Thursday, January 7, 2010

Apparently Monalisa is Cholesterol Patients



LONDON - Who knew that behind the legendary Mona Lisa smile, keep a history of cholesterol disease. That research concluded researchers who conducted in Italy based on the Mona Lisa eye puffiness that tend to grow due to the high fat content shows.

Research headed by Vito Franco from the University of Palermo is also noted Xanthelsma Monalisa was also hit, the disease of small yellow bumps on the eyelid. This is a marker Xanthelasma cholesterol levels in the body high enough.

Meanwhile, Franco is also claimed to have done similar research works on two other paintings in the era of the Enlightenment or the Renaissance such as paintings by Sandro Botticeli, Portrait of a Young Man and the painting entitled Madonna with the Long Neck, the work of Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola. The result, Franco found abnormalities of bone tissue in both the painter.

Leading to the Italian daily, La Stampsa, as quoted from Telegraph.co.uk, Thursday (7 / 12), Franco said, "People describe (in art) to tell us about the sensitivity to side freely based on humanitarian concern of the artist , "he said.

He added, along with Raphael's appearance at Michaelanglo founded The School of Athens (School Arts) also reflects Michelangelo suffered kidney stones. It is possible, he said, since artists do not eat anything but bread and wine while staying at the chapel.

Monalisa whose original name Lisa Del Giocondo is the wife of Francesco Del Guicondo which is a silk merchant in Florence or the famous Florence, Italy. Oil painting on poplar wood by Leonardo da Vinci in the 16th century is often regarded as one of the most famous painting in the world and few other works of art that became the center of attention, studies, mythology, and parody.

The painting portrays a half body painting women who gaze toward the visitors with an expression that is often described as enigmatik or mysterious. Today, this painting is owned by the French government and exhibited at the Musée du Louvre in Paris.

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