2007-01-29 08:24:03 · 11 answers · asked by Dead Birds Don't Poop 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Painting
She reflects the cosmetic style of ladies of the time.
2007-01-29 08:31:22 · answer #1 · answered by Lee 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Women did shave the hairline right above the forehead ...perhaps they did away with the eyebrows too -maybe it's just for fashion but I think they did it to make their brain look bigger! So, if Mona Lisa is a self-portrait of the artist then Da Vinci had no eyebrows!
2007-01-29 10:08:38 · answer #2 · answered by Tammy 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Good question. Maybe the most recent discovery of the grave of Mona Lisa Gherardini who was married to the wealthy Florentine silk merchant, Francesco del Giocondo will provide answer to your question. But I think that at that time eyebrows were not flattering features on a woman. Many times they just removed them.
2007-01-29 12:19:33 · answer #3 · answered by theivorybrother 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because when the mona lisa was painted they didnt know about the eyebrows, they thought the eyebrows were part of the hair.
2007-01-29 08:32:12 · answer #4 · answered by The Kwl Kid 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Thank You!!
Her eyebrows may have been inadvertently removed during an early cleaning and restoration. There is also the possibility that she may have shaved or plucked them as was the fashion in her day.
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2007-01-29 08:33:37 · answer #5 · answered by jonesash94 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Leo liked a clean shaven forehead!!
2007-01-29 19:35:46 · answer #6 · answered by riverratspress.com 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it was the Italian fashion of that time , just like being underfed is the unfortunate fashion of our times
2007-01-29 10:15:51 · answer #7 · answered by irene i 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
leonardo invented the gillette shaver the day before and needed to test it.
2007-01-29 18:45:26 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was a fashion of the day.
2007-01-29 08:31:04 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
he was so caught up in her beauty he forgot to paint them
but I believe it was a thing they did back then
they made theirs so thin they were almost invisible
smile
good luck
2007-01-29 08:48:00 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋