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Tuscany — If you manage to elbow your way past the crowds at Paris' Louvre museum to get close enough to stare into the eyes of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa — and you then manage to break eye contact with the mysteriously poised figure, you might just ...
Researchers have opened graves in a decayed convent in Florence, Italy to try and find the woman who may have modelled for Leonardo da Vinci in his most famous painting. According to Italian art historians, the real Mona Lisa was Lisa Gherardini, the wife ...
The hunt for Lisa Gherardini del Giocondo, the inspiration for Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa," has brought archaeologists to a basement of a Tuscan convent, where they hope to find a human skull that matches Mona Lisa's face. "If everything goes as ...
Six-year-old Landon Storm thrust his face into a hole where Mona Lisa's mug would normally be. He smiled big for the photo op, and his dad, Dave Harrison of Coon Rapids, took a picture. A series of other artists' takes on the Mona Lisa lined the adjacent ...
In the world of cinema, few figures are as multifaceted as Stanley Tucci. Recently recognized with the Renaissance Award at the RBIAFF, Tucci continues to captivate audiences not just through his acting but also as a filmmaker.
A painting that came on the scene in the early 1900s is gaining sensation with its public display in an Italian city, with some claiming the portrait could be the work of Leonardo da Vinci himself, depicting a younger Mona Lisa. Dubbed the "Isleworth Mona ...
Eric Trump likened his family’s assets to Leonardo da Vinci’s iconic and priceless “Mona Lisa” painting, which hangs in The Louvre in Paris ― and received widespread ridicule for it on social media. “Our assets are worth a fortune. They’re ...