Mona Lisa

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), circa 1503–1506, Oil on poplar, 77 × 53 cm, 30 × 21, Musée du Louvre, Paris

This painting was created by Leonardo da Vinci, who was born April 15,1452 and died May 2,1519. He is often referred to as "The Renaissance Man" because he was extremely curious and inventive. Two of his paintings Mona Lisa and The Last Supper have the unique honor of being the most famous, most reproduced, and most parodied prtrait and religous painting of all time. Wow! I wonder if Leonardi da Vinci ever predicted that his works could be that popular. I choose this piece of artwork because just be looking at it I get a sense of mystery. What could this women be smiling so slyly about. Perhaps she has a secret, something we will never know because by now she is undoubtedly dead. Something interesting about this painting is that if you look closely, she does not have any eye brows. Belive it or not, during Renaissance it was the fashion for women to shave their eye brows completely off! Perhaps as time goes on, the mystery behind this painting will unfold...

This painting is well... lets just say an interesting one to analyze. So many theories are behind it. Mine however probably differs from that of many others. In my personal opinion, I think that the story behind this painting was a secret crush, as indicated by the woman's shy little smile. An idea I greatly doubt, but an intrigueing idea non the less, is that some people think that this is a self portrait of de Vinci himself as a woman! Maybe crazy, but it might even be true!