Is she or isnt she? That is the question. Regarded as one of the most seductive figures in history. Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa has caused many to try to decipher her ’smile’. Interpritations have been put down to constipation, facial paralysis, even pregnancy. According to a computer at the university of Amsterdam in 2006, shes 83% happy, 9% disgusted, 5% fearful and 1% angry. In fact Freud thought her smile represented Leonardo’s erotic obsession, and, to ensure La Gioconda’s ongoing association with sex, shes even appeared on a condom packet
November 17, 2008
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