another name for the mona lisa
In addition to a 320-page art book titled Mona Lisa: Leonardo's Earlier Version, the foundation's website makes its case using visual widgets of painstaking side-by-side comparisons of the Isleworth with Mona Lisa, magnifying their similarities down to the small details. (Image Credit: Mona Lisa Foundation | Getty images) It's a mystery straight out of the da Vinci code. A famous portrait, hidden away in a Swiss bank vault for 40 years, with the potential to break open a mystery more than 500 years old. A second, earlier version of the Mona Lisa was unveiled to the public today, a version that experts say they can prove is the work of the master himself. Real Mona Lisa's Identity Confirmed, University Says. A researcher has uncovered evidence that apparently confirms the identity of the woman behind the Mona Lisa's iconic smile, Germany's University of Heidelberg says. 1 presence suggested by the light in Leonardo da Vinci's paintings Mona Lisa 2. painting that displays chiaroscuro a great open space 3. important element in chiaroscuro painting Christ 4. da Vinci's favorite composition shadows 5. his knowledge of optics is at work to create atmospheric perspective 6. religious painting commissioned by Duke Sforza ... The Mona Lisa is known as La Gioconda in Italian. Del Giocondo was named as the likeness in the painting as early as 1550 by Italian writer Giorgio Vasari, who also dated the work at between 1503 and 1506, the university said. Known as the Isleworth Mona Lisa, the painting was discovered shortly before World War I by English art collector Hugh Blaker, who purchased it from the noble family to which it had previously belonged. Blaker then moved the painting to his studio in Isleworth, England, giving it its iconic name. Is There Another Mona Lisa? Is There Another Mona Lisa? The Mona Lisa: It's one of if not the most famous piece of art in the world. Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece has inspired numerous forgeries and impersonators but none of them can compare to the original, which hangs in the Louvre Museum in Paris. Known as the Isleworth Mona Lisa, the painting was discovered shortly before World War I by English art collector Hugh Blaker, who purchased it from the noble family to which it had previously belonged. Blaker then moved the painting to his studio in Isleworth, England, giving it its iconic name. She is Lisa del Giocondo, wife of Florentine businessman Francesco del Giocondo, according to book-margin notes written by a friend of Leonardo da Vinci while the artist worked on the masterpiece, the school said in a statement Monday. The Mona Lisa Foundation exists solely to research this one painting. 1  Leonardo da Vinci painted an earlier version of his famed masterpiece Mona Lisa, claims a private Swiss art foundation dedicated solely to the alternate painting, which it unveiled Thursday.
La Gioconda