(In Italy, the painting is known as “La Gioconda ... It turns out as well that Mona Lisa’s smile, perhaps the most famous in the world, was a remarkable technical achievement.

The hidden image has art historians debating who the real ... and the sitter does not seem to have the enigmatic smile that's intrigued "Mona Lisa" viewers for over 500 years.

even if we are not directly in front of the painting. Leonardo’s mastery of shadows and lighting helps make the phenomenon more pronounced in the Mona Lisa. And finally, there is the Mona Lisa’s most ...

The authors of the study point out that there's not upper face muscle activation in the Mona Lisa painting; with a genuine smile, which is known as a Duchenne smile, a person's cheeks are usually ...

Some believe that the Mona Lisa isn't a real person at all ... are theories about who the the person in the painting with the famous subtle smile is, Lisa Gherardini leads the way as the most ...

For starters, he says, that famous smile is not Gherardini’s. Analysis of the “Mona Lisa” shows, he says, that “when Leonardo began painting the model in front of him, he did not draw that ...

Now she’s really got something to smile about. Mona Lisa is moving out of shared digs ... The cost of relocating the world’s ...

The Mona Lisa is one of the most enigmatic and iconic pieces of Western art. It has inspired countless ... even Mona Lisa's famously coy smile takes on a new cast. "The original Mona Lisa in ...

"You can see the curvature of the bridge matches the one in the painting," he told CBS News ... it's a debate that could almost make the Mona Lisa smile. And while we may never know with 100% ...

For starters, he says, that famous smile is not Gherardini’s. Analysis of the “Mona Lisa” shows, he says, that “when Leonardo began painting the model in front of him, he did not draw that ...