Now that’s something to smile about! Art lovers can view the Mona Lisa from the comfort of the sofa after the Louvre puts its entire collection online The Louvre has put its entire 480,000-piece collection of art online The Paris gallery has been shut since October 30 in a bid to contain the virus Its … Read more
Now that’s something to smile about! Art lovers can view the Mona Lisa from the comfort of the sofa after the Louvre puts its entire collection online The Louvre has put its entire 480,000-piece collection of art online The Paris gallery has been shut since October 30 in a bid to contain the virus Its … Read more
We may never know the secret behind the Mona Lisa’s inscrutable smile — but Leonardo da Vinci’s iconic 1503 oil portrait has let slip one of its other secrets. French researchers used a high-resolution camera that can capture light from beyond the visible spectrum to study the masterpiece in unprecedented detail. The images revealed charcoal dots … Read more
Hidden marks beneath the Mona Lisa reveals Leonardo da Vinci ‘traced’ the outline of the iconic painting from an earlier sketch By Ian Randall For Mailonline Published: 12:23 BST, 2 October 2020 | Updated: 12:23 BST, 2 October 2020 We may never know the secret behind the Mona Lisa’s inscrutable smile — but Leonardo da … Read more
Night in a museum of masterpieces: Airbnb transforms the Louvre’s glass Pyramid into a bedroom and lets guests drink cocktails in front of the Mona Lisa and dine with Venus de Milo Airbnb is running a competition to give two lucky guests the chance to spend a night at the Louvre in Paris The experience … Read more