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Inventor says ultra-detailed scans reveal Mona Lisa's secrets
Summary from the United Kingdom, from articles in English
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Leonardo da Vinci originally had eyebrows and eyelashes, a French inventor has claimed after digitally scanning the painting. (article 1)
Da Vinci changed his mind about the position of two fingers on her left hand, her face was originally wider and her smile more expressive, he added. (article 1)
He said he spent 3,000 hours analysing data from scans he made of the painting in the Louvre's laboratory three years ago. (article 1)
His 22-gigabyte digital photo was made using 13 different colour filters rather than the three or four found in standard digital cameras. (article 1)
The scan showed that the merchant's wife in the painting holds a blanket that has all but faded from view today, he said. (article 1)
Mr Cotte also said his analysis revealed what he believed were the painting's original colours - light blues and whites, compared with its current heavy greens, yellows and browns. (article 1)
" With just one photo you go deeper into the construction of the painting and understand that da Vinci was a genius. (article 1)
Cotte has made high-resolution scans of more than 500 paintings, including works by Van Gogh, Brueghel, Courbet and other European masters (article 1)
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painting, Cotte, Mona, scans, Vinci |
Source articles
- Mona Lisa 'had brows and lashes' (BBC News, 10/22/2007, 244 words)
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