2007-02-14 13:54:22 · 4 answers · asked by julie 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Painting
.In Renaissance Italy it was the custom among the wealthy to have a portrait painted of a woman who was to be married. It was a commission.
2007-02-15 06:25:53 · answer #1 · answered by harveymac1336 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
, Many learned people believe this is a portrait of Leonardo himself. He was a known homosexual and never let any one have the portrait during his lifetime.It was his favorite., learned people who have reconstructed his inventions,the helicopter,the tank,the parachute,and the intricate muscle and nerve drawings,knew him to be the greatest genius who ever lived. They cared not about his gender preference.He painted La giaconda(Mona Lisa)as a secret replica of himself.So great were his abilities he cared only for his desires and money to accomplish his wishes and desires,he got what he needed from kings and nobility of many countries, Italy and France mostly.He is the inspiration for The Di Vinci Code. His joke was to paint Mary Magdalene sitting next to Jesus in his painting of Last Supper,You are smart enough to inquire about him,study his accomplishments,his paintings,there are three major paintings of women,all smiling in the same manner.None of us will ever discern his meaning of Mona Lisa,Is it not wonderful that a man like this lived among us and will always be thought of and dreamed of as to his reality?
2007-02-14 23:11:03 · answer #2 · answered by Gloryana 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a wealthy man commissioned the painting. mona lisa was the man's wife.
2007-02-14 22:00:11 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
For money. Seriously, it was a commissioned piece, it's that simple.
2007-02-15 01:23:20 · answer #4 · answered by tiny_dog10 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋