Who is Mona Lisa?

Answer 1

According to Vasari, the subject is a young Florentine woman, Monna (or Mona) Lisa, who in 1495 married the well-known figure, Francesco del Giocondo, and thus came to be known as ``La Gioconda''.

Answer 2

Portrait of Mona Lisa (1479-1528), also known as La Gioconda, the wife of Francesco del Giocondo; 1503-06 (150 Kb); Oil on wood, 77 x 53 cm (30 x 20 7/8 in); Musee du Louvre, Paris

This figure of a woman, dressed in the Florentine fashion of her day and seated in a visionary, mountainous landscape, is a remarkable instance of Leonardo's sfumato technique of soft, heavily shaded modeling. The Mona Lisa's enigmatic expression, which seems both alluring and aloof, has given the portrait universal fame.

Answer 3

Mona Lisa was the subject of Leonardo da Vinci's famous portrait, titled The Mona Lisa. Her portrait is an example of the development of portraiture during the Renaissance. Not much is known about Mona Lisa the woman (not the portrait), but scholars suggest that she may have been pregnant at the time that the portrait was painted.

Answer 4

Mona Lisa, or La Gioconda (La Joconde), is a 16th-century oil painting on poplar wood by Leonardo da Vinci, and is arguably the most famous painting in the world. Few works of art have been subject to as much scrutiny, study, mythologizing and parody. It is owned by the French government and hangs in the Musée du Louvre in Paris.

The painting, a half-length portrait, depicts a woman whose gaze meets the viewer's with an expression often described as enigmatic.

The title Mona Lisa stems from the Giorgio Vasari biography of Leonardo da Vinci, published 31 years after Leonardo's death. In it, he identified the sitter as Lisa Gherardini, the wife of wealthy Florentine businessman Francesco del Giocondo. "Mona" was a common Italian contraction of "madonna," meaning "my lady," the equivalent of the English "Madam," so the title means "Madam Lisa". In modern Italian the short form of "madonna" is usually spelled "Monna," so the title is sometimes given as Monna Lisa. This is rare in English, but more common in Romance languages. The alternative title La Gioconda is the feminine form of Giocondo. In Italian, giocondo also means 'light-hearted' ('jocund' in English), so "gioconda" means "light-hearted woman". Because of her smile, this version of the title plays on this double-meaning, as does the French "La Joconde".

Both Mona Lisa and La Gioconda became established as titles for this painting in the 19th century. Before these names became established, the painting had been referred to by various descriptive phrases, such as "a certain Florentine lady" and "a courtesan in a gauze veil."

Answer 5

Well of you are asking who is the painting really of. Nobody knows for sure. If you look closely at her painting and closely at a picture of Leonardo Da Vinci, they look very similar. Same eyes and nose etc. I personally think that he painted it using a model and himself combined, as a way of expressing his homosexuality in a self portrait. I think this is why she has a smile. She is thinking " I know something you don't know, I'm really Leonardo Da Vinci." That's just my oppinion, but honestly Mona Lisa does really resemble him quite a bit.

Answer 6

One person identified her to Lisa Gherardini, the 3rd wife of Francesco del Giocondo. Another person says that it is Leonardo himself. One even said that it is Leonardo's mother Caterina. No one really knows for sure.

Answer 7

Leonardo DaVinci

Answer 8

LEONARDO WAS PAID BY fRANCESCO DEL gACONDO TO PAINT A PORTRAIT OF HIS WIFE WHO WAS THE mONA LISA

Answer 9

the nice girl in the picture of leonardo da vinci - to be seen in the louvre at paris

Answer 10

She is a DaVinci painting. It wasn't intended for her to smile.,because pictures of women were not to be shown happy in those days.