microrobert
12-03-2014, 12:29 PM
Mona Lisa may have been da Vinci's Chinese mother: Italian historian's comments spark online frenzy
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The Mona Lisa may have been a Chinese slave and Leonardo da Vinci's mother, according to an Italian historian whose comments on the famous painting sent online commentators into a frenzy.
Hong Kong-based historian and novelist from Italy, Angelo Paratico, told the South China Morning Post on Wednesday that "on the back of Mona Lisa, there is a Chinese landscape and even her face looks Chinese".
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-12-03/mona-lisa-might-be-da-vincis-chinese-mother-historian/5938924
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Mona_Lisa,_by_Leonardo_da_Vinci,_from_C2RMF_retouc hed.jpg/280px-Mona_Lisa,_by_Leonardo_da_Vinci,_from_C2RMF_retouc hed.jpg
The Mona Lisa may have been a Chinese slave and Leonardo da Vinci's mother, according to an Italian historian whose comments on the famous painting sent online commentators into a frenzy.
Hong Kong-based historian and novelist from Italy, Angelo Paratico, told the South China Morning Post on Wednesday that "on the back of Mona Lisa, there is a Chinese landscape and even her face looks Chinese".
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-12-03/mona-lisa-might-be-da-vincis-chinese-mother-historian/5938924