Mona Lisa
Title | Mona Lisa PDF eBook |
Author | Serge Bramly |
Publisher | |
Pages | 79 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | Art, Renaissance |
ISBN | 9780500237175 |
The woman in Leonardo da Vinci's work gazes out from the canvas with a quiet serenity. But what lies behind the famous smile? Shrouded in mystery, the Mona Lisa has attracted more speculation and questioning than any other work of art ever created. This work provides an aide memoire of the world's most famous painting. The full-page colour plates portray the Mona Lisa in close-up photographs, while Serge Bramly, the author, explores its shadowy history and the fascination the painting has engendered.
Mona Lisa
Title | Mona Lisa PDF eBook |
Author | Donald Sassoon |
Publisher | |
Pages | 400 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN |
What has made the Mona Lisa the most famous picture in the world? Why is it that, of all the 6,000 paintings in the Louvre, it is the only one to be exhibited in a special box, set in concrete and protected by two sheets of bulletproof glass? Why do thousands of visitors throng to see it every day, ignoring the masterpieces which surround it?
Oil and Marble
Title | Oil and Marble PDF eBook |
Author | Stephanie Storey |
Publisher | Skyhorse Publishing, Inc. |
Pages | 354 |
Release | 2016-03-01 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1628726393 |
"From 1501 to 1505, Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo Buonarroti both lived and worked in Florence. Leonardo was a charming, handsome fifty year-old at the peak of his career. Michelangelo was a temperamental sculptor in his mid-twenties, desperate to make a name for himself. The two despise each other."--Front jacket flap.
The Last Mona Lisa
Title | The Last Mona Lisa PDF eBook |
Author | Jonathan Santlofer |
Publisher | Sourcebooks, Inc. |
Pages | 324 |
Release | 2021-08-17 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1728240778 |
ONE OF PEOPLE MAGAZINE'S BEST BOOKS OF SUMMER! "Unstoppable what-happens-next momentum."—Michael Connelly, #1 New York Times bestselling author "A deliciously tense read."—Ruth Ware, #1 New York Times bestselling author From award-winning crime writer and celebrated artist Jonathan Santlofer comes an enthralling tale about the 1911 theft of the Mona Lisa from the Louvre, the forgeries that appeared in its wake, and the present-day underbelly of the art world. August, 1911: The Mona Lisa is stolen by Vincent Peruggia. Exactly what happens in the two years before its recovery is a mystery. Many replicas of the Mona Lisa exist, and more than one historian has wondered if the painting now returned to the Louvre is a fake, switched in 1911. Present day: Art professor Luke Perrone digs for the truth behind his most famous ancestor: Peruggia. His search attracts an Interpol detective with something to prove and an unfamiliar but curiously helpful woman. Soon, Luke tumbles deep into the world of art and forgery, a land of obsession and danger. The Last Mona Lisa is a suspenseful and seductive tale, perfect for fans of the Netflix documentaries This Is A Robbery and Made You Look and readers obsessed with the world of art heists and forgeries.
Mona Lisa
Title | Mona Lisa PDF eBook |
Author | Dianne Hales |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 336 |
Release | 2014-08-05 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 1451658966 |
The book rests on the premise that the woman in the painting "Mona Lisa" is indeed the person identified in its earliest description: Lisa Gherardini (1479-1542), wife of the Florence merchant Francesco del Giocondo. Dianne Hales has followed facts from the Florence State Archives, to the squalid street where Mona Lisa was born, to the ruins of the convent where she died
The Stories of the Mona Lisa
Title | The Stories of the Mona Lisa PDF eBook |
Author | Piotr Barsony |
Publisher | Skyhorse Publishing Inc. |
Pages | 57 |
Release | 2012-01-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 1620872285 |
A history of modern painting, presented through the story of the Mona Lisa, features an artist who serves as a museum tour guide introducing famous movements while sharing creative images of how the Mona Lisa may have appeared if painted by other master artists.
Who Stole Mona Lisa?
Title | Who Stole Mona Lisa? PDF eBook |
Author | Ruthie Knapp |
Publisher | A&C Black |
Pages | 42 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 1408811588 |
The famous painting, Mona Lisa, describes how she was painted by Leonardo da Vinci, taken to France, hung in the Louvre Museum, was stolen and then recovered. Suggested level: junior, primary.