{"id":172,"date":"2021-09-01T07:21:40","date_gmt":"2021-08-31T21:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xalient.in\/2d\/?p=172"},"modified":"2021-09-01T07:20:36","modified_gmt":"2021-08-31T21:20:36","slug":"what-is-so-special-about-the-mona-lisa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2dpoint.net\/what-is-so-special-about-the-mona-lisa\/","title":{"rendered":"What is so special about The Mona Lisa?"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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  1. A lot of things; nothing ordinary, after all, would be appraised worth around $830 Million (as per 2018 appraisal).<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Leonardo da Vinci<\/a> painted it towards the end of his career.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. He started work on this painting in 1503\/1504 and finished it in 1507.<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. That it took him 3-4 years has always been a surprise to people because the painting has never been considered huge by any measures.<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. However, there were many ‘firsts’ in the Mona Lisa; one of the techniques, for example, was\u00a0<\/span>the sfumato technique<\/span><\/strong>, which means there were no sharp borders, and the painting was produced with softened outlines or hazy forms.<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. Then there are mountains and rivers in the background; paintings at that time used to have open skies or plain walls in the background.<\/span><\/li>\n
  7. Microscopic scrutiny by an Italian committee confirmed that the right eye of the Mona Lisa has initials (LV) of the artist, Leonardo da Vinci, in it.<\/span><\/li>\n
  8. But the most popular reason has been her smile.<\/span><\/li>\n
  9. It is said that Leonardo da Vinci exploited an optical illusion that makes Mona Lisa’s smile change depending on where you look.<\/span><\/li>\n
  10. So, if you look into her eyes, she seems cheerful, but she seems barely smiling when you look at her lips.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    How did The Mona Lisa become famous?<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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