Was Mona Lisa Smiling?
An International Team of Researchers Examined the Symmetry of the Subject's Lips and the Muscles in Her Upper Face to Conclude That the Woman in Leonardo Da...
An international team of researchers examined the symmetry of the subject's lips and the muscles in her upper face to conclude that the woman in Leonardo da Vinci's famed 16th century Renaissance portrait probably wasn't smiling in a happy sort of way, as the most recent interpretations of the painting have suggested.
Is Mona Lisa really smiling?
Mona Lisa might not have been really smiling when she was painted over 500 years ago. In a paper published in the journal Cortex, researchers at the University of Cincinnati say Mona Lisa's smile from the early 16th-century portrait isn't genuine because of its asymmetry. ...
Why did Mona Lisa never smile?
Researchers find that Mona Lisa's smile was non-genuine because of its asymmetry. ... A research team that includes a University of Cincinnati (UC) neurologist now says that her smile was non-genuine because of its asymmetry. "Our results indicate that happiness is expressed only on the left side.
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