mona lisa

Mysterious woman is mysterious. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-09-28/mona-lisa/4284918 Forensic specialists declare it is the same woman. But an Oxford art historian says it does not have the same "elusiveness" or "subtlety". Anyone care to form a conclusion?

Not sure if this should be here or in the Medicine section... Anyway, according to some expert, La Giaconda suffered from high colesterol. I suspect that the experts may be reading too much into these paintings. Artists are known to filter what goes down onto the canvas (or panel, in the case...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mona_Lisa Nowhere in this article does it mention the possibility that Mona Lisa has her strange expression just because she is a model sitting for a long period of time trying not to move while her portrait is being painted. If you've ever had to wait too long to...