I think everyone should be very familiar with this great masterpiece of Leonardo Da Vinci. La Gioconda, as known as Monalisa. There are many rumors about this masterpiece; some claims she was actually smiling at children who were playing in front of her; but some claims that this piece was actually self portrait of Da Vinci himself. When this piece was drawn, Monalisa just lost her daughter at her age of 24. She was over-depressed. Da Vinci tried many ways to make her smile, such as hiring musicians to play music for or sing songs to her. The smile shown on this piece was faint, but you can actually feel her joyness; faint smile and elegant and upright demeanor are the expression of womanhood. Her smile has such meanings that's why people said her smile was mysterious. Although this artpiece shows the excellent and skillful techniques; however, the psychological dimension in this painting actually is what attracts people the most. Only this painting expresses the mystery in her smile. There are many doubts on her smile: suppose she was actually smiling, then what was the meaning behind this smile? Was it sweet-natured smile from an amiable person? or was it sentimental smile from an emotional person? If this smile was an expression of the happiness or the expression of the virginity? I thin the answer to this question is hard to find. But from this painting, i could tell her smile definitely shows some myseteriousness.
2 comments:
It's true that she really has a mysterious smile. However, I read something different in this website:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_del_Giocondo
The article says that the reason of her smile is a purchase of the family's home and her childbirth to Andrea: "He is thought to have commissioned Lisa's portrait to celebrate both Andrea's birth and the purchase of the family's home"
Nevertheless, both theories sound credible.
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