Secret Of The Smile

A smile-wrapt enigma since began, And a smile that came from no woman— From model, Maestro's muse, And a male as goes news, A female-like and slender a man! ______________________________________________________ The secret of the enigmatic smile of Mona Lisa is out. An Italian art historian has claimed that the model used in Leonardo's master-piece was his male muse— a young, effeminate, slender man with long, auburn curls. They were probably lovers. It was a self portrait as earlier believed. The secret was revealed by high magnification technique which showed up an S, the first letter of the male muse's name. ______________________________________________________ Happenings | 05.02.11 |