Mona Lisa's Secret

Author: Phil Philips
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780992534592
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 374

Book Description
Historical fiction - Mystery & Suspense Thriller In this elaborately plotted, fast-paced thriller, Phil Philips takes you on a roller-coaster ride through the streets of Paris and to the Jura mountains of Switzerland, to uncover a secret hidden for thousands of years ... Fans of the da Vinci code will love Mona Lisa's Secret.

The Lady Speaks

Author: W.N. Varvel
Publisher: BrownBooks.ORM
ISBN: 1612541534
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 230

Book Description
This thoroughly original work of art history presents a provocative theory about Leonardo da Vinci, the Mona Lisa, and Theological Gender Equality. The famous Mona Lisa smile has mystified viewers and intrigued historians for centuries. Completed in 1515, Leonardo da Vinci’s masterwork has hidden the lady’s secret well. Now, after years of research and analysis, W. N. Varvel has decoded the hidden meanings of Mona Lisa. In The Lady Speaks, Varnel reveals the vital message her smile conveys: a secret too dangerous for the artist to acknowledge during his life but one which he hoped future generations would understand and embrace. The coming of the “New Jerusalem” depends on the world’s recognizing what lies behind the Mona Lisa smile. Detailing how the artist wove a calculated fabric of clues, symbols, and images, Varvel establishes not only da Vinci’s, but also Michelangelo’s, belief in Theological Gender Equality. In a thrilling achievement of art history detective work, Varvel tracks clues, links previously unnoticed connections, recreates scenarios, identifies villains and heroes, and presents a persuasive case for what the lady must be thinking.

Secret Agent Jack Stalwart: Book 6: The Pursuit of the Ivory Poachers: Kenya

Author: Elizabeth Singer Hunt
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1602862087
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 100

Book Description
Jack finally receives a coded message from his brother Max, possibly detailing his whereabouts. But duty calls, and Jack is whisked away to the sweltering savannah of Kenya before he can decipher it. Once there, a wise and kind Masai chief alerts Jack to a series of elephant killings where the corpses have been robbed of their tusks. Jack must find the malevolent ring of poachers responsible before more of these endangered species are destroyed.

ArtCurious

Author: Jennifer Dasal
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0143134590
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 289

Book Description
A wildly entertaining and surprisingly educational dive into art history as you've never seen it before, from the host of the beloved ArtCurious podcast We're all familiar with the works of Claude Monet, thanks in no small part to the ubiquitous reproductions of his water lilies on umbrellas, handbags, scarves, and dorm-room posters. But did you also know that Monet and his cohort were trailblazing rebels whose works were originally deemed unbelievably ugly and vulgar? And while you probably know the tale of Vincent van Gogh's suicide, you may not be aware that there's pretty compelling evidence that the artist didn't die by his own hand but was accidentally killed--or even murdered. Or how about the fact that one of Andy Warhol's most enduring legacies involves Caroline Kennedy's moldy birthday cake and a collection of toenail clippings? ArtCurious is a colorful look at the world of art history, revealing some of the strangest, funniest, and most fascinating stories behind the world's great artists and masterpieces. Through these and other incredible, weird, and wonderful tales, ArtCurious presents an engaging look at why art history is, and continues to be, a riveting and relevant world to explore.

Mona Lisa

Author: Dianne Hales
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451658966
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 336

Book Description
The book rests on the premise that the woman in the painting "Mona Lisa" is indeed the person identified in its earliest description: Lisa Gherardini (1479-1542), wife of the Florence merchant Francesco del Giocondo. Dianne Hales has followed facts from the Florence State Archives, to the squalid street where Mona Lisa was born, to the ruins of the convent where she died

Saving Mona Lisa

Author: Gerri Chanel
Publisher: Icon Books
ISBN: 178578417X
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 304

Book Description
In August 1939, curators at the Louvre nestled the world's most famous painting into a special red velvet-lined case and spirited her away to the Loire Valley as part of the biggest museum evacuation in history. As the Germans neared Paris in 1940, the French raced to move the masterpieces still further south, then again and again during the war, crisscrossing the southwest of France. Throughout the German occupation, the museum staff fought to keep the priceless treasures out of the hands of Hitler and his henchmen, often risking their lives to protect the country's artistic heritage. Saving Mona Lisa is the sweeping, suspenseful narrative of their struggle.

Steal Back the Mona Lisa!

Author: Meghan McCarthy
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780152053680
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 44

Book Description
A secret-agent kid takes off on the mission of a lifetime.

Solving Mona Lisa

Author: Ron Piccirillo
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781733037204
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 390

Book Description
Memoir of an artist and his revolutionary discoveries that led to solving the mysteries to Leonardo da Vinci's famous painting along with those of many other Renaissance works of art. With COLORED ILLUSTRATIONS.

Mona Lisa

Author: Serge Bramly
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780500237175
Category : Art, Renaissance
Languages : en
Pages : 79

Book Description
The woman in Leonardo da Vinci's work gazes out from the canvas with a quiet serenity. But what lies behind the famous smile? Shrouded in mystery, the Mona Lisa has attracted more speculation and questioning than any other work of art ever created. This work provides an aide memoire of the world's most famous painting. The full-page colour plates portray the Mona Lisa in close-up photographs, while Serge Bramly, the author, explores its shadowy history and the fascination the painting has engendered.

The Mystery of the Mona Lisa

Author: Elizabeth Singer Hunt
Publisher: Jack Stalwart
ISBN: 9781862301238
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
"The Mona Lisa", the most famous painting in the world, has been stolen from the Louvre Museum in Paris. Can secret agent Jack Stalwart find it before an evil red-haired man takes it out of the country, never to be seen again?