What was found under the Mona Lisa?

A new study on the Mona Lisa has revealed evidence of a charcoal underdrawing, suggesting for the first time that Leonardo da Vinci used a preparatory sketch to create the famous portrait.

artnews.com - Scientist Discovers Hidden Drawing Beneath the 'Mona Lisa'

Which pickup for solos?

Many players use the neck pickup for playing solos as the tone can be less shrill than the bridge pickup when playing past the 12th fret. Changing...

Last updated Mar 23, 2022

What chords Cannot be Tonicized?

Only major and minor chords may be tonicized. Diminished chords and augmented chords cannot be tonicized because they do not represent stable key...

Last updated May 5, 2019

Join almost HALF A MILLION Happy Students Worldwide

Promotion

A new study on the Mona Lisa has revealed evidence of a charcoal underdrawing, suggesting for the first time that Leonardo da Vinci used a preparatory sketch to create the famous portrait. The underdrawing, detected by multispectral analysis, was likely created using the spolvero technique, a method for transferring a sketch to canvas in which holes are pricked along the outline of an image and dusted with charcoal. The study was conducted over a 15-year period by scientist Pascal Cotte, who published the findings with Lionel Simonot in the Journal of Cultural Heritage. In 2004, Cotte was invited by the Louvre to digitize the Mona Lisa with his pioneering Lumiere Technology camera, a high-resolution multispectral camera, which is capable of detecting light reflected over 13 wavelengths. The Lumiere technology also employed modern infrared reflectography, which is used for detecting charcoal underdrawings through faint light reflected on the charcoal’s surface. Cotte detected the spolvero marks in the Mona Lisa’s hand and hairline—the lighter areas of the painting—which revealed that Leonardo shifted her pose, turning her head to stare more directly at the viewer. The analysis noted too what appears to be a hairpin, which only invites more questions as the accessory was not in vogue in Florence at the time of the portrait’s creation. In an interview with the Express, Cotte said that the detail may have been allegorical, as the hairstyle was used more typically in depictions of goddesses or the Virgin Mary. The study also stated that the drawing may have been used to create more replicas of the painting, such as the one displayed in the Prado in Madrid, which owns the earliest known studio copy of the Mona Lisa. “These discoveries increase and increase the mystery of its creation, in the end we understand that it is the work of a very long ‘creative act’—which spans more than a decade and in several stages,” Cotte said.

What 125cc has the most HP?

Aprilia RS125 Engine – 124.7cc, liquid-cooled, 4-stroke, single cylinder, DOHC. Max Power – 14.75 horsepower. Max Torque – 11.2 Nm. Top Speed –...

Last updated Mar 16, 2018

How heavy is a upright piano?

Upright piano – 300 to 500 pounds. Baby grand piano – 500 to 650 pounds. Grand piano – 700 to 1,200 pounds. Mar 3, 2021

Last updated Oct 31, 2020

Join almost HALF A MILLION Happy Students Worldwide

Pianoforall is one of the most popular online piano courses online and has helped over 450,000 students around the world achieve their dream of playing beautiful piano for over a decade.

Learn More »

Promotion

Who invented the human voice?

Thomas Edison is still the first to reproduce recorded sound.

indiatoday.in - First recording of human sound was made today in 1860 - India Today

Phonautograph is the earliest known device for recording sound.

First recording of human sound was made on April 9

By India Today Web Desk: Edouard-Leon Scott de Martinville made the first known recording of an audible human voice, on April 9, in the year 1860. It was a 20-second recording of a person singing 'Au Clair de la Lune', a classic French folk tune. The French song was recorded on a phonautograph machine that could only record and not play back.

Here are some interesting facts about the event, the inventor and the invention:

Phonautograph is the earliest known device for recording sound

Invented by Frenchman Edouard-Leon Scott de Martinville, the phonautograph was patented on March 25, 1857 The device transcribed sound waves as undulations or other deviations in a line traced on smoke-blackened paper or glass In 2008, several phonautograms recorded before 1861 were successfully played as sound by optically scanning them and using a computer to process the scans into digital audio files The phonautograph produced wavy lines were graphically converted into bands of variable width and played back The recording was accidentally played at double speed first, making it sound like the voice of a woman. It was, however, later revealed to be that of a man On March 9, 2008, this ethereal 10 second clip of a man singing the French folk song 'u Clair de la Lune', was played for the first time in 150 years

Thomas Edison is still the first to reproduce recorded sound.

Interested in General Knowledge and Current Affairs? Click here to stay informed and know what is happening around the world with our G.K. and Current Affairs section.