Visitors to an art gallery may be familiar with this effect: they feel watched or even followed by the portrayed person’s eyes everywhere in the room. This is called the "Mona Lisa effect" after the ...

The researchers believe that this unique effect could even explain the appeal of great works of art like the Mona Lisa. Martin de Munnic ... brain activity while eye-trackers recorded where ...

Hidden numbers and symbols Researcher Silvano Vinceti claimed in 2010 that, when enlarging the eyes of the Mona Lisa, small letters ... The three-dimensional effect Leonardo used an advanced ...

The painting is still a topic of conversation among the art world’s aficionados, in particular Mona Lisa’s eyes, which convey an uncanny presence. Since women were not depicted to look so ...

They include six tableaux which demonstrate his theories on the different stages in the creation of one of the Mona Lisa's eyes. The Uffizi ... achieved the sublime effects which astonished ...

The wisp of paint from the base layer of the “Mona Lisa,” that researchers analyzed was barely visible to the naked eye — just as wide as a human hair — and came from the top right-hand ...