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September 12, 2005
Deliberate mistake?
And did you spot it?
Did you spot what's missing in the illustration below?
Yes, [shock horror] the Mona Lisa, La Gioconda, has no eyebrows.
Scholars have speculated over this for years, was it merely fashion? Or was it a cunning artistic ploy by your man Leonardo? Or perhaps he just had a thing about eyebrows. We shall never know. But it hasn't detracted from her perceived beauty over the years.
Furthermore, Leonardo kept this painting with him all his life, taking it with him where ever he went; and it's in Paris now because he took it with him when Francis I of France invited him to Amboise, where he stayed, in the manor house at Cloux, until his death in 1519.
Posted by john at September 12, 2005 01:12 AM