The beautiful city where everyone dreams to travel at least once in a lifetime.. Best place to witness the global fashion, arts & sculpture.. Amazing city with lights..Have you guessed the city which I am talking to.?? Do you guess it's Singapore.?? No.. Malaysia.?? No.. Paris..?? Yes.. It is the place where everyone feels excited to visit & witness its glory..
The things that strike about Paris are World's famous Eifel Tower, Royal Catholic Churches, best art culture,etc..Besides these, there is another interesting thing about Paris it's the louvre Museum..This oldest museum is the treasure of the finest arts and it has 400 rooms inside it..Very populous museum with the highest footfall per day..This is the place the portrait of Mona Lisa was placed now..
Who is Mona Lisa.??
Mona Lisa's portrait is a picture of a woman named Lisa del Giocondo, wife of the great silk merchant in Florence in France named Francesco del Giocondo and they belong to the Gherardini family.. This portrait was drawn by Leonardo Di Vinci a famous Italian artist, sculpture, engineer, etc.. Lisa del Giocondo(Mona Lisa) commissioned this Italian artist to draw her portrait for their new home and for the birthday of her second son named Andrea..
There are many portraits around the world, but this art always lists first even in this 21st Century.. This portrait was drawn with oil on a wooden cardboard.. There are many secrets behind its fame.. Let us know about them in a detailed manner..
Can you guess the age of this portrait.?? May be 100.?! No.. 250.?? No..! But yes it is 500 years.. This art was started in 1503 by Leonardo de Vinci..It took many years to have its complete look.. Before completing it, he had traveled to France with King Francis -I and finished in late 1516..That was the time no one had a good concentration on it..After the french revolution, this portrait was their with Napolean in his bedroom & later on it was moved to Louvre Museum in France..
In 1911, Mona Lisa painting was stolen by a person..It became a huge sensation in those days.. All the national, regional newspapers had covered this news and left everyone with suspense..Everyone used to discuss about this painting itself.. Many visitors used to visit this Louvre Museum just to see the empty place of the missing portrait and even they stand in queues also wait for hours only just to see the missing place.. This is where the popularity of Mona Lisa had grown..This led to more pressure on the police officials..Sadly, the head police officer of Paris had retired in shame..Yet there is no clue left over.
After two years, One day, a person called the art dealer in France to sell the Mona Lisa portrait and to make money.. The art dealer somehow engaged a meet with the thief and intelligently handed-over him to cops.. In the investigation, amazingly it was found that he was the cleaning staff of louvre museum who used to clean the portraits of Mona Lisa & other few.. As he belongs to Italy and the great painter of the Mona Lisa, Leonardo De Vinci also belongs to the same place.. He thought it should be placed in Italy and not in Paris.. Soon he was sentenced to 7 months in jail for his foolish thing..
And now people had started standing in a queue for the recovered Mona Lisa portrait.. This theft had made it popular for 50% and the rest lies in the beauty of Leonardo de Vinci's art..Whenever a painter describes a girl (or) lady, the painting should definitely comprise of beautiful structure, lengthy eyebrows, Dark Eyelashes, rosy lips, and fantastic skin tone with thick hair..
But the case here is entirely different Mona Lisa art does not have any eyebrows (or) eyelashes, it also does not have any thick hair too, also the structure is not perfect.. Guess..What may have grabbed her attention.?!! The beauty lies in her beautiful & purest smile..This portrait is designed in a manner, it seems like the Mona Lisa follows you till you leave the room.. Perhaps, this is not any ghost art..He had drawn the eyes of her in a 15-degree view and so you experience this effect..Some believers say Leonardo de Vinci's face also had been hidden in this art.. Due to all these speculations, Mona Lisa is the wonderful Portrait to date..Finally, I can proudly say at least there is one painter who can bring beauty to a portrait by the smile of a lady, not by any other specifications.. Thank you Leonardo De Vinci sir for your best painting to the world..
--- By Mounika Perumalla
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