The Mysterious Smile

           Mona Lisa. One of the most famous paintings in the world. Painted by one of the most famous artist in his time, Leonardo da Vinci. The painting has been best known, the most visited, the most written about, the most sung about, the most parodied work of art in the world. The painting is thought to be a portrait of Lisa Gherardini, the wife of Francesco del Giocondo. The painting has a lot of good features, but the most thing that stands out is her smile.
            
            The smile's mystery has baffled many people throughout the years. Many people taught that it was just a small smile that hides the woman's true feelings inside her ready to come out. Others taught that she has some kind of syndrome that makes her muscles in her mouth to have a shape like her smile. But finally, there was a scientific explanation. The oil painting was giving us an illusion on our brains, one side of the brain shows us she is smiling, while the other side shows us that she is serious.

             No matter what the condition or reason behind the mysterious smile, it is still one of the famous paintings in the world. The smile has been questioned all throughout its existence, but now, we already have an explanation. Whatever the secret behind the painting, nothing is gonna change its importance in art history. It will always be remembered with the smile that changed history.


Aldrian T. de Leon
III-Fluorine
Informal Theme # 3.5