Mona Lisa

Mona Lisa

Abstract: The Mona Lisa is Leonardo da Vinci’s most famous painting. In fact, ‘she’ is the most famous painting in the world. She is even considered to be the most famous work of art in all the world.

The fact is, Mona Lisa is Leonardo Da Vinci’s most famous painting. In fact, ‘she’ is the most famous painting in the world. She is even considered to be the most famous work of art in the world. In my opinion the primary reason for this evolution in fame is the fact that the painting is surrounded by so much mystery. Why did Da Vinci select this subject. What is the meaning? What message is he trying to send? So little is known about the premise of the painting, it inherently has some surrounding mystery. And then there is the painting itself. Mona Lisa has a mysterious smile. It begs the question, why does she smile? What is her story? Where does she come from. What is her story? Speculation about these answers can reveal a lot about the life at that time in history and portrays how women lived, dressed and were treated at that time. Moreover it is a painting made by an extremely popular a painter and this all the more makes it exciting for people to want to understand the technicalities of the painting, to know who this Mona Lisa was and also find out the various mysterious facts that lie hidden in this painting. The fact that it is not very easy to decode the expression on the face of this painting makes it all extremely interesting. Several advertisers have adopted Mona Lisa as an advertising piece in the contemporary times. Mona Lisa has been used as a symbolic representation of the art and culture in Europe and has also been used by numerous European tourist companies. Mona Lisa also has been used to represent beauty in the arts in painting and photography.

Some question whether the original painting has been enhanced or diminished by the change in status of popularity. I think in many ways the original painting has been...