by Jon Lackman | 7 March 2006 | Renaissance
“Mona Lisa probably wasn’t a man, and it’s even more unlikely that the famous artist who painted the famous painting used himself as the model. So conclude University of Illinois researchers, who created a buzz last year when their facial-recognition software was used to analyze the Mona Lisa’s enigmatic smile. (Conclusion: The model was happy, with touches of disgust, fear and anger, at least as Leonardo da Vinci painted her.)”
