Mona Lisa

Leonardo di ser
Pierco da Vinci
• Creator of Mona Lisa
Portrait Painted in oil on
poplar panel.

• Born – April 15th ( Vinci,

Florence)
• Died – May 2 ,1519
( Ambiose, Touraine)
Leonardo di ser
Pierco da Vinci

• A Multitalented Person:
scientist, mathematician,
engineer, inventor,
anatomist, sculptor,
architect, botanist,
musician, writer and
painter
 Origin of Mona Lisa

The Title of the painting, which is known as in English as

“Mona Lisa”, comes from a description by Renaissance art
historian Giorgio Vasari, who wrote “Leonardo undertook to
paint, for Franscesco del Giocondo, the portrait of Mona Lisa,
his wife.” Mona in Italian is a polite form of addresses
originating as ma donna- similar to Ma’am, Madam or my Lady
in English. The became Madonna, and its contraction mona.
The Title of the Painting, through traditionally spelled Mona
( as used by Vasari), is also commonly spelled in modern Italian
as Mona Lisa but this is rare in English.
 Mona Lisa
• A Portrait Artwork depicting a seated woman
named Lisa Del Giocondo.
• The First thing very noticeable in the painting is
how the Mona Lisa seems to be very alive.
How everytime you look at the painting at
different angles, her eyes seems to follow
our eyes. Another detail that is not recognized
by many is the water thin veil that cover Mona
Lisa’s head suggesting that she has a demure
personality
• The Background Landscape
behind Mona Lisa was created
using aerial perspective with
no clearly defined vanishing
points.

Aerial Perspective
According to the Wikipedia. It refers to the effect
the atmosphere has on the appearance of an
object as it is viewed from a distance

• The winding curves in the

Natural landscape in the
background of the painting
pair with the curves of Mona
Lisa’s body and dress.
• Da Vinci also made use of the
Sfumato technique to create
shadowy areas in the painting
where one shape blends with
another

Sfumato Technique
According to Scott (2019) . which involves
blending the edge between colors so that there is
a soft transition. The term "sfumato" is Italian
which translates to soft, vague or blurred.

• The sfumato technique used

is visible in the soft
contouring of the face of
Mona Lisa around the eyes
and mouth
• The Mona Lisa has no
eyebrows or eyelashes
• There is only one hair
that was found on her
face
• This one hair was made
by a single brush stroke.
 The Hands
Mona Lisa’s left arm sits
comfortably on the armrest of
the chair and is clasped by the
Hand of her right arm which
crosses her front. The
protective position of her
creates a sense of distance
between her and viewer