High resolution image hints at 'Mona Lisa's' eyebrows

CNN ^ | 10/18/07 | CNN/uncredited

[Goodness]

SAN FRANCISCO, California (CNN) -- The "Mona Lisa" has long been shrouded in mystery, including one long-standing question about the famous lady: What happened to her eyebrows and eyelashes?

Now, a French engineer and inventor says he's uncovered part of the enigma.

[Goodness]

"The researcher said the "Mona Lisa's" smile was originally slightly wider than it appears today, and, in fact, so was her entire face."

What's Italian for "butterface?"

[BenLurkin]

[dawn53]

Speaking of the Mona Lisa...have you seen this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xxulxN0oDo&mode=related&search=

[Red Badger]

Buttafuoco?....

[martin_fierro]

[Red Badger]

[Red Badger]

Hello, Dali!...........

[Wuli]

If that’s who I think it is, shouldn’t the dress have been blue?

[Red Badger]

It was blew, but now it’s brown.............

[SlowBoat407]

blew on blue?

[IronJack]

The smile on Monica Lisa’s face isn’t nearly so enigmatic ... We KNOW why SHE’S smiling!

[mjp]

What happened to her eyebrows and eyelashes

alopecia areata

[DManA]

She tried to start the charcoal with gasoline.

[syriacus]

A lot of Renaissance paintings show people with no eyelashes. I've wondered why for many years.

I thought it might have been the 'style' to imitate redheads, who often have very pale brows and lashes.

[nomorelurker]

It may be that the state of hygiene back then meant that people lost/removed eyebrows, etc. Less lice and other things. Remember no “Head and Shoulders” and few baths.

[BigLittle]

[Constitution Day]

Well hello, Dali!

[Thrownatbirth]

What happened to her eyebrows and eyelashes

New Bic lighter.

[SunkenCiv]

Note: this topic is from 10/18/2007. Thanks Goodness.