"Mona Lisa"

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Leonardo Da Vinci's "Mona Lisa", also known as "La Giconda", is one of the most well known paintings of the High Renaissance period. This paper explains that part of the reason it has so haunted people is because of Da Vinci's unique ability to capture expressions and facial subtleties that are lost in works by other artists. The paper discusses the theories behind the reasons for Mona Lisa's smile and other theories about who the model herself was.

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" The most widely recognized theory as to who the model for this painting was is the wife of Francesco del Gicondo. She is dressed in the modern fashion of De Vinci's time, in Florence. She is seated against a mountain-covered landscape. According to some historical accounts, the young woman that posed was actually named Mona Lisa, and she married the well-known Giocondo in 1495, and Leonardo himself was so in love with the portrait he carried it with him for years."

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