…The Mona Lisa’s status as the most famous piece of art in the world had nothing to do with her enigmatic smile. She was
famous quite simply because Leonardo Da Vinci claimed she was his finest accomplishment. He carried the painting with him whenever he traveled and, if asked why, would reply that he found it hard to part with his most sublime expression of
female beauty.Many art historians , however, suspected that Da Vinci’s reverence for Mona Lisa stemmed from something far deeper, that there was a
message hiddeb in the layers of paint….‘Actually, Da Vinci was in tune with the balance between male and female. He believed that a human soul could not be enlightened unless it had both male and female elements. His Mona Lisa carries a subtle message of androgyny……‘Not only does the face of Mona Lisa look androgynous, but her name is an anagram of the divine union of male and female. And that is Da Vinci’s little secret, and the reason fpr Mona Lisa’s knowing smile…..