I heard she was smiling because she was pregnant, is that true?
2007-09-11 17:26:55 · 12 answers · asked by nana 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Painting
That was before dentists. It is said, that she had imperfect teeth, and so kept her mouth closed over them.
In 1991 scholars identified the model of the Mona Lisa, art historians, Janice Shell and Italian Archivist Grazioso Sironi found 16 century legal documents, indicating the model for the painting was Lisa, the wife of a Florentine merchant. She was named the model for the painting after the artists death in Georgio Vasaris, book, Lives of the Artists, published in the 1540's.
2007-09-15 12:27:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anne2 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not true. The smile was an unusual feature of a portrait of that era, that's one of the reasons it is famous.
Perhaps because Leonardo was in love with her and having an affair with her.
2007-09-11 17:35:53 · answer #2 · answered by CinderBlock 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
she just saved 200 by switching to geico? no im not sure i have heard that before but theres no way of telling thats what makes the lisa so famous
2007-09-11 17:35:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
nobody knows really. that's why everyone thinks the painting is so mysterious. i suppose she just had something on her mind, looks like she was thinking something to herself; to tell the truth, it never intrigued me very much! maybe he painted her smile 'weird' and she wasn't smiling like that at all! nobody knows.
2007-09-11 17:51:24 · answer #4 · answered by KJC 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Da Vinci always painted in the nude.
2007-09-12 07:40:16 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the guy painting her had a funny face. =] it makes me smile too.
2007-09-11 17:39:45 · answer #6 · answered by Susan 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
She finally got the joke...but only sort of.
2007-09-11 17:48:16 · answer #7 · answered by kyralan 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
uh no .. >_>;; she's smiling cause that's how Leonardo da Vinci painted her?
2007-09-11 17:31:31 · answer #8 · answered by ♥♥♥ 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
She just finished making love
to leonardo Dee........
2007-09-11 17:33:57 · answer #9 · answered by trebor2 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
actually she's not smiling on the portrait..
2007-09-11 17:33:40 · answer #10 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋