2024-05-13 17:51:00
It is one of the most famous paintings in the world: the “Mona Lisa”. Certainly every millimeter of the picture that Leonardo da Vinci painted in 1503 has been scientifically studied over the past centuries. But one question remains unanswered. What landscape can be seen in the background of the picture?
According to geologist and art historian Ann Pizzorusso, the secret of the landscape has now been revealed. Many myths, legends and alleged scientific evidence surround the landscape in which “La Gioconda” was painted. The Romito Bridge It should be in Laterina in the Tuscan province of Arezzo, Bobbio in Emilia-Romagna or just a fantasy landscape created by Da Vinci. Everything is wrong, as Pizzorusso now tells the British “Guardiansaid. According to the researcher, the “Mona Lisa” was painted once morest the landscape of the northern Italian region of Lecco.
“Mona Lisa” has so far been viewed as too one-sided
For Pizzorusso, the similarities are unmistakable. “I’m very glad regarding that. “I really have the feeling that this is a direct hit,” the scientist told the Guardian. In the past, the focus of the landscape definition was primarily on the bridge, which can be seen in the background of the picture. A view that is too one-sided, as the art historian emphasizes. After all, arched bridges like this existed everywhere in Italy and Europe at the time the “Mona Lisa” was built at the beginning of the 16th century. It is therefore impossible to make an identification based solely on the bridge. She therefore also focused her attention on geology.
The change in perspective was crucial for her to identify the region. “Geologists don’t look at pictures and historians don’t look at geology,” Pizzorusso is quoted as saying. She is convinced that you might show the picture to any geologist and they would support her statement. The predominant rock in Lecco is limestone and Leonardo also painted gray-white rocks in the “Mona Lisa”. A perfect match for the geologist and Renaissance expert. In any case, it is historically proven in Leonardo’s notebooks that da Vinci spent a lot of time exploring the landscape around Lecco.
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