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Descriptive Essay On Mona Lisa

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Melanie Hardee
Michael Edwards
Art 101 Art History and Appreciation
10 September 2017
The Mona Lisa
The Mona Lisa being one of my favorite paintings of all time as lead me to this specific topic for this paper. Not to mention the love for Leonardo da Vinci. I have always been drawn to his paintings and all that he has done. I love art and science and it seems Leonardo da Vinci was the same. He loved his art and he loved science. The Mona Lisa just happens to be one clouded in mystery. And I also love a good mystery.
The Mona Lisa is one of the most famous paintings in the history, and was painted by one of the most infamous artist Leonardo da Vinci. Leonardo had his troubles from an early beginning. He was born on April 25, 1452 in Vinci, Italy. His father was a notary and his mother was a maiden and they were never married, Leonardo was their only child. However, his parents together had 17 other children. He was extremely intelligent …show more content…

The Mona Lisa is the only da Vinci portrait from the period that survives. This significant portrait was painted between 1503-1519 in Florence, and it currently resides in the Louvre in Paris. Much investigation and speculation has been done trying to prove with whom the painting is of. Some people believe it is a painting of Lisa del Giocondo, wife of Francesco di Bartolomeo del Giocondo. Or maybe Mona Lisa Gherardini Some say she is a portrait of Leonardo’s mother and some have even said it is a portrait of Leonardo himself. No one truly knows. The Mona Lisa is one of the earliest portraits to focus so closely on the sitter. The painting is also of adequate size with the ability to include most of her body. Her smile is most prominent and Leonadro made this the central motif of the portrait. She is also perceived to be sitting in front of a landscape which is

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