there’s so much more than a smile hidden
in this classic work of art welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 hidden
secrets in the Mona Lisa before we begin
this video is made in partnership with
Sotheby’s if you’re interested in seeing
more videos about iconic artists
subscribe to Sotheby’s channel on
YouTube for this list we’re looking at
details that experts have noted in
examining this famous da Vinci painting
of course all of this is speculation and
we’ll never know what the grand master
really intended Lisa the things that I
have seen the width of my eyes will
haunt my dreams number 10
a pregnancy hundreds of years after this
work of art was created the experts at
the National Research Council of Canada
used infrared technology to conduct a 3d
scan of the work their findings caused
Bruno Motta of the Centre for research
and restoration of the museum’s of
France to make a shocking speculation he
says that these scans show the Mona Lisa
wearing a gwaan nello which is a
specific type of veil that was worn at
the time by pregnant women or women who
had recently given birth considering we
still don’t even know for sure who the
subject of the painting was we’ll
probably never know if she was pregnant
or not number 9
a hidden menagerie ronpa Carrillo is an
artist himself in one day and studying
the Mona Lisa decided to place the piece
on its side in order to get a new
perspective on it what he found was what
he thought to be several images of
animals hidden in the background of the
painting he uses these findings to
establish a complex theory about the
theme of Envy in the piece even
picarello himself can’t seem to parse
all the clues though saying quote da
Vinci could have been using horses heads
as some kind of religious code but as to
why they’re hidden I have no idea number
8 the landscape came first in the
exhibition Mona Lisa secrets revealed
many details were uncovered in the
painting using modern technologies bas
cadcut who is behind the project pointed
out the da Vinci actually painted the
landscape in the background of the
painting and then using precise painting
techniques added Mona Lisa’s transparent
veil on top of it speaking of the
landscape many have won
where exactly the painting is set and
the people of the city about eight so in
Tuscany have claimed it as their own
you’ll have to decide for yourself
whether this seems accurate number seven
sketches underneath show da Vinci made a
mistake during the same round of
research that discovered the veil
painting technique asked ad cut also
noticed something when examining the
layers underneath the final painting it
turns out da Vinci had a change of heart
about a small detail of the painting cut
says quote if you look at the left hand
you see the first position of the finger
and he changed his mind for another
position he goes on to add that quote
even Leonardo da Vinci had hesitation
hey no one’s perfect not even one of the
greatest painters of all time number six
high cholesterol this one may seem like
a stretch but bear with us in 2010 dr.
Vito Franco of Palermo University
published a paper at a Florentine
medical conference making some
surprising allegations about Mona Lisa’s
health he says that her depiction shows
some biological signs of a condition
called xanthelasma which is linked to
high cholesterol he also stated that he
can see signs of lipoma or benign tumors
under her skin that are made of fatty
tissue this is just one person’s opinion
so we really can’t be sure how accurate
it is number five evidence that she
isn’t a prostitute the same infrared
scans by the National Research Council
of Canada that revealed Mona Lisa’s
potential pregnancy also quashed a rumor
that had been going around since the
Renaissance because Mona Lisa’s hair
appears to be loose in the image many
have speculated that she was a
prostitute since proper ladies would
never have worn their hair in that
manner these scans showed however that
while the naked eye cannot see it
her hair is actually held back and
covered contradicting many centuries of
thought number four she does have
eyebrows one of the other factors that
made scholars believe Mona Lisa may have
been a prostitute is her obvious lack of
eyebrows because removing all signs of
facial hair was common for sex workers
at the time in 2007 Pascal cut uncovered
the fact that Mona Lisa has had eyebrows
and eyelashes all along they’ve just
disappeared over time cut said quote if
I can find only one hair
only one hair of the eyebrow I will have
definitively the proof that originally
Leonardo da Vinci had painted eyelash
and eyebrow and his wishes came true
because with advanced technology he was
able to find that one brushstroke number
three signs she wasn’t sick this could
potentially go against dr. Vito Franco’s
claims of Mona Lisa’s various illnesses
but Pascal cut says that some of the
markings on the painting that have led
some to speculate that Mona Lisa was ill
are actually just varnish accidents
people have read much into blotches on
her chin and the corner of her eye but
cut found that these were not actually
part of the original painting we can
only speculate when varnish was allowed
to interfere with the integrity of the
work but we’re guessing it was a really
long time ago just a reminder to
subscribe to Sotheby’s channel for more
videos featuring iconic artists like da
Vinci and amazing pieces of art from
throughout history number two a smile
one of the things that makes Mona Lisa
so enigmatic of course is her smile more
lack thereof many have wondered about
what the subject was thinking or feeling
to make her express such a subtle yet
clear sense of contentment and many
hours have been spent trying to parse
her expression
Lisa sweet the merci at least one
scholar Harvard’s Margaret Livingstone
claims the reason her smile is hard to
wrap your head around is that it’s drawn
in quote low spatial frequencies that
means it actually looks more like a
smile when you’re looking at her eyes
rather than her mouth or when you’re
viewing the piece from afar number one
the code spotting both a best-selling
book and blockbuster movie the idea that
there’s a secret code hidden within da
Vinci’s work has taken off in the new
millennium while Dan Brown’s book
received a fair amount of criticism for
being historically inaccurate that
doesn’t mean there isn’t a grain of
truth in his theory the Italian National
Committee for cultural heritage decided
to delve into his claims and did
actually find some letters and symbols
within the work according to Silvano
vinceti the president of the
organisation quote to the naked eye the
symbols are not visible but with a
magnifying glass they can clearly be
seen what do they mean we may never know
this video is made in partnership with
Sotheby’s click the link below to
subscribe to their channel for more cool videos
in this classic work of art welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 hidden
secrets in the Mona Lisa before we begin
this video is made in partnership with
Sotheby’s if you’re interested in seeing
more videos about iconic artists
subscribe to Sotheby’s channel on
YouTube for this list we’re looking at
details that experts have noted in
examining this famous da Vinci painting
of course all of this is speculation and
we’ll never know what the grand master
really intended Lisa the things that I
have seen the width of my eyes will
haunt my dreams number 10
a pregnancy hundreds of years after this
work of art was created the experts at
the National Research Council of Canada
used infrared technology to conduct a 3d
scan of the work their findings caused
Bruno Motta of the Centre for research
and restoration of the museum’s of
France to make a shocking speculation he
says that these scans show the Mona Lisa
wearing a gwaan nello which is a
specific type of veil that was worn at
the time by pregnant women or women who
had recently given birth considering we
still don’t even know for sure who the
subject of the painting was we’ll
probably never know if she was pregnant
or not number 9
a hidden menagerie ronpa Carrillo is an
artist himself in one day and studying
the Mona Lisa decided to place the piece
on its side in order to get a new
perspective on it what he found was what
he thought to be several images of
animals hidden in the background of the
painting he uses these findings to
establish a complex theory about the
theme of Envy in the piece even
picarello himself can’t seem to parse
all the clues though saying quote da
Vinci could have been using horses heads
as some kind of religious code but as to
why they’re hidden I have no idea number
8 the landscape came first in the
exhibition Mona Lisa secrets revealed
many details were uncovered in the
painting using modern technologies bas
cadcut who is behind the project pointed
out the da Vinci actually painted the
landscape in the background of the
painting and then using precise painting
techniques added Mona Lisa’s transparent
veil on top of it speaking of the
landscape many have won
where exactly the painting is set and
the people of the city about eight so in
Tuscany have claimed it as their own
you’ll have to decide for yourself
whether this seems accurate number seven
sketches underneath show da Vinci made a
mistake during the same round of
research that discovered the veil
painting technique asked ad cut also
noticed something when examining the
layers underneath the final painting it
turns out da Vinci had a change of heart
about a small detail of the painting cut
says quote if you look at the left hand
you see the first position of the finger
and he changed his mind for another
position he goes on to add that quote
even Leonardo da Vinci had hesitation
hey no one’s perfect not even one of the
greatest painters of all time number six
high cholesterol this one may seem like
a stretch but bear with us in 2010 dr.
Vito Franco of Palermo University
published a paper at a Florentine
medical conference making some
surprising allegations about Mona Lisa’s
health he says that her depiction shows
some biological signs of a condition
called xanthelasma which is linked to
high cholesterol he also stated that he
can see signs of lipoma or benign tumors
under her skin that are made of fatty
tissue this is just one person’s opinion
so we really can’t be sure how accurate
it is number five evidence that she
isn’t a prostitute the same infrared
scans by the National Research Council
of Canada that revealed Mona Lisa’s
potential pregnancy also quashed a rumor
that had been going around since the
Renaissance because Mona Lisa’s hair
appears to be loose in the image many
have speculated that she was a
prostitute since proper ladies would
never have worn their hair in that
manner these scans showed however that
while the naked eye cannot see it
her hair is actually held back and
covered contradicting many centuries of
thought number four she does have
eyebrows one of the other factors that
made scholars believe Mona Lisa may have
been a prostitute is her obvious lack of
eyebrows because removing all signs of
facial hair was common for sex workers
at the time in 2007 Pascal cut uncovered
the fact that Mona Lisa has had eyebrows
and eyelashes all along they’ve just
disappeared over time cut said quote if
I can find only one hair
only one hair of the eyebrow I will have
definitively the proof that originally
Leonardo da Vinci had painted eyelash
and eyebrow and his wishes came true
because with advanced technology he was
able to find that one brushstroke number
three signs she wasn’t sick this could
potentially go against dr. Vito Franco’s
claims of Mona Lisa’s various illnesses
but Pascal cut says that some of the
markings on the painting that have led
some to speculate that Mona Lisa was ill
are actually just varnish accidents
people have read much into blotches on
her chin and the corner of her eye but
cut found that these were not actually
part of the original painting we can
only speculate when varnish was allowed
to interfere with the integrity of the
work but we’re guessing it was a really
long time ago just a reminder to
subscribe to Sotheby’s channel for more
videos featuring iconic artists like da
Vinci and amazing pieces of art from
throughout history number two a smile
one of the things that makes Mona Lisa
so enigmatic of course is her smile more
lack thereof many have wondered about
what the subject was thinking or feeling
to make her express such a subtle yet
clear sense of contentment and many
hours have been spent trying to parse
her expression
Lisa sweet the merci at least one
scholar Harvard’s Margaret Livingstone
claims the reason her smile is hard to
wrap your head around is that it’s drawn
in quote low spatial frequencies that
means it actually looks more like a
smile when you’re looking at her eyes
rather than her mouth or when you’re
viewing the piece from afar number one
the code spotting both a best-selling
book and blockbuster movie the idea that
there’s a secret code hidden within da
Vinci’s work has taken off in the new
millennium while Dan Brown’s book
received a fair amount of criticism for
being historically inaccurate that
doesn’t mean there isn’t a grain of
truth in his theory the Italian National
Committee for cultural heritage decided
to delve into his claims and did
actually find some letters and symbols
within the work according to Silvano
vinceti the president of the
organisation quote to the naked eye the
symbols are not visible but with a
magnifying glass they can clearly be
seen what do they mean we may never know
this video is made in partnership with
Sotheby’s click the link below to
subscribe to their channel for more cool videos
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