Don't let that smile fool you — the Mona Lisa has seen some things. After a visitor attempted to smash its protective glass last week, the painting and its wild history of attempted vandalism ...
Since the Mona Lisa is possibly the world's most famous painting, and its painter is regarded as one of history's greatest artists, such a find would turn the art world upside down. The foundation ...
Mona Lisa has been displayed in the Salle des États ... Yes, but only a handful of times in recent history. The painting last left France in 1974, when it was loaned to Russia and to Japan.
When he felt a 3-D rendering of Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa,” he says he noticed her smile right away: “I could literally feel what you see when you look at it.” For Luc this means ...
Nearly 8.5 million people visit her every year. Yet few have ever heard about the time the Mona Lisa actually vanished from the Louvre in Paris for nearly two and a half years.
The “Mona Lisa,” painted by Leonardo da Vinci in the early 16th century, is undoubtedly one of the most famous artworks in the world. Housed in the Louvre Museum in Paris, this captivating portrait ...