Who posed for Mona Lisa?
"La verita fu sola figliola del temp"
"The truth will be brought forth in time!"
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The time is now!
The answer is: LEONARDO!
The most widely accepted theory is that MONA LISA is a portrait of Lisa Giaconda. She was the wife of Francesco del Giaconda, a wealthy Italian merchant. However, there is no documentation that she ever posed for Leonardo.
The myth was solidified by Georgio Vasari, the great Italian biographer. He wrote a quite lengthy narration describing how Leonardo "...employed singers and musicians or jesters to keep her full of merriment and so chase away the melancholy, which painters usually give to portraits."
Supposedly, this was to explain her mystic smile! However....Vasari never knew Leonardo because he died in in France in 1519 when Vasari was only 16 years old and lived in Italy. Vasari's book, LIVES OF THE MOST EMINENT ITALIAN ARCHITECTS, PAINTERS AND SCULPTORS, in which he wrote about Leonardo was not published until 1550....31 years after Leonardo died. It is doubtful that Vasari ever even saw the painting, which was in France in the private collection of king Francis I at the time!
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It is known to the world that Leonardo experimented with mirrors. Not only did he experiment with mirrors...he became obsessed by them!
Because he was already obsessed with his quest for immortality....mirrors were the perfect tools to immortalize his image! Such is the case with MONA LISA!
Leonardo looked in his great mirror and painted himself as MONA LISA. Below is a self portrait of Leonardo, Cherebourg, France. Thomas Henry Museum. It was obviously painted at the same time that Leonardo painted MONA LISA! Compare the two. The shape of the head is the same! The cheek bones are the same! The shape of the eyes are the same! The visible parts of the lips are the same. What you see of the hairline appears to be the same.
BUT
MONA LISA has a straight brow...and no eyebrows! The truth is that Leonardo deliberately left them off so he would not be identified! Also, remember that ..Leonardo had light blue eyes, yet, MONA LISA'S brown! And, Leonardo had a large Tuscan nose....while MONA LISA...has a long Grecian nose!
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The time is now!
The answer is: LEONARDO!
The most widely accepted theory is that MONA LISA is a portrait of Lisa Giaconda. She was the wife of Francesco del Giaconda, a wealthy Italian merchant. However, there is no documentation that she ever posed for Leonardo.
The myth was solidified by Georgio Vasari, the great Italian biographer. He wrote a quite lengthy narration describing how Leonardo "...employed singers and musicians or jesters to keep her full of merriment and so chase away the melancholy, which painters usually give to portraits."
Supposedly, this was to explain her mystic smile! However....Vasari never knew Leonardo because he died in in France in 1519 when Vasari was only 16 years old and lived in Italy. Vasari's book, LIVES OF THE MOST EMINENT ITALIAN ARCHITECTS, PAINTERS AND SCULPTORS, in which he wrote about Leonardo was not published until 1550....31 years after Leonardo died. It is doubtful that Vasari ever even saw the painting, which was in France in the private collection of king Francis I at the time!
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It is known to the world that Leonardo experimented with mirrors. Not only did he experiment with mirrors...he became obsessed by them!
Because he was already obsessed with his quest for immortality....mirrors were the perfect tools to immortalize his image! Such is the case with MONA LISA!
Leonardo looked in his great mirror and painted himself as MONA LISA. Below is a self portrait of Leonardo, Cherebourg, France. Thomas Henry Museum. It was obviously painted at the same time that Leonardo painted MONA LISA! Compare the two. The shape of the head is the same! The cheek bones are the same! The shape of the eyes are the same! The visible parts of the lips are the same. What you see of the hairline appears to be the same.
BUT
MONA LISA has a straight brow...and no eyebrows! The truth is that Leonardo deliberately left them off so he would not be identified! Also, remember that ..Leonardo had light blue eyes, yet, MONA LISA'S brown! And, Leonardo had a large Tuscan nose....while MONA LISA...has a long Grecian nose!
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| Leonardo at 58 |
Leonardo posed for
the painting!
What we know as the Turin self- portrait of Leoardo da Vinci...is in fact...a double mirror image of the artist! By posing with two mirrors, he reflected his image back to his original image....so the image he painted, really looked like him instead of being backwards!
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| Turin self- portrait of Leonardo |
BUT!!! That is not the secret of MONA LISA!
The secret of MONA LISA is so bizarre! No one has even been able to imagine it in their wildest dreams! The secret has been shrouded in mystery for almost 500 years!!!
My discovery of proof that Leonardo posed for MONA LISA ...and my research that reveals the secrets of the dark side of Leonardo and the revelation of the mystery of MONA LISA can be found in. my books......
THE CHARADE of
MONA LISA Vol I & II.
Vol I is a historical novel, which begins on Leonardo's deathbed...and ends on his deathbed. It makes a complete circle. It goes back, allowing you to walk with him through the rose colored era of the reniassance, while he perpetrated charades in this art to immortalize himself. Through the pages, you can share his anguish as he gets involved in a henious crime that ends with the mystery of MONA LISA.
Vol II contains my research material in which I only act as mediator to allow Leonardoto tell his own story in his own writings, drawings and painting.
My books can be obtained by inquiring at 237willow@prodigy.net.
MONA LISA Vol I & II.
Vol I is a historical novel, which begins on Leonardo's deathbed...and ends on his deathbed. It makes a complete circle. It goes back, allowing you to walk with him through the rose colored era of the reniassance, while he perpetrated charades in this art to immortalize himself. Through the pages, you can share his anguish as he gets involved in a henious crime that ends with the mystery of MONA LISA.
Vol II contains my research material in which I only act as mediator to allow Leonardoto tell his own story in his own writings, drawings and painting.
My books can be obtained by inquiring at 237willow@prodigy.net.
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