Sunday 18 January 2015

THE MONALISA LA GIOCONDA : AN ENIGMA BY ITSELF

Being driven by the creative instincts that empower the virtue of my intellectual mind , i came to research on the hidden facts of this great lady "Mona Lisa " which lies to be still an enigma among the learned men of the art world ....




A BRIEF INSIGHT ......


It is an oil painting on a popular wood panel  .It was painted sometime in 1503 and 1506 while Da Vinci was living in Florence and now it hangs in "Louvre" in Paris where it remains an object of pilgrimage in the 21st century with dmensions 77cm*53cm.

The mastery of the painting lies in its fine  details, including 
the faint smile, and.Mona Lisa's distinctive gaze.
 The work is said to have been commissioned by a gentleman named Francesco del Giocondo, who hired Leonardo Da Vinci  to paint a portrait of his wife, and this is  the reason why The Mona Lisa is sometimes referred to as La Gioconda.


Mona Lisa : La Gioconda

 




MONA LISA : a painting or a secret code .......


Intrigue is usually focused on the enigmatic smile. However , when viewed under a microscope ,by some of the historians in Italy , it was discovered that on magnifying to the eyes of great "mona Lisa " , certain numbers and letters could be figured out .

Experts say , that these barely distinguishable letters , encode some real-life code by "Da Vinci"
Da Vinci Code :
  • In the right eye appear to be letters LV , standing for the initials of the artist itself . 
  • While , in the left eye  there are symbols which are not that defined , they appear to b letters CE or B.
  • In the arch of the bridge in the background , no.72 can be seen .
  • Behind the picture appears no. 149 with fourth no. erased , probably suggesting Da Vinci painted it in the 1490s while he was in Milan .
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The Mysterious Smile .........

WHY DOES SMILE OF MONALISA CHANGE?

 

 

 

 


  • technical fact behind the changing of beautis smile is simply the tricks or the illusion of ur eyes
  • the observation that everyone came across was initially  her smiling appearance and as by the time you move your gaze the expression changes of not so happy anymore.


  • GOLDEN RATIO in Mona Lisa



Fibonacci Series in Mona Lisa

  Did Da Vinci eventually/intentionally cerated the ambiguous appearance???

So the fact is:
When you initially stare at  Monalisa' s face, yous first sight goes to her eye, at this instant  our eye's part(the fovea) picks up the fine details as colours, processing the image of eyes. while the emphasis peripheral vision picks up the image  of the lips. As the peripheral vision cant distinguish the fine details,it eventually takes the the shadow of Monalisa's cheekbones as smile.
and now when the focus turns towards the lips, the role of fovea comes into play and it distinguishes the fine details  of lips.ultimately the smile alters( turns upside down(which it really was) and she appears sad.,leading you to amazement.
1.the images of monalisa revealed the hidden secrets under infrared and visible light
2.these images are part of an exibition"Monalisa secrets revealed",featuring the new research byfrench engineer named Pascal Cotte and the debuts in San Francisco,where it will remain till the end of this year.
3) The monalisa showcase is a part of larger exibition titled "Da Vinci:An exibition of Genius"




  REVEALING OF THE FACT:

      Cotte ,was the founder of Lumiere Technology, by his own invention(240 megapixel MULTI-SPECTRAL CAMERA) he scanned the painting. the major benefit of the camera was its capability of using 13 weavelengths from UV to infrared. the resulting images took of centuries varnish and other alterations,earlier present, which highlighted the fact that how the artist brought the painted figure to life and how sge appeared to Da Vinci and her contemporaries.
COTTE said


The  face of Monalisa appears  slightly wider, the smile is different and the eyes are different .at last he said that the smile is more accentuated.

 MYSTERY:
1)A zoomed image of monalisa' s left eye highlighted a single brush stroke in the eyebrow region,cotte told that he discovered a single hair of the eyebrow.
2)Another hidden fact was the position of Molnalisa's right arm revealed by cotte, he said,that its the first time that an artist has rendered the wrist and the arm in such an ideal position.
3) the pigment just behind the right wrist was identical to the painted cover that drapes across Monalisa's knee.and after comming across the infrared observations deeply Cotte said:the wrist of the right hand is up gigh the stomach, but she holds a cover with her wrist(infrared observations)
4) the infrared observations also revealed Da Vinci's preparatory drawing that lies behind layers of varnish and paints disclopsing that the RENAISSANCE MAN (by Vinci) was also a human. according to Cotte , leonardo was hesitated in deciding the positions,as on looking over the left and the rigjht finger (their positions altered)



OTHER REVEALATIONS INCLUDE :


  • lace on her dress 
  • The transparency of the veil shows da Vinci first painted a landscape and then used transparency techniques to paint the veil atop (after) it.
  • A change in the position of the left index and middle finger.
  • The elbow was repaired from damage due to a rock thrown at the painting in 1956.
  • The blanket covering Mona Lisa's knees also covers her stomach.
  • The left finger was not completely finished.(hesitation of Da Vinci)
  • A blotch mark on the corner of the eye and chin are varnish accidents, countering claims that Mona Lisa was sick.
  • And the Mona Lisa was painted on uncut poplar board, contrary to speculations.

Mona Lisa , a creation of great italian artist , painter, draftsmen , sculptor , architect and engineer  of the renaissance period , Sir Leonardo Da Vinci , is a half length potrait of a lady most talked about , wriiten about , sung about , piece of great artistic mastery from the 16th century .Till today , it is the most talked about , researched , most visited oil painting of the world

But , more than a painting , it is a story by itself , story of Da Vinci , story of the lady , and the story that belongs to the renaissance period ,,,,No doubt , it stands out to be the best painting of the world...





(sources : Discovery channel , http://www.livescience.com/32483-why-does-mona-lisas-smile-change.html, Google, Wikipedia .)

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