Monna Lisa

English Proper noun ~ en Mona Lisa. en 3 May 1858 Exhibition of the Royal Academy. [Second Notice.] w:The Daily Telegraph 888 London 6 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/824593309/ 1 12966231 This young artist Frederic Leighton is one of Luigi Lanzi’s and Giorgio Vasari’s men. He has plainly drunk long and eagerly at the Painter’s Castaly: the fount of beauty and of grace that assuaged the thirst of those who painted the “Monna Lisa” and the “fr Belle Gardinière;” who modelled the “Horned Moses” and the “Slave;” who designed Peter’s great Basilica, and the Lorenzo Ghiberti Gates at Florence. A review of The Fisherman and the Syren. 1905 July w:Henry Dwight Sedgwick The Mob Spirit in Literature https://web.archive.org/web/20220928061757/https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1905/07/the-mob-spirit-in-literature/638207/ When the crowd reads Hamlet or stares at the Monna Lisa, it acts in obedience to authority — to the authority of the critics; it has ceased to be a mob, it recognizes the word of command, given by Lessing, Sainte-Beuve, Matthew Arnold, or Ruskin, and marches, as to military music, rank upon rank, in orderly sequence, and salutes the world’s masterpieces. 24 July 1910 Monna Lisa Not Stolen. Story of Theft of Famous Painting from Louvre Without Foundation. https://web.archive.org/web/20250709115119/https://www.nytimes.com/1910/07/24/archives/monna-lisa-not-stolen-story-of-theft-of-famous-painting-from-louvre.html Transatlantic Wireless and Cable News 2 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/20523672/ 6 There is absolutely no foundation for the story printed in America on the authority of the fr Cri de Paris that Leonardo da Vinci’s famous “Monna Lisa” portrait has been stolen from the Louvre and has passed into the possession of a millionaire collector in New York. en 4 December 1925 O.U.E. Lecture at Winton: Joseph Conrad w:Bournemouth Daily Echo 7829 Bournemouth, Dorset 4 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/1200772608/ 3 751641558 Walter Pater’s wonderful description of the painting, “Monna Lisa,” was applicable to the women characters in Conrad’s novels. Such characters as Mrs. Travers in “The Rescue,” Arlette in “The Rover,” or Flora de Barral in “Chance,” had a poignant beauty born out of strange melancholy, and a certain foreknowledge of the destinies of mankind which made them fitting symbols of fate. en 24 August 1931 Flashbacks (from Post-Gazette Files) Oliver J. Keller w:Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 5 20 Pittsburgh, Pa. P-G Publishing Co. 6 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/91750797/ 6–7 1068-624X 36667166 Leonardo Da Vinci’s great painting, “Monna Lisa,” worth $5,000,000, was stolen from the Louvre, Paris, 20 years ago. en 3 April 1952 Britain’s Latest Carrier The Chronicle 94 5,337 Adelaide, S.A. 5 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/1033411923/ 2 223399004 Here, the producer and cameraman are “shooting” Leonardo’s most famous painting, the Monna Lisa, in the Louvre. en 25 October 2004 Mary Carole McCauley Opening the ‘Code’ up for discussion The Sun 167th year 299 Baltimore, Md. 5c https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/248996617/ 4 1930-8965 7909813 The artist actually named the painting Monna Lisa—an abbreviation for “Madonna” and a reference to his subject’s pregnancy, Jonathan Pevsner said. on 26 November 2004 w:Lisa Jardine Breaking the Da Vinci code https://web.archive.org/web/20140917064010/https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2004/nov/27/art.highereducation Martin Kemp prefers to remind us that Leonardo's most famous painting ought to be called the "Monna Lisa" (meaning simply, "Madam Lisa") and that the smile is probably a pun on her married name - wife of Mr del Giocondo, Madam Gioconda, "she who smiles". on en 29 September 2012 Willow Park Wines & Spirits Enter for a chance to win a trip to Italy with trusted expert Michael Bigattini w:Calgary Herald Calgary, Alta. C10 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/488188503/ 1 1197-2823 1082200547 The spirit of Monna Lisa fills the air at Vignamaggio, an extraordinary 14th century Renaissance villa just outside Greve in Chianti. One of their the Gherardini family’s descendants, Lisa Gherardini, daughter of Vignamaggio owner Anton Maria and wife of Florentine notable Francesco del Giocondo, is the model for Leonardo’s enigmatic painting Monna Lisa. 9 October 2023 Earn up to £500 cashback on the beautiful Samsung The Frame TV at Currys https://web.archive.org/web/20231010021403/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/earn-up-to-ps500-cashback-on-the-beautiful-samsung-the-frame-tv-at-currys-b2413523.html Samsung has even teamed up with The Louvre to offer a collection of artwork from the world’s most famous gallery – and yes, that means you can display a digital version of the Monna Lisa on your Frame TV. Italian it: Etymology milady Lisa, referring to Lisa Gherardini (1479–1551), the model. Pronunciation Mònna Lìsa Proper noun f la Monna Lisa the Mona Lisa painting by Leonardo da Vinci it Gioconda it Artistic works it eponyms