Monalisa Real Face

Do not have eyebrows is not a strange thing for women of today who like to preen. Shave off the hair above the eyes was deliberately done in order to facilitate those perfectly arched eyebrows painted on a busy morning. But Mona Lisa was not a woman of today. The wife of a Florentine merchant who was painted by Leonardo Da Vinci was alive in the 16th century. So there were many question why the woman in the painting did not have eyebrows, and even eyelashes.



Some researchers claim that pulling out the hair on the face is a common practice for women civilized in those days. Therefore, the hair was considered not beautiful views. Of course this explanation does not satisfy many lovers that her smile was full of question marks. Pascal Cotte was one of them. Parisians are often wondered why the Mona Lisa painting is different from the other maestro. Da Vinci was always scratching my eyebrows and eyelashes at all the paintings.

Da Vinci's most famous it's not new for Cotte. In 1969, a small Cotte borrowed his mom's Metro pass card and go to the Louvre Museum to see for themselves what is called his mother as a beautiful painting in the world. Boy 11 years it stood for hours in front of the painting etrsebut, for so long that a museum guard offered his seat.

Already 35 years passed, Cotte - who is now an engineer - back spent three hours in front of the painting. However, this time he brought a giant camera and permission to remove the painting from the frame and safety box. The photos snapped by Cotte, including eyes, mouth, and hands are magnified 20-fold, exhibited at the Metreon, San Francisco, United States.

Photos are enlarged eye that ultimately answer the question Cotte. When examining the photo, he found a hair on the Mona Lisa's left brow, proof of what was once an eyebrow. It's possible an eyebrow was missing because the paint pigments to fade or be erased because of a careless restoration efforts. "I am an engineer and scientist. For me, everything should make sense," he said. "It makes sense that the Mona Lisa has no eyebrows or eyelashes. I found a hair eyebrows."

In addition to finding an eyebrow, Cotte created a reproduction of what he called the most accurate high definition of 500-year-old painting it. Thanks to the scanning technique 240 million pixel image using 13 colors of the spectrum, including ultraviolet and infrared, Cotte can display the original color of the painting was completed when the new Da Vinci.

Cotte said digitally scanning the painting ultradetail effectively allows him to dig through the pile of paint layers and see the real face of Lisa Gherardini, the woman in the painting. "Enough with the photo, you can further explore the construction of the painting and understand that Leonardo was a genius," Cotte said at the opening of the exhibition "Da Vinci: An exhibition of Genius" in San Francisco last Wednesday.

Camera supercanggih Cotte born of expertise in the field of optics and light painting to help him examine his obsession. Male 49 years was estimated no less than 3,000 hours spent to analyze the scanned data made Mona Lisa at the Louvre's laboratory three years ago.

Sensors detect the color spectrum of light from ultraviolet to infrared and invisible to the human eye also revealed many details are missing from the picture. Image zoom in. This makes Cotte could see the change right-hand position was the wife of Francesco del Giocondo, is located right in the stomach.

Before the Mona Lisa, there was never any portrait painting with the hands like that. Although Da Vinci did not know the reason, many painters who imitate the position.

Cotte find a pigment which is under the right wrist exactly matches the picture blanket that covers Mona Lisa's knee. It was explained that the forearm and wrist were holding one side of the blanket. "Right wrist was located far above his stomach," said Cotte. "But, if it is seen more in using infrared, you'll know that he was holding the blanket with her wrist."

Infrared images also revealed sketches under the stack of layers of paint and varnish. Cotte claim it shows that Da Vinci is also human. "If you notice his left hand, you can see the first position of their fingers and change my mind and painted it with another position," he said. "Even the Da Vinci also had doubts."

Cotte analysis results also reveal the original color of the painting. Time, varnish, and restoration of paintings that are now causing stored behind bulletproof glass that seemed full of dark green color, yellow, and brown.

However, 22 gigabytes of digital photos produced 13 different color filters rather than three or four color filters commonly found in digital camera market, restore the original color of the painting. In its original form, the Mona Lisa has a bright blue and brilliant white. "For the next generation, we guarantee you will be able to see the original color of the painting," Cotte said.

Though some art historians have expressed skepticism over its findings, Cotte hopes this new technique can be used as a guide for the restoration of ancient paintings vary in the future. After scanning the Mona Lisa, Cotte create images with super-resolution of 500 paintings, including works by Van Gogh, Brueghel, Courbet and other European painters. "To communicate the cultural heritage for our children, we need to provide as much information," Cotte said.