Why Is the Mona Lisa So Famous?
During the 19th century, interest in the Renaissance led to some exaggerated claims about da Vinci and the Mona Lisa.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.Eugène Delacroix painted The Death of Sardanapalus in 1826 or 1827, inspired by Lord Byron's play Sardanapalus.
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Checkerboard Film Foundation (A Britannica Publishing Partner)Works of Ellsworth Kelly and Jack Shear are shown as Shear walks to Mount Lebanon Shaker Village, Old Chatham, New York, with Jerry Grant of the Shaker Museum, from the documentary Kindred Aesthetics: Mt. Lebanon Shaker Village, Ellsworth Kelly & Jack Shear (2011).
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.With a name like Madonna with the Long Neck, it's no surprise that this painting isn't a typical depiction of the Virgin Mary.
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Great Museums Television (A Britannica Publishing Partner)A discussion concerning the significance of art, and women artists in particular, from the documentary A Woman's Touch: National Museum of Women in the Arts.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.Learn about efforts to identify the subject of Leonardo da Vinci's painting Mona Lisa (1503–19).
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Great Museums Television (A Britannica Publishing Partner)A discussion concerning Chinese art, from the documentary China: West Meets East at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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© University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (A Britannica Publishing Partner)Learn about Australian Sign Language, commonly known as Auslan.
