High-Res Scan of Mona Lisa Reveals Its History

daevux writes "CNN is reporting that French engineer Pascal Cotte has discovered interesting details of the history of Da Vinci's Mona Lisa from a 240-megapixel scan of the artwork in various frequencies. Cotte surmises that the painted figure's eyebrows and eyelashes probably disappeared due to poor cleaning at some point in the past. He believes he can reconstruct the painting's original skin tones."

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Re:Context is LOST through degradation, not gained

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What about an old black & white film versus a new remastered & colorized film? I'll admit they can sometimes do it subtly and well, but many times it looks horribly fake.