Mona Lisa - Panoram Italia https://panoramitalia.com The most widely read publication aimed at Canada’s 1.5 million Italian-Canadians. Wed, 22 May 2024 00:47:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.10 https://panoramitalia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/favicon.ico Mona Lisa - Panoram Italia https://panoramitalia.com 32 32 Mystery of where Mona Lisa was painted has been solved https://panoramitalia.com/mystery-of-where-mona-lisa-was-painted-has-been-solved/ Tue, 21 May 2024 03:32:28 +0000 https://panoramitalia.com/?p=7922 Ann Pizzorusso says she has tracked down the background landscape of the world’s most famous painting

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]]> The Guardian – The landscape behind Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa has sparked endless debate, with some art historians suggesting the view was imaginary and idealised, and others claiming various links to specific Italian locations. Now a geologist and Renaissance art historian believes she has finally solved the mystery in one of the world’s most famous paintings. Ann Pizzorusso has combined her two fields of expertise to suggest that Leonardo painted several recognisable features of Lecco, on the shores of Lake Como in the Lombardy region of northern Italy.

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