After the Mona Lisa, or La Gioconda in Europe, was subjected to hyper-magnification, it has been discovered that two letters were painted onto each of the mysterious woman’s eyes. In the right eye, the letters LV are visible, which can be presumed refer to the artist’s initials, Leonardo da Vinci. In the left eye are letters much more intriguing, ... Read More »
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Mona Lisa’s Changing Moods, Packing Fashionably, and Freedom Fries Forever
Is your inner visionary starting to feel hemmed in by your corporate cubical? Become a master of the office-supply arts. ( Read More »
“La Belle Ferronnière”, The Poor Man’s “Mona Lisa”, Sells For $1.5 Million
News comes today that the somewhat controversial “La Belle Ferronnière”, a painting most likely from the 18th Century and once questionably attributed to Leonardo Da Vinci, has sold through Sotheby’s auction house at the princely sum of $1.5 million, about twice what it was expected to garner. Beautiful as it is, “La Belle” has been through the critical ringer ... Read More »