The 8 biggest mysteries in the Mona Lisa painting

The ambiguity of the model's expression, the incredible part of the face and the skillful painting technique of the great artist Leonardo da Vinci in the Mona Lisa painting are all of great curiosity for scholars 500 years since the day she was born. All of them are associated with two "mysterious" words.

The mysteries in the Mona Lisa painting

The great Italian painter Leonardo da Vinci (1452 - 1519) was recognized as an almighty genius of the world. He is also known for being a very mysterious person, he often uses symbols in his works to send messages.

His picture of Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci thus inspired many analysts, from art to science, from optical analysis to psychoanalytic analysis.

Da Vinci's Mona Lisa.

So far, after 500 years since its birth, eight mysteries have been discovered in the painting. However, many people still do not fully understand the meaning of Da Vinci.

" If you stand in front of a huge image of Mona Lisa, you will understand immediately why she is so famous. That's what you have to see firsthand , " said French engineer Pascal Cotte.

The password is hidden in the eyes

According to the latest discovery by Italian researchers, in the eyes of the Mona Lisa contains many tiny numbers and letters.

' Mona Lisa's right eye has the LV character, which is most likely the abbreviation of Leonardo da Vinci. And the left eye also has a letter but it has not been determined that it is CE or B. In the dome, there are 72, or L and number 2. This picture is nearly 500 years old so it is no longer sharp ' - he Silvano Vinceti, Chairman of the Italian National Cultural Heritage Committee, said.

Mysterious smile

According to the researchers, Leonardo Da Vinci used the technique he taught himself "Sfumato " to blend paint colors, especially around the corners of Mona Lisa's eyes and mouth.

This technique is said to have created an illusion of a "mysterious smile " for Mona Lisa.

Following that, when the viewer noticed her eyes, they could still see her laughing through the eyes. However, just a moment of looking down at the lips, smile . seems to disappear.

Mona Lisa's facial expression

In 2005, to assess the emotional state of the Mona Lisa face, scientists from the University of Amsterdam (Netherlands) in collaboration with scholars at the University of Illinois (USA) calculated Mona Lisa's face. on a more scientific perspective.

Accordingly, her face is 83% happy, 9% disgusted, 6% scared, angry 2%, less than 1% neutral and 0% surprised.

Mona Lisa's golden aspect

In mathematics and art, two quantities are called "golden ratios" if the ratio between the sum of those quantities and the larger quantity is equal to the ratio between larger quantities and smaller quantities.

From the picture, the Mona Lisa's face can be seen in a golden rectangle and the structure of the rest of the painting is also structured in a golden spiral.

Mona Lisa has eyebrows and eyelashes

In 2007, according to the latest study by French engineer Pascal Cotte, the Mona Lisa painting is not without eyebrows and eyelashes as many people think.

After scanning (painting) the picture with a 240-megapixel Multi-spectral camera he designed himself, which uses 13 waves of ultraviolet rays to infrared, he discovers Mona Lisa's eyes have different features. .

A close-up picture of Mona's Lisa's left eye reveals a brush stroke on her eyebrow. After discovering this, it was still impossible to find the idea that Da Vinci wanted to 'say' when hiding the outline of her eyebrows and eyelashes.

Mona Lisa is pregnant

Expert Bruno Mottin, of the French Museum and Research Center (C2RMF), said the Mona Lisa's outfit had many doubts.

With infrared reflection method, this secret was unexpectedly lifted: it was a shirt that revealed bare shoulders . And there are very thin pieces of chiffon covering the outside of this shirt, lightly covering the left shoulder and the back of the chair.

In addition, the piece of chiffon also seems to be sewn with the upper hem of the embroidered collar very cleverly and worn as a layer of outerwear.

At this point, everything was quite clear: this outfit was very popular in the Renaissance - a type of blouse for children and women who were pregnant or had just given birth.

British doctor Kenneth Kill also commented, in the painting of Renaissance artists conveyed the content of the pregnant woman.

Mysterious in Mona Lisa's hands

One of the other conundrums in this painting is the position of the right arm, horizontally under her belly . This is the first time an artist has put the model's arms and wrists in such a position.

Cotte found that the paint just below the right wrist perfectly matched the color of the fabric covering her knees. So this means absolutely: her arms and wrists support a blanket.

"The neck of the right arm is right above the abdomen. But if you look carefully in the infrared light, you will understand that she supported a blanket covered with her wrist, " Cotte said.

Although it was discovered, French engineers still didn't understand what the message Da Vinci meant.

Animal images appear behind the Mona Lisa

According to experts, if you complete the lines in the scene behind the Mona Lisa and rotate the right angle, we can see the image of the head of a buffalo, a lion and a monkey.

Monkey head image behind Mona Lisa

The lion head image behind Mona Lisa

The image of the buffalo head behind the Mona Lisa

Many also believe that there is a crocodile or a snake hidden in the Mona Lisa's left hand.

So far, the ambiguity of the model's expression, the astonishment of half-face composition . has been a factor contributing to the fascination of the painting for hundreds of years.