Mona Lisa. Also known as LA GIOCONDA

When people stare at Leonardo da Vinci's immortal Mona Lisa, they are often confused by the smiles of the characters in the painting. At first glance, people will appreciate a quiet smile; Further observation, you will feel that the smile has disappeared; Watch it again, the smile reappears, and then recedes. ...

Why does this painting have such a magical effect? Margaret Livingstone, a neurobiologist at Harvard Medical School, explained this in the recently published American magazine Science. She believes that Mona Lisa's mysterious smile is not so much related to the painter's painting skills as to the dislocation of her eyes.

Livingstone believes that Mona Lisa's steady smile is actually the result of our eye movements. According to Livingstone's analysis, the human eye observes the world through two different areas. One is the central area, called fovea, which allows people to see colors, identify printed symbols and distinguish details; The other is the peripheral area, which is distributed around the central fossa and is the area where people can distinguish between black and white, capture motion and distinguish shadows. People often look into each other's eyes when observing others. When appreciating the Mona Lisa, people first pay attention to the eyes of the characters. When the central area of the observer's eyes is on Mona Lisa's eyes, the line of sight of the "peripheral area" will fall on her mouth. Because the peripheral visual area does not pay attention to details, it will soon notice the shadow of Mona Lisa's cheekbones, and then people will realize the existence of a smile. However, when directly observing Mona Lisa's mouth, the central area of the human eye will not notice the shadow, so "people will never see a smile from her mouth." From this, Livingstone came to the conclusion that Mona Lisa's smile is hidden, which is entirely due to the effect of the observer's eyes swimming on her face. Margaret Livingston, a famous American neurologist and Harvard scholar, recently put forward his own views and theoretical basis on Mona Lisa, which is called the mystery of the world. She thinks this smile may be an optical illusion. If you look directly at Mona Lisa's lips, then a smile is invisible. Livingston explained that the human visual system has two observation areas, one is called the central area and the other is called the outer area, which is responsible for black and white and observing shadows and movements. To prove her theory, the scientist did an experiment. She scanned a photo, removed the shadow, and looked at it from the central area without a smile. With shadows, a smile can be observed from the external area. But Mona Lisa's smile is still a mystery. Some people think it is a symptom of facial paralysis, while others blame it on the pleasure of pregnancy.

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BEIJING, May 20 (Xinhua)-The Independent 19 reported that in the past 500 years, Leonardo da Vinci's Portrait of Mona Lisa has fascinated countless art lovers, but it has also puzzled scholars. Recently, an American scientist claimed to have found the smiling Mona Lisa in The Secret Behind.

When Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa's mouth, he used the technique of blurring the outline, which literally means "evaporate like smoke" in the original Italian text.

Livingstone, a neurobiologist at Harvard University in the United States, believes that this is not just a simple fuzzy technique. Leonardo da Vinci also tried to "deceive" human vision when painting, so that the viewer can clearly see Mona Lisa's smile from the side.

Livingstone put forward this theory in his new book Vision and Art: The Biology of Appreciation. She said in the book: The smile drawn in a vague way is more obvious in the peripheral vision, so when you concentrate on her mouth, the smile will disappear, just like when we look at the dim stars, the stars will disappear directly.

Leonardo da vinci, the author of Mona Lisa (1452- 15 19), was born in Finch, a small town on the outskirts of Florence, so she was named Finch. According to historical records, the Mona Lisa is a portrait painted by Giocondo, a famous Florence banker, for his wife. This painting has been painted on and off for three years. The most mysterious thing about this painting lies in its subtle, solemn and elegant smile. In fact, this unforgettable "smile" written by leonardo da vinci is no longer a concrete expression of Mrs. Zogondo, but an abstract, universal and typical smile, which belongs to the Mona Lisa, to leonardo da vinci, and to something subtle in our common humanity. This is the great charm of Mona Lisa.

Mona Lisa has been well received by the world for hundreds of years. What I see in this famous painting is a very obvious Chinese flavor. Mona Lisa, with straight black hair and split hair, black eyes (not blue, green or brown glass marbles) and no special sunken eyes, clearly shows a typical China woman. That shallow smile, subtle and rich, just meets the aesthetic taste of China people. Well-maintained hands are plump, slender and graceful. That dress is high-chested, not the common low-chested, and it is also very Chinese. The most important thing is the background, mountains and rivers, elegant people. This is a Chinese painting landscape of China, which vividly reveals the China style from its lofty composition to its freehand charm.