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Mona Lisa

Mona Lisa (La Giaconda) is the most famous smile of the young wife of a merchant from Florence which is painted by Leonardo da vinci. This special portrait had sale to king of France then Napoleon had it in his bedroom and it moved to a Museum. In 1911 it was stolen so the painters made many copies of it but the original one was return to museum.
There is a doubt between experts about the actuality of Mona Lisa. Totally there is the technique that made this mystery in her smile.

Vocabulary
Mystery: enigma, puzzle, secret, question.
Merchant: trader, dealer, seller, vendor.
Feature: aspect, side, point, characteristic.
Technique: method, way, fashion

[JEFF_HARDY]

Mona Lisa

Mona Lisa (La Giaconda) is the most famous smile of the young wife of a merchant from Florence which is painted by Leonardo da vinci. This special portrait had sale to king of France then Napoleon had it in his bedroom and it moved to a Museum. In 1911 it was stolen so the painters made many copies of it but the original one was return to museum.
There is a doubt between experts about the actuality of Mona Lisa. Totally there is the technique that made this mystery in her smile.

had sale: was sold

it moved: then it got moved
return: returned

[Whansinnig]

Summary

The reading was about Leonardo's Mona Lisa, that is one of the world's most famous paintings and it is the portrait of the young wife of a merchant from Florence, that Leonardo never gave him the picture and kept it for him self until it was sold to king of Florence. Unfortunately it was stolen in 1911 and before returning it to the museum many copies of the painting were made and sold to America collectors. Leonardo's painting is extremely life-like, and her smile is mysteries, perhaps the mystery of her smile is just a bit of clever artistic technique

New words: blurred - merchant - fake - portrait - features

[JEFF_HARDY]

Summary

The reading was about Leonardo's Mona Lisa, that is one of the world's most famous paintings and it is the portrait of the young wife of a merchant from Florence, that Leonardo never gave him the picture and kept it for him self until it was sold to king of Florence. Unfortunately it was stolen in 1911 and before returning it to the museum many copies of the painting were made and sold to America collectors. Leonardo's painting is extremely life-like, and her smile is mysteries, perhaps the mystery of her smile is just a bit of clever artistic technique

perfect!


1. Her, mysteries: (my problem is that in the beginning of the sentence we are talking about leonardo, then we switch to mona lisa, and use ``her`` which refers to Leonardo. i prefer if we could use this sentence instead of ``her``: ) and Mona Lisa`s smile is mysterious

[JEFF_HARDY]

:"In the name of God"

The portrait of Mona Liza` s smile by Leonardo was the most famous smile and painting in the world. It kept in the royal palace in France. Later, it was stolen in1911

After 2 years, the thief was sold it to a gallery in Italy. When you look at the portrait, you found the mystery of her smile that it shows just a bit of clever artistic technique

was: is
kept: was kept
was sold: sold
found: will find

[JEFF_HARDY]

The mysterious picture of Mona Lisa
Who is Mona Lisa and why is it so famous?
portrait of Mona Lisa was painted by Leonardo. He was a painter and work on this portrait many years. But who is Mona Lisa? People say she was a wife of a merchant and Leonardo painted her picture and he didn’t give it to merchant. Later a French king bought it and after that Napoleon had it in his bedroom for a while.
Why is this portrait so famous?
There are two important part of the face of Mona Lisa in the picture that induct a special think to everyone and everyone has his/her understanding of picture. That’s the reason of mysteriousness of portrait. These two parts are the corner of eyes and the mouth.

works: worked
part: parts
include: includes
picture:the picture

[dourtarin]

Summary: Mona Lisa

Mona Lisa is Leonardo’s the most famous smile and painting in the world. This portrait is belonged to the young wife of a merchant from Florence.At first Leonardo kept it for himself but then it was bought and moved by French Kings from Fontainebleau to Versailles. It was for a while near Napoleon then it got moved to louver when there became a museum. In 1911 that Mona Lisa was stolen, many copies of the painting were made. Compare between Leonardo’s self- portrait and the Mona Lisa gave this result that many of the features are exactly same. The two most important features of a face are the corners of the eyes and the mouth that are blurred.
Finally, the mystery of Mona Lisa’s smile is just a bit of clever artistic technique

[rayhaneh]

Summery
The paragraph is an informative note on Leonardo da Vinci's famous portrait of Mona Lisa. The painting is most likely to be portrait of wife of a France merchant but there are also other hypotheses about it. The painting had been in many palaces of varies kings with the passage of time and now it's in the Louvre art museum in France. It is not for sure whether it is the real portrait painted by Leonardo himself or not because once in 1911 the painting was stolen and 2 years later the theft had sold it to a museum in Italy. The fame of the painting is due to use of an artistic technique in it which confuse the observer that whether the woman in painting is smiling or thinking?

New words
Florence = a city in central Italy

Fontainebleau =area in Paris of France

Merchant=trader

Vasari= Giorgio Vasari/ Italian painter and art historian

Versailles=city in France

Fake=copied, false

Features=parts of the face

Blurred=foggy, faint, indistinct

Louvre=One of the largest museums in the world located in Paris (France)

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hey guys,
Well, I actually have got sooooooooooooo busy recently
university has just started n I work 5 days a week. I don't wanna say that I don't have any free time but when I get home I'm so tired to go thru all yr activities here, so I hope you accept my apology for leaving u, of course, I never leave u behind but I can't follow u as before, I'm all yrs if there was question, in private message or in here, I try to catch yr questions n activities here but really can't be of that help like before, I have lots of papare intact at home which belong to my students... so sad but so sorry for not having the honor of continuing with u
I do keep my fingers crossed for u
n wish u all the best of lucks n Love u all so muchl
Sepideh

[JEFF_HARDY]

Summary: Mona Lisa

Mona Lisa

Mona Lisa is Leonardo’s the most famous smile and painting in the world. This portrait is belonged to the young wife of a merchant from Florence.At first Leonardo kept it for himself but then it was bought and moved by French Kings from Fontainebleau to Versailles. It was for a while near Napoleon then it got moved to louver when there became a museum. In 1911 that Mona Lisa was stolen, many copies of the painting were made. Compare between Leonardo’s self- portrait and the Mona Lisa gave this result that many of the features are exactly same. The two most important features of a face are the corners of the eyes and the mouth that are blurred.

Finally, the mystery of Mona Lisa’s smile is just a bit of clever artistic technique

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. It was for a while near Napoleon: it belonged to Napoleon for a while

that: ( blank)

, many: and many

compare: a comparison

exactly same: exactly the same

the: (blank)