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Thursday, February 3, 2011
Mona Lisa "decoded"
There is an article on yahoo today aiming to discover the real model of the Mona Lisa. According to the art historian Silvano Vincenti, it was based on the likeness of Leonardo Da Vinci's male lover and student, known as Salai. Upon seeing the picture of Salai attached, this art historian must really be on to something. With a few more taps on the web I did find this picture of the Mona Lisa super imposed with the likeness of Salai, and voila!
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Interesting.. A thousand more years will pass and Mona Lisa would still have not yielded all her secrets. ;)
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