Leonardo and the Mona Lisa Story

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• Leonardo and the Mona Lisa Story By Donald Sassoon

  She is that famous enigmatic face without eyebrows and only a half-smile, but who was Mona Lisa and what is the mystery of her enduring allure? History professor Donald Sassoon, purportedly the world's leading expert on the Mona Lisa, tells all in Le ... (read full critics)

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  Contents</p><p>Ch.1 Renaissance Man 1452-1515<br />Ch.2 Leonardo's Lady 1516-1700<br />Ch.3 From Napoleon to the Femmes Fatales 1701-1910<br />Ch.4 Theft of the Century 1911-1913<br />Ch.5 Global Icon 1914-2006</p><p>(From the Preface)</p><p&g ... (continue)

  Contents</p><p>Ch.1 Renaissance Man 1452-1515<br />Ch.2 Leonardo's Lady 1516-1700<br />Ch.3 From Napoleon to the Femmes Fatales 1701-1910<br />Ch.4 Theft of the Century 1911-1913<br />Ch.5 Global Icon 1914-2006</p><p>(From the Preface)</p><p>Like any historical figure, she has had a life of drama, adventure, even mystery. She has been talked about, written about, parodied, copied, stolen, celebrated, filmed, and toured like a rock star. We do not know for certain who she is, when exactly she was painted, or why she gazed out at us with that inscrutable half-smile. She is entirely familiar, yet eternally mysterious. Here, then, is her story: a biography of a painting, told through pictures.

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• English Books
• Hardcover
• ISBN-10: 1741149029
• ISBN-13: 9781741149029
• Publisher: Allen & Unwin

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