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High-Res Scan of Mona Lisa Reveals Its History

Posted by kdawson on from the what-are-you-smiling-about dept.

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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  1. The Old Masters by OhHellWithIt · · Score: 3, Informative
    Everyone goes on so about the Mona Lisa, etc., that I have to throw in this commentary of Twain's from The Innocents Abroad (Source: enotes.com):

    I have got enough of the old masters! Brown says he has "shook" them, and I think I will shake them, too. You wander through a mile of picture galleries and stare stupidly at ghastly old nightmares done in lampblack and lightning, and listen to the ecstatic encomiums of the guides, and try to get up some enthusiasm, but it won't come.

    He goes on at length here, down around page 190.

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  2. Re:link by objekt · · Score: 2, Informative

    http://prn.newscom.com/cgi-bin/pub/s?f=PRN/prnpub&p1=20071017/LAW145&xtag=PRN-prnphotos-66154&redir=detail&tr=1&row=1

    If you have a newscom account, you can dowload a higher res image here

    http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/members/s?f=PRN/prnphotos&p1=20071017/LAW145&xtag=PRN-prnphotos-66154&redir=detail&tr=1&row=1

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  3. You can see the restored colors here by zeoslap · · Score: 5, Informative

    His company, and the restored colors can be seen here

  4. Re:It's a Man Baby by B'Trey · · Score: 5, Informative

    This thread is useless without pics.

    Not sure exactly which pics you're talking about (the Mona Lisa scans or Da Vinci pics that were reversed and compared) but there's some interesting pics and additional info here, including a virtual restoration of the original pigments and some details of what was revealed.

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  5. Re:Doctor Who "City of Death" by jnaujok · · Score: 2, Informative

    Hey, in City of Death, the Doctor specifically says/writes, "Never mind the mess on the panels..." He never refers to it as canvas. I know this having recently watched the episode waiting for this exact "mistake".

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