The Secret of Mona Lisa's Eyes
What secrets are hidden in Mona Lisa's eyes?
Recently, it was reported that Italian researchers found mysterious figures in the eyes of Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece Mona Lisa with the help of a microscope, which may open up a new way for them to uncover the true identity of the characters in the painting. Mona Lisa has the initials of Leonardo da Vinci on her right eye.
Silvano Winchetti, chairman of the Italian National Cultural Heritage Committee, observed the Mona Lisa's eyes in the oil painting with a microscope and found tiny characters. The Guardian 12 quoted Winchetti as saying: "You can't see it with the naked eye. Her green-brown right eyeball has the word LV, which is obviously the initials of Leonardo da Vinci. "
Compared with the right eye, the content in the left eye of Mona Lisa is worth exploring. Winchetti said that the characters on the left eyeball have not been recognized. "It's hard to make it clear ... but it looks like the letter CE, or it may be B or S." This painting is almost 500 years old, "he explained, and the clarity and sharpness of this painting are not as good as that of that year.
Besides the eyes, there are people hidden in other places of the painting. Winchetti said, "You can see the number 72 on the arch of the bridge in the background, or it may be the letter L and the number 2."
Leonardo da vinci was not only an outstanding Italian painter in the Renaissance, but also showed extraordinary talents in the fields of science and philosophy. He is keen on using symbols and passwords to convey information.
It is found that the characters in the eyes add mystery to the true identity of Mona Lisa. Winchetti speculated that Leonardo wanted others to find out who the Mona Lisa was in her eyes. Ever since this famous painting came out, people have been arguing about the true identity of the Mona Lisa.
Unscramble the secrets of Mona Lisa's eyes
Dafen himself has always been keen on using symbols and codes to convey information. He hopes that we can find out who Mona Lisa really is through her eyes. He believes that the eyes are the windows of the soul and a way of communication. Invisible to the naked eye, the black letter LV is painted on the pupil of her green-brown right eye, which is obviously the abbreviation of Leonardo da Vinci. Compared with the right eye, the findings on the left pupil are more interesting.
The letters found on Mona Lisa's left eye may be B or S, or C and E. These letters provide clues that make it possible for people to finally find the true meaning of Mona Lisa's mysterious smile, which is a secret hidden for hundreds of years. Another secret is an insignificant number found on the right arch in the background of the painting: Winchetti thinks it may be 72 or L2.
Some people think that Mona Lisa's real name is Lisa Galadini, who is the wife of a businessman in Florence. Winchetti said that this was incorrect and pointed out another clue in the painting: the number 149 and an erased number. This shows that Leonardo da Vinci completed this work in the 1990s when Duke Ludovicos Forza of Milan was in power from 65438 to 2005.
Mona Lisa's smile fooled the viewer's vision.
A research team from sheffield hallam university and the University of Sunderland in England recently published their research results, claiming that the secret of this "elusive smile" was solved by studying another early painting of the Renaissance master, The Beautiful Princess.
The researchers found that painters use exquisite colors to mix and match people's peripheral vision. By changing different perspectives, the corners of the protagonist's mouth will be different, thus "fooling" the viewer's vision.
"When people look straight, the angle of inclination of the corners of the mouth is undoubtedly downward," said a researcher. "However, when the viewer turns to other facial features, the corners of the mouth of the character seem to rise slightly, forming a smile that cannot be directly appreciated, just like the Mona Lisa."
This technique is called "halo painting" and can be seen in both paintings. The researchers also said that other painters tried to use the same technique, but they were not as good as Leonardo da Vinci.
Alessandro Soranzo, a professor of psychology from sheffield hallam university and an expert in visual perception, and his colleague Michelle Newberry published their research results in the journal Visual Research, which mentioned that when the viewer tries hard to find a smile, it will disappear, so we call this optical illusion "the smile that cannot be captured".
Another report in Discovery magazine said that in order to find out how Leonardo da Vinci created this illusion, researchers set up different experiments, sometimes letting people stand at a certain distance and sometimes showing them the original images. This series of experiments aims to explore the extent to which changing different perspectives and adjusting the modulus of images can change the visual experience of viewers.
The researchers asked volunteers to watch The Beautiful Princess, Mona Lisa and another typical painting created in a similar period: Portrait of a Girl by Piero Polaioolo for 1470.
The experiment first tests whether different viewing distances will affect the viewer's visual effect. They found that standing further away, the beautiful princess and Mona Lisa both looked more smiling than the portrait of the girl by Bolayo Oro.
They also used electronic equipment to change the level of each painting, and found that the more Leonardo da Vinci's two paintings, the more obvious the smile. In Polaioolo's paintings, girls' smiles look roughly the same, and even with the increase of moldy degree, the smiles seem to be weakening.
This explains why Leonardo da Vinci's "enigmatic smile" needs to be revealed when people don't pay attention to their mouths. (fortune telling)
The Da Vinci Code really exists in Mona Lisa's eyes.
This is not part of dan brown's novels. Silvano Vincetti, chairman of the Italian National Cultural Heritage Committee, discovered the secret code in Mona Lisa's eyes through scanning-a password that can reveal her mysterious identity:
"Dafen himself has always been keen to convey information with symbols and codes. He hopes that we can find out who Mona Lisa really is through her eyes. He believes that the eyes are the window to the soul and a way of communication, "said Silvano Vinceti. "Invisible to the naked eye, the black letter LV is painted on her green-brown right eye pupil, which is obviously the abbreviation of Leonardo da Vinci. Compared with her right eye, the findings on her left pupil are more interesting. "
The letters found on Mona Lisa's left eye may be B or S, or C and E. These letters provide clues that make it possible for people to finally find the true meaning of Mona Lisa's mysterious smile, which is a secret hidden for hundreds of years. Another secret is an insignificant number found on the right arch in the background of the painting: Winchetti thinks it may be 72 or L2.
Some people think that Mona Lisa's real name is Lisa Galadini, who is the wife of a businessman in Florence. Winchetti said that this was incorrect and pointed out another clue in the painting: the number 149 and an erased number. This shows that Leonardo da Vinci completed this work in the 1990s when Duke Ludovicos Forza of Milan was in power from 65438 to 2005.
This is not the first time that someone claims to have found something strange in the Mona Lisa. Three years ago, a group of foreign fans found some mysterious patterns in several paintings by Leonardo da Vinci. In order to prevent others from peeping into his diary, Leonardo wrote it in reverse font, so that only through the mirror can people understand what he wrote in his diary. Inspired by this, these fans also studied the Mona Lisa in the mirror, and the results are as follows:
Mona Lisa was surprised to see a person's head where her hands crossed! Its outline resembles the villain Darth Vader in the movie Star Wars. The same pattern also appeared in another masterpiece of the master, The Virgin and the Infant.
At present, researchers are trying to unlock the Mona Lisa's eyes one by one. Maybe they will discover the mystery of the world's most famous painting-of course, before he was silenced by Vatican agents.