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TheMonaLisaisthemostcelebratedpaintinginthehistoryofart.Itisalsooneofthemostmysterious.Whoishidingbehindthefamoussmile?Whythemourningveil?Whythetormentedlandscape?Combiningclose-upswithX-rays,copies,andanalogies,thisdetailedstudyoftheMonaLisaallowsustobetterunderstandtheenigma,asitunveilsthemanyfacetsofthisincomparableworkofart.AUTHOR:Artcritic,novelist,andscreenwriterSergeBramlyistheauthorofanessayonLeonardodaVinci,whichearnedhimVasariPrizein1989.HeisalsotheFrenchtranslatorofLeonardodaVinci'sCodexontheFlightofBirds,aswellastheauthorofChevaldeL?onard.ILLUSTRATIONS60illustrations