Mona Lisa and her smile

So they analysed the smile of Mona and found it mostly happy , a little discusted and a bit sad.

She wasn't grinning from ear-to-ear so you could tell she wasn't totally happy about posing. More nonplussed would better describe her.

thats OK talk72000 maybe your opinion might change with time..

I read a long time ago that the woman who posed for the Mona Lisa had recently had her baby die, so it wouldn't have been appropriate to smile too big.

Do you know if there's any truth to that?

I doubt it, Chai. Smiling wasn't considered proper in portraits until the 20th Century. Before that, it was thought to make the subject look "frivolous." Take a look at other portraits of the Italian Renaissance...or even later. No smiling.

a lotta babies died back then......

just kidding....

no, really, I'm serious.....