What is "mona lisa"

from 1923, in reference to an enigmatic smile or expression like that in Leonardo DaVinci's painting. First attested in D.H. Lawrence.

The Mona Lisa (; or La Gioconda , ) is a half-length portrait of a woman by the Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci, which has been acclaimed as "the best known, the most visited, the most written about, the most sung about, the most parodied work of art in the world".

The painting, thought to be a portrait of Lisa Gherardini, the wife of Francesco del Giocondo, is in oil on a white Lombardy poplar panel, and is believed to have been painted between 1503 and 1506. Leonardo may have continued working on it as late as 1517. It was acquired by King Francis I of France and is now the property of the French Republic, on permanent display at the Louvre Museum in Paris since 1797.

The subject's expression, which is frequently described as enigmatic, the monumentality of the composition, the subtle modeling of forms, and the atmospheric illusionism were novel qualities that have contributed to the continuing fascination and study of the work.

Mona Lisa is a 1986 British neo-noir mystery drama about an ex-convict who becomes entangled in the dangerous life of a high-class call girl. The film was written by Neil Jordan and David Leland, and directed by Jordan. It was produced by HandMade Films and stars Bob Hoskins, Cathy Tyson and Michael Caine.

The film was nominated for multiple awards, and Bob Hoskins was nominated for several awards for his performance (including the Academy Award for Best Actor), winning the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role.

Mona Lisa, Op. 31 is a 1915 opera by the German composer Max von Schillings on a libretto by Beatrice von Dovsky. It was dedicated to the Philosophy Faculty of the University of Heidelberg, where the composer was awarded the title of professor.

The Mona Lisa is a portrait of a woman by Leonardo da Vinci.

Mona Lisa or Monalisa may also refer to:

Kimberly Leadbetter (born November 20, 1979), known by her professional stage name Mona Lisa, is an American pop and R&B singer-songwriter, actress, model and record producer. She is best known for her debut single " Can't Be Wasting My Time" featuring the Hip-Hop group Lost Boyz, which was featured on the " Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood" soundtrack as well as her debut album 11-20-79.

"Mona Lisa" is a popular song written by Ray Evans and Jay Livingston for the Paramount Pictures film Captain Carey, U.S.A. (1950). The title and lyrics refer to the renaissance portrait Mona Lisa painted by Leonardo da Vinci. The song won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1950.

Mona Lisa is a crater on Venus at latitude 25.6, longitude 25.1. It is 79.4 km in diameter and was named after Lisa Giacondo, Leonardo da Vinci's model.

Gloria Lerma Yatco (born June 22, 1922), better known as Mona Lisa, is a FAMAS award-winning Filipino film actress. Famous actress of the late 1930s and one of the most popular Filipino actresses of the 1940s,. She made her very first movie under LVN Pictures paired to another rising actor under the same film studio Ely Ramos in the Carlos Vander Tolosa's Giliw ko in 1939 where she made history as the first actress to appear in a Filipino movie wearing a bathing suit. She resumed her film career in the 1970s after a two-decade long absence and remained active in the industry well into her eighties.

"Mona Lisa" is the sixth episode of the seventh season of The Outer Limits television show. It first aired on April 20, 2001.

Mona Lisa is an EP by South Korean boy band MBLAQ. The album was released online on July 12 and physically on July 15. The online pre-orders started in July 8, 2011. The album consists of six new tracks, and the title track, also called Mona Lisa is a Spanish electronic dance track.

Mona Lisa was a French band active in the 1970s, playing rock with theatrical vocals in the vein of Ange. In 1998, after almost twenty years of inactivity, the group reformed with three-quarters of the members of Versailles. Notable members were Dominique Le Guennec, Francis Poulet, Jean-Paul Pierson, Pascal Jardon and Jean-Luc Martin.

The copy of the Mona Lisa is a painting of the same subject as Leonardo da Vinci's famous Mona Lisa ( Louvre, Paris). The painting, displayed in the Museo del Prado in Madrid ( Spain) since 1819, was considered for decades a worthless copy. However, after its restoration in 2012, the Prado's Mona Lisa was claimed to be the earliest replica of Leonardo's masterpiece.

Although there are dozens of surviving replicas from the 16th and 17th centuries of the Mona Lisa, the Prado's Mona Lisa is said to be, scientifically, the version with the most historical value. Furthermore, the replica was discovered to be possibly painted simultaneously by a student of Leonardo in the same studio as da Vinci painted his own Mona Lisa. Among the pupils of Leonardo, Salaì or Francesco Melzi are the most plausible authors of the Prado's version, though others experts opine that the painting could have been executed by one of Leonardo's Spanish students.