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... ‘It’s the Mona Lisa,’ you say out loud. ... If she really did exist or if her creator, Leonardo da Vinci, just produced her out of his imagination. The purpose of this essay is to prove that the Mona Lisa may in fact have a deeper meaning than first presumed. The belief is that the Mona Lisa may in fact be a self-portrait of her creator; therefore demonstrating that there is something more to the painting than meets the eye. ... The first would be that da Vinci’s self-portrait was placed on top of the painting of the Mona Lisa. ... The third would be to understand why da Vinci painted his self-portrait as a woman. ... The first deals with the existence of the Mona Lisa, being the wife of Francesco del Giocondo of Florence. ... Which artist would say that about a self-portrait of himself?
A rather interesting experiment was performed to figuring out the identity of the Mona Lisa. The experiment occurred by placing a self-portrait sketch of da Vinci on a portrait of the Mona Lisa. ... If you take a look at the attached photo, you will notice that Mona Lisa’s nose has the exact same curvature as that of da Vinci. ... Both Mona Lisa and da Vinci have a long mouth but have thin lips. ... So I have identified to you and have pointed out the various features, in which both da Vinci and the Mona Lisa have in common. ... Lillian Schwartz of Bell Labs (Artifaq 2100, 2000) had theorized that Leonardo da Vinci had drawn a self-portrait of himself not as a man, but rather as a woman. ... Once they were digitized she flipped the self-portrait of da Vinci and merged both images together by using a computer.
Approximate Word count = 1476
Approximate Pages = 5.9
(250 words per page double spaced)
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