Author: HALES, DIANNE R. (1950-)
Title: Mona Lisa : a life discovered / Dianne Hales
Description: New Yor : Simon & Schuster 2014. 1st edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. Physical description; xviii. 317 pages: map; 23 cm. Includes bibliographcial references (pages 293-300) and index. Summary; A genius immortalized her. A French king paid a fortune for her. An emperor coveted her. Every year more than 9 million visitors trek to view her portrait in the Louvre. Yet while everyone recognizes her smile. hardly anyone knows her story. Mona Lisa: A Life Discovered. a blend of biography. history. and memoir. truly is a book of discovery-about the world's most recognized face. most revered artist. and most praised and parodied painting. Who was she. this ordinary woman who rose to such extraordinary fame? Why did the most renowned painter of her time choose her as his model? What became of her? And why does her smile enchant us still? Lisa Gherardini (1479-1542) was a quintessential woman of her times. caught in a whirl of political upheavals. family dramas. and public scandals. Her life spanned the most tumultuous chapters in the history of Florence-and of the greatest artistic outpouring the world has ever seen. Her story creates an extraordinary tapestry of Renaissance Florence. with larger-than-legend figures such as Leonardo da Vinci. Michelangelo. and Machiavelli. In Mona Lisa: A Life Discovered. Dianne Hales takes readers with her to meet Lisa's descendants; uncover her family's long and colourful history; and explore the neighbourhoods where she lived as a girl. a wife. and a mother. Subjects; Leonardo da Vinci 1452-1519. - Mona Lisa. Del Giocondo. Lisa 1479-. Artists' models - Italy - Florence - Biography. HISTORY / Renaissance. ART / History / Renaissance. Florence (Italy) - History - 1421-1737. Biography & autobiography: historical. political & military ; European history: c 1500 to c 1750. Italy ; c 1500 to c 1600. Weight in Kg appr.:

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