Mona Lisa News

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  Da Vinci in Drag? New Theory Suggests Mona Lisa is a Self-Portrait

  By Kathy Ehrich Dowd|Tue Jan 26, 2010 2:29 PM ET

  An Italian team is digging up Da Vinci's skull to test a theory that the great artist is the true face behind this great painting.

  Related: ABC News, Art, Leonardo Da Vinci, Mona Lisa, Marymount Manhattan College
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  Is Mona Lisa Smiling or Not? The Eyes Halve It

  By David Bois|Thu Oct 22, 2009 2:00 PM ET

  The mysteriousness of Mona Lisa's smile has a lot to do with the highly changeable way that the human brain receives and processes visual information.

  Related: Art, New Scientist, brain research, Neuroscience, Leonardo Da Vinci, Mona Lisa
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  McLouvre? Sacreblue!

  By Ben Corbett|Mon Oct 5, 2009 7:30 PM ET

  The Louvre in Paris is about to be graced with the Golden Arches. Is this cultural enrichment, or what?

  Related: Europe, Paris, France, Starbucks, McDonald's, Louvre, Mona Lisa
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  Mona Lisa Gets Mugged

  By Chaniga Vorasarun|Wed Aug 12, 2009 4:12 PM ET

  An attention-seeking museum-goer tries to break that enigmatic smile.

  Related: The Guardian, Louvre, Leonardo Da Vinci, Mona Lisa

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