling. An Italian art historian claims that the female model in the famous Leonardo da Vinci painting is, in fact, not a female at all. According to researcher Silvano Vinceti, the figure in the painting is strongly reminiscent of Gian Giacomo Caprotti, a fellow also known as Salai, who apprenticed with Leonardo beginning in 1490. (The portrait is believed to have been painted during the early 1500s.) But the books are hardly closed on this one. Arguably the world's most famous painting, "Mona Lisa" is also without question among the art world's most mysterious and ...
Was the Model for Mona Lisa a Man?
By Dana Kennedy - AOL NewsCall her "Manny Lisa"? Italian researchers say the model for the world's most famous painting may have been a male apprentice and also a lover of the artist, Leonardo da Vinci. The identity of the Mona Lisa, which hangs in the Louvre in Paris and draws 8.5 million visitors a year, has been an enduring mystery. But now her (or is it his?) secrets are seemingly being revealed every few years. Jean-Pierre Muller, AFP / Getty Images A group of Italian researchers claim that Leonardo da Vinci's model for "Mona Lisa" was a male apprentice and also his lover. A group of Italian ...
Google Art Project: Here Are Some of the Famous Works Available Online
By Steven Hoffer - AOL NewsGoogle has introduced its latest foray into the art world, and these are no doodles. Google Art Project takes visitors on a virtual, "street-view"-style field trip through some of the world's most renowned art museums "to discover and view more than a thousand artworks online in extraordinary detail." Seventeen of the world's most prestigious art institutions are participating in the project, including New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art, as well as Italy's Uffizi Gallery and Germany's Gemäldegalerie. So, which masterpieces are available for your gazing ...
Da Vinci's 'Last Supper' Re-Created in Laundry Lint
By Ben Muessig - AOL NewsA Michigan woman aired her dirty laundry -- and wound up with a Renaissance-style masterpiece. Using only laundry lint, home health aide Laura Bell has created a 14-foot by 4-foot re-creation of Leonardo da Vinci's "The Last Supper." It took the Roscommon resident between 700 and 800 hours to do enough laundry to obtain her lint -- not to mention the additional 200 hours she spent painstakingly arranging the staticky material into the shape of the legendary mural. ...
Do Hidden Letters in Mona Lisa's Eyes Reveal a Real da Vinci Code?
By Lee Speigel - AOL News
(Dec. 13) -- "Mona Lisa" -- that smile, those eyes, the mystery of her identity. And now, new clues emerge over what is perhaps the most famous painting in history. An Italian researcher claims the eyes of the enigmatic woman in Leonardo da Vinci's 16th-century masterpiece contain a secret code. Highly magnified images of the painting reportedly reveal tiny letters embedded into the "Mona Lisa's" eyes, reports the U.K.'s Guardian newspaper. AFP / Getty Images Italian researchers now believe that letters and numbers painted in the eyes in Leonardo da Vinci's "Portrait of ...
Farmers Market Frenzy Is My Kind of Crazy
By Domenica Marchetti - Politics DailyA lot of people look forward to their weekly trip to the farmers market the way most kids look forward to the last day of school. The words joy, anticipation, and abandon come to mind.For me, the word dread also applies. I know, it sounds crazy, especially for someone who cooks and writes about food for a living. But crazy is just what I'm talking about, because from the minute I step out of my car and into the cluster of stalls that sets up every Tuesday in the parking lot of my local library, I risk losing my sanity. Not to mention my children's college savings. ...
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