Posted on 09/06/2018 6:35:35 AM PDT by ETL
The Mona Lisa, also referred to as La Gioconda (or La Joconde), has endured centuries of fascination by artists, researchers, medical professionals, and even thieves.
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The Mona Lisa attracted medical attention in 2004 when a team of rheumatologists and endocrinologists suggested that skin lesions and hand swellings visible in the portrait may be indicative of a lipid disorder and heart disease.
Specifically, they asserted that familial hyperlipidemia and premature atherosclerosis could have caused Lisa Gherardini’s death. They also proposed that Mona Lisa’s famous smile may have been the result of Bell’s palsy.
After examining the painting, Dr. Mehra and Campbell found that clinical hypothyroidism is a more likely diagnosis given that Lisa Gherardini lived to be 63.
“The enigma of the Mona Lisa can be resolved by a simple medical diagnosis of a hypothyroidism-related illness,” Dr. Mehra said.
“In many ways, it is the allure of the imperfections of disease that give this masterpiece its mysterious reality and charm.”
Had Lisa Gherardini suffered from heart disease and a lipid disorder, it’s unlikely she would have lived to such an advanced age given the limited treatments available in 16th century Italy.
Dr. Mehra cited the Mona Lisa’s thinning hair, yellow skin, and possible goiter as visual evidence of hypothyroidism.
“The diet of Italians during the Renaissance was lacking in iodine, and resulting goiters (swollen thyroid gland) were commonly depicted in paintings and sculptures of the era,” he said.
“Additionally, Lisa Gherardini gave birth shortly before sitting for the portrait, which indicates the possibility of peripartum thyroiditis (inflammation of the thyroid after pregnancy).”
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She looks just fine to me.
You all do realize that this is the same type of “medical science” used to diagnose Trump as unfit for the office, right?
Venitian women often removed their eyebrows. It was a Renaissance thing. The 'lesion' could very well be just a flaw in the painting, it looks to have been added long after the original was made. As for a puffy neck and swollen hands, the model had given birth not long before she sat for the portrait.
Some people want to fabricate their 15 minutes.
Just like any Picasso: Found along the walls of any elementary school.
From “45 Communist Goals” by Cleon Skousen: Congressional Record—Appendix, pp. A34-A35
January 10, 1963:
22. Continue discrediting American culture by degrading all forms of artistic expression. An American Communist cell was told to “eliminate all good sculpture from parks and buildings, substitute shapeless, awkward and meaningless forms.”
23. Control art critics and directors of art museums. “Our plan is to promote ugliness, repulsive, meaningless art.”
“In 1944, Picasso joined the French Communist Party, attended the World Congress of Intellectuals in Defense of Peace in Poland, and in 1950 received the Stalin Peace Prize from the Soviet government.[68]”
Myself, I like the painting of the dogs playing poker. Never fails to crack me up.
Did Leonardo Paint Himself as “Mona Lisa”?
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/did-leonardo-paint-himself-as-mona-lisa/
A classic for sure!
A low fat, low protein diet will lead to thinning hair.
Yes.
Brings to mind that weird scene at the end of Psycho, where Norman Bates is sitting in a rocking chair dressed up as his mother.
Planet of the apes?
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