Secret Of The Smile Poem by Aniruddha Pathak

A smile-wrapt enigma since began,
And a smile that came from no woman—
From model, Maestro's muse,
And a male as goes news,
A female-like and slender a man!
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The secret of the enigmatic smile of Mona Lisa is out. An Italian art historian has claimed that the model used in Leonardo's master-piece was his male muse— a young, effeminate, slender man with long, auburn curls. They were probably lovers. It was a self portrait as earlier believed. The secret was revealed by high magnification technique which showed up an S, the first letter of the male muse's name.
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Happenings | 05.02.11 |