Leonardo da Vinci began painting the Mona Lisa
in 1503. He was working on an important painting for a church at the time, but
the church painting was not going well. An Italian businessman asked da Vinci
to paint a picture of the businessman’s second wife. This is the woman who can
be seen in the Mona Lisa.
All in all, the Mona Lisa is a very good
example of da Vinci’s work. Da Vinci uses darkness and light in a clever way in
the painting.
Da Vinci loved science and math. Right away a person
can see that there is a lot of geometry (几何) in the Mona
Lisa. The face of Mona Lisa is made of many circles and round shapes like
balls. Even her smile can be seen as a small part of a large circle.
The woman in the painting is sitting on a balcony, and
mountains can be seen behind her. Da Vinci loved to study rocks and mountains,
so these can be seen over and over again in his other paintings.
The woman is sitting with her knees to the side. Her
head is turned to look out of the painting. Her hands are held together in
front of her. This way of sitting is now used by many artists when they are
painting a picture of a man or woman today.
1.Who painted the Mona Lisa?
A．A
businessman. B．The second
wife. C．A man in the
church. D．Da Vinci.
2.The woman in the painting is .
A．standing in a
garden B．sitting on a
balcony
C．standing in
front of her house D．at the foot
of a mountain
3.Da Vinci loved to study all of the following things
except .
A．the way
people sit B．science and
math C．mountains D．rocks
