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Mona Lisa
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Author : Donald Sassoon
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
Mona Lisa written by Donald Sassoon and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Art categories.
What has made the Mona Lisa the most famous picture in the world? Why is it that, of all the 6,000 paintings in the Louvre, it is the only one to be exhibited in a special box, set in concrete and protected by two sheets of bulletproof glass? Why do thousands of visitors throng to see it every day, ignoring the masterpieces which surround it?
Mona Lisa
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Author : Martin Kemp
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2017-05-26
Mona Lisa written by Martin Kemp and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-26 with History categories.
Read this book and the world's most famous image will never look the same again. For the world's greatest cultural icon still has secrets to reveal - not the silly secrets that the 'Leonardo loonies' continue to advance, but previously unknown facts about the lives of Leonardo, his father, Lisa Gherardini, the subject of the portrait, and her husband Francesco del Giocondo. From this factual beginning we see how the painting metamorphosed into a 'universal picture' that became the prime vehicle for Leonardo's prodigious knowledge of the human and natural worlds. We learn about the new money of the ambitious merchant who married into the old gentry of Lisa's family. We discover Lisa's life as a wife and mother, her association with sexual scandals, and her later life in a convent. We meet, for the first time, previously undiscovered members of Leonardo's immediate family and discover new information about his early life. The tiny hill town of Vinci is placed before us, with its widespread poverty. We find out about the career and possessions of his father, a notable lawyer in Florence. The meaning of the portrait that resulted from these human circumstances is vividly illuminated though Renaissance love poetry and verses specifically dedicated to Leonardo. We come to understand how Leonardo's sciences of optics, psychology, anatomy and geology are embraced in his poetic science of art. Recent scientific examinations of the painting disclose how it evolved to assume its present appearance in Leonardo's experimental hands. Above all, we cut through the suppositions and the myths to show that the portrait is a product of real people in a real place at a real time. This is the book that brings back a sense of reality into the creation of the portrait of Lisa del Giocondo. And the actual Mona Lisa, it turns out, is even more astonishing and transcendent than the Mona Lisa of legend.
Mona Lisa
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Author : Serge Bramly
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
Mona Lisa written by Serge Bramly and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Art, Renaissance categories.
The woman in Leonardo da Vinci's work gazes out from the canvas with a quiet serenity. But what lies behind the famous smile? Shrouded in mystery, the Mona Lisa has attracted more speculation and questioning than any other work of art ever created. This work provides an aide memoire of the world's most famous painting. The full-page colour plates portray the Mona Lisa in close-up photographs, while Serge Bramly, the author, explores its shadowy history and the fascination the painting has engendered.
Mona Lisa Leonardo S Earlier Version
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Author : Mona Lisa Foundation
language : en
Publisher: The Mona Lisa Foundation
Release Date : 2012
Mona Lisa Leonardo S Earlier Version written by Mona Lisa Foundation and has been published by The Mona Lisa Foundation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with categories.
"Learn about the incredible saga of Leonardos Earlier Mona Lisa with this beautifully detailed, 240 page book that includes the historical background, scientific testing, forensic expertise and cutting-edge research in art authentication. It took 500 years to make the paintings story public when you read the book, you will understand why."-- Publisher's description.
Mona Lisa
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Author : Dianne Hales
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2014-08-05
Mona Lisa written by Dianne Hales and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-08-05 with Art categories.
Blends biography, history and memoir to compile the story of da Vinci's famous masterpiece subject, detailing the political upheavals, family dramas and public scandals of Renaissance Florence that shaped her life and her relationships with kings and artists.
Leonardo And The Mona Lisa Story
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Author : Donald Sassoon
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Release Date : 2006
Leonardo And The Mona Lisa Story written by Donald Sassoon and has been published by Bloomsbury Academic this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Art categories.
Five centuries after Leonardo da Vinci first painted La Gioconda, or the Mona Lisa, her mysterious smile retains its celebrity status. Da Vinci today is in the public eye like no other artist, yet few of us know the compelling story of this priceless world treasure: how she was created; her impact on other artists; the story of her theft; and how, through a mix of luck, history, and her own innate beauty, she came to be regarded as the world's greatest painting. In this engaging story, told largely in pictures and presented in a unique format, acclaimed historian and Mona Lisa scholar Donald Sassoon offers us an intimate look at the painting's history and the genius who gave the Mona Lisa lasting life. From photographs of Florence to paintings by Leonardo's Florentine contemporaries, parodies of the Mona Lisa by Duchamp and Warhol, commercial appropriations and cartoons, Leonardo and the Mona Lisa Story unlocks the history behind the painting
The Lady Speaks
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Author : W.N. Varvel
language : en
Publisher: BrownBooks.ORM
Release Date : 2014-02-13
The Lady Speaks written by W.N. Varvel and has been published by BrownBooks.ORM this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02-13 with Art categories.
This thoroughly original work of art history presents a provocative theory about Leonardo da Vinci, the Mona Lisa, and Theological Gender Equality. The famous Mona Lisa smile has mystified viewers and intrigued historians for centuries. Completed in 1515, Leonardo da Vinci’s masterwork has hidden the lady’s secret well. Now, after years of research and analysis, W. N. Varvel has decoded the hidden meanings of Mona Lisa. In The Lady Speaks, Varnel reveals the vital message her smile conveys: a secret too dangerous for the artist to acknowledge during his life but one which he hoped future generations would understand and embrace. The coming of the “New Jerusalem” depends on the world’s recognizing what lies behind the Mona Lisa smile. Detailing how the artist wove a calculated fabric of clues, symbols, and images, Varvel establishes not only da Vinci’s, but also Michelangelo’s, belief in Theological Gender Equality. In a thrilling achievement of art history detective work, Varvel tracks clues, links previously unnoticed connections, recreates scenarios, identifies villains and heroes, and presents a persuasive case for what the lady must be thinking.
The Lost Mona Lisa
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Author : R A Scotti
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2009-11-10
The Lost Mona Lisa written by R A Scotti and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-11-10 with History categories.
In the late afternoon of Sunday, 20 August 1911, three men strolled into the Louvre museum in Paris. Disguising themselves as museum staff they hid until nightfall. Sixteen hours later the most famous painting in the world, the Mona Lisa, had vanished. The theft of the Mona Lisa was the greatest crime ever to hit the art world. France closed her borders, a massive man-hunt was launched, even Picasso was a suspect - but all to no avail, the Mona Lisa had gone...until two years later when a letter arrived in Florence signed 'Leonardo'; the painting was for sale. The Lost Mona Lisa uncovers the truth behind the 'crime of the century'. It is a story to rival the best detective fiction - a story of audacious thieves, art forgers, shadowy conmen, millionaire collectors, a global manhunt, and the most beautiful and enigmatic woman in the world, Mona Lisa Gioconda.
I Mona Lisa
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Author : Natasha Solomons
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2022-02-10
I Mona Lisa written by Natasha Solomons and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-02-10 with Fiction categories.
FROM THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR 'A beautifully written, literary tour-de-force' John Ironmonger, author of Not Forgetting the Whale 'A wonderfully written story of art, but also of obsession, friendship and love - I absolutely adored this novel' Jillian Cantor The Mona Lisa has hung in the Louvre for over two-hundred years. She has watched alone in silence as millions of people have admired her behind the glass. Now, she is finally ready to tell her own story. Over five centuries, from da Vinci's bustling Florentine studio to the opulent French court, Mona will be desired, stolen, heartbroken, curious, furious, and above all, she will be heard. 'Solomons' prose is lyrical and her detail immense. No longer can I look at the Mona Lisa without hearing her. But more, now I know her' PRESS ASSOCIATION
Becoming Mona Lisa
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Author : Donald Sassoon
language : en
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Release Date : 2001
Becoming Mona Lisa written by Donald Sassoon and has been published by Houghton Mifflin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Art categories.
This richly historic and lavishly illustrated book tells how a single painting became the greatest masterpiece in the history of art and a icon of popular culture. Three 8-page full color and b&w photo inserts.