IT’S TAKEN HIM 12 years, but an amateur art historian from Texas reckons he’s solved the mystery of the Mona Lisa’s enigmatic smile, five centuries after it was immortalised by Leonardo da Vinci....In a just-published book, The Lady Speaks: Uncovering the Secrets of the Mona Lisa, William Varvel argues that La Gioconda was a 16th-century feminist who favoured a greater role for women in the Catholic church....La Gioconda was trying to get people to see that the New Jerusalem would be here as soon as you recognise women’s theological rights, Varvel, 53, a former mathematics professor, told AFP in a telephone interview. thejournal.ie/mona-lisa-feminist-1358622-Mar2014/
Posted on: Sat, 15 Mar 2014 19:00:25 +0000