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

    His company, and the restored colors can be seen here

  2. 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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