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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. correct by trb · · Score: 1, Troll

    I ran a gamma and white point correction on a scan of the Mona Lisa too, but I wasn't clever enough to issue a press release.