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LeonardoDaVinci(达芬奇)beganpaintingtheMonaLisa(蒙娜丽莎)in1503.Hewasworkingonaspecialpaintingforachurchatthetime,butthechurchpaintingwasnotgoingwell.AnItalianbusinessmanaskedDaVincitopaintapictureofthebusinessman’ssecondwife.ThisisthewomanwhocanbeseenintheMonaLisa.TheMonaLisaisaverygoodexampleofDaVinci’swork.DaVinciusesdarknessandlightinthepainting.
DaVincilovedscienceandmaths.Rightawayapersoncanseethatthereisalotofgeometry(几何)
InMonaLisa.ThefaceoftheMonaLisaismadeofmanycirclesandroundshapeslikeballs.Evenhersmilecanbeseenasasmallpartofalargecircle.
Thewomaninthepaintingissittingonabalcony(阳台),andmountainscanbeseenbehindher.DaVincilovedtostudyrocksandmountains,sothesecanbeseenoverandoverinhisotherpaintings.
Thewomanissittingwithherkneestotheside.Herheadisturnedtolookoutofthepainting.Herhandsareheldtogetherinfrontofher.Thiswayofsittingisnowusedbymanyartistswhentheyarepaintingapictureofamanorawomantoday