tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19874958192380373692024-03-14T02:06:48.589-07:00Famous art all over the worldUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1987495819238037369.post-47861308317068028232011-09-29T05:35:00.001-07:002011-09-29T05:53:41.199-07:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"></span><br />
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<div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em;"><blockquote><b><i><b>Mona Lisa</b></i> (also known as <i><b>La Gioconda</b></i> or <i><b>La Joconde</b></i>, or <i><b>Portrait of Lisa Gherardini, wife of Francesco del Giocondo</b></i>) by: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_da_Vinci" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Leonardo da Vinci">Leonardo da Vinci</a>. It is a painting in oil on a <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poplar" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Poplar">poplar</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panel_painting" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Panel painting">panel</a>, completed circa 1503–1519. It is on permanent display at the<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mus%C3%A9e_du_Louvre" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Musée du Louvre">Musée du Louvre</a> in Paris.</b></blockquote></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOGIeqp5V6LmOiKRhKO1fYO3dO_kAbfKotWgkkKzz6obptFN6arNIFjTodUDOa3wcZ2Ftc6QkOCcj2NLucaa_Xrb1l9eLJQftV-tANcQzieOffFvoVuvmpYHuBqxP3HTU9oCsWfL0aQc3x/s1600/Mona_Lisa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOGIeqp5V6LmOiKRhKO1fYO3dO_kAbfKotWgkkKzz6obptFN6arNIFjTodUDOa3wcZ2Ftc6QkOCcj2NLucaa_Xrb1l9eLJQftV-tANcQzieOffFvoVuvmpYHuBqxP3HTU9oCsWfL0aQc3x/s320/Mona_Lisa.jpg" width="211" /></a></b></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em;"><b>The painting is a half-length portrait and depicts a seated woman, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_del_Giocondo" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Lisa del Giocondo">Lisa del Giocondo</a>, whose facial expression has been frequently described as enigmatic. The ambiguity of the subject's expression, the monumentality of the composition, and the subtle modeling of forms and atmospheric illusionism were novel qualities that have contributed to the continuing fascination and study of the work.The image is widely recognised, caricatured, and sought out by visitors to the Louvre, and it is considered the most famous painting in the world.</b></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0