人教版高中英语选修六Unit 1ArtSectionⅠ课件.pptVIP

The painting, a half-length portrait, depicts a woman with an expression often described as mysterious. Who is this familiar figure? Many suggestions have been made, but the most likely one is Lisa Gherardini, the wife of a Florentine silk merchant. Another more unlikely — but popular — theory is that the painting was a self-portrait. There are certainly similarities between the facial features of the Mona Lisa and of the artists self-portrait painted many years later. Could this be why Da Vinci gave the subject such a mysterious smile? Da Vinci used a technique known as Sfuma