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May 01, 2001
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SUDDEN FACTS (tm)
What is the real name of the painting known as the "Mona Lisa"?
The real name of Leonardo Da Vinci's famous painting is "La
Giaconda." The painting is supposed to be a portrait of the wife
of a middle-class Florentine merchant named Francesco del
Giacondo. Art historians have suggested other intriguing
possibilities as well. Read on.
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Why doesn't the Mona Lisa have any eyebrows?
It seems strange to us now, but shaving off one's eyebrows was
the fashion in Renaissance Florence. Mona Lisa would have been
part of the "in" group.
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Why is the Mona Lisa smiling?
Leonardo Da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa between 1503 and 1506.
Ever since, viewers and art critics have speculated about the
source of the Mona Lisa's enigmatic smile. One Italian doctor,
Filippo Surano, speculates that the woman who sat for the
portrait may have suffered from bruxism, an unconscious habit of
grinding the teeth during sleep or periods of stress (such as the
stress of posing for a terribly long time). Dr. Lillian Schwartz
of Bell Labs has another, more radical, theory. She notes that Da
Vinci recorded in his notebooks the records of model sittings,
but never recorded ANY record of the Mona Lisa model sitting. Dr.
Schwartz suggests that the Mona Lisa is actually a self-portrait
of Da Vinci as a woman. She came to this conclusion after
analyzing the facial features of Leonardo's face and that of the
Mona Lisa. Dr. Schwartz digitized both a self-portrait of the
artist and the Mona Lisa, then flipped the self portrait and
merged the two images together using a computer. She noticed the
features of the face aligned perfectly. Want to see for yourself?
Go to:
/13681/data/link2.htm
Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 18:55:56 -0400
From: Pamela Dumas dumi@mindspring.com
To: sjfeld@erols.com
Dear Steve,
Right after I mailed my first reply what came across my screen but the
answer you were interested in........you were mentioned on: Sudden Facts
Ezine < triva@trivaville.com.
Better yet, I will send you a copy of how I know it was them (they always
answer the question asked about the subject from the pervious day) and how
you can contact them.....
PREVIOUS TRIVIA QUESTION & ANSWER
Has the Mona Lisa ever been stolen?
Yes. It was called the biggest art heist in history. In 1911, an
employee at the Louvre simply walked out with the Mona Lisa (a
rather small painting at 20 7/8" x 30") hidden under his
painter's smock. The employee, Vincenzo Peruggia, felt the
Italian painting belonged to Italy and shouldn't be kept in
France. Peruggia was encouraged to steal the painting by Eduardo
de Valfierno, an Argentine con man. While Peruggia himself kept
the Mona Lisa, hiding it in the false bottom of a trunk, the con
man took advantage of the theft by hiring an art forger to make
six copies of the stolen painting. He sold these copies to
unscrupulous collectors who knew the painting had been stolen and
believed they were getting the real thing. Now that's a con! The
con man made what would be millions in today's currency. The Mona
Lisa was not returned to the Louvre until 1913 when Peruggia
attempted to sell it to a Florence art dealer.
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Hope this answers your simple question as to how I came to your site.
Yours,
Pamela Dumas
Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 08:32:35 -0800
From: "k8 rogers"k8rogers@apexmail.com
To: sjfeld@erols.com
I'll see what i can do... i dont have an art section going right now, but that doesnt mean i couldn't start one. Be patient with me. :)
K Rogers
Web Resources for Educators
Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 17:47:41 +0100
From: Dan dan@schoolshistory.org.uk
To: sjfeld@erols.com
Thanks for the links, I'll take a look and add them to the links section
over the weekend.
Dan Moorhouse
http://www.schoolshistory.org.uk
Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 16:59:06 -0500
From: Webmaster prospero@webenglishteacher.com
To: sjfeld@erols.com>
Steve --
Thanks for your recommendations. I'll check them out!
Carla Beard
Web English Teacher
http://www.webenglishteacher.com
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Youth Tech Web Picks
RISD Boston Art Resources
Date: Sun, 06 May 2001 09:19:36 -0400
From: Cathy Chamberlain cathyc@twcny.rr.com
To: sjfeld@erols.com
Thank you for writing and I will review the sites for submission to the
site. Thanks again
Cathy
Electric Teacher
Subject: Re: Thank you for visiting our site
Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 08:34:34 -0500
From: "Joey A Butler" Joey.Butler@ipaper.com
To: sjfeld@erols.com
Steve,
Nice to hear from you! It is great to see that you have a sense of humor
about your work!
I was sent a link to your site as part of a daily email that I receive with
interesting facts, trivia, sites of interest, etc.
I appreciate you taking the time to email me. I am so used to logging my
opinion about something in a guestbook or suchlike and never hearing a
word.
If I was able to do the programming, I'd put together something like, say,
Ernest Borgnine morphing into Elle MacPherson to confirm the rumor that
they are, in fact, the same person. (Have you ever seen them in the same
room together, or in a photograph side by side?)
Thanks so much,
Joey
Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 11:33:45 -0700 (PDT)
From: Donique Ramsaroop
To: sjfeld@erols.com
Thank you for sending me 
the answer for the question i
asked, although it sounds like a joke but it is very
nice to know someone had an answer to my question.
Thanks again,
Dejay Pooh.
Date: Wed, 09 May 2001 09:26:36 -0400
From: mrklein mrklein@hollischool.org
To: sjfeld@erols.com
Thanks I'll definately add the link during the next weekly update.
Yes I enjoyed your website more than anything else there!
Michael Klein
Hollis School
Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 08:03:48 -0700
From: Kimberly Elko KElko@wacom.com
To: sjfeld@erols.com
HI Steven,
Thank you for the kind words.
I will be sending out the video this week.
I was on the road the entire month of April.
How many tablets do you own and what kind.
Is if possible to get copies of the student's work. I am working 20 state
AEA Art educators Associations coming up and it would be great to show off
your students work.
Thanks in advance,
Kimberly
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KIMBERLY ELKO
(formally known as Warnick)
Field Sales Manager
WACOM Technology www.wacom.com
124 Grove Street, Suite 2
North Plainfield, NJ 07060
Office 908-561-3773
Fax 908-561-1110
WACOM (wah'-kum)- Towards the Harmonious Development between
Human and Computer
Scholarship Gateway
Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 09:42:26 EDT
From: RBL50@aol.com
To: SJFeld@erols.com
Dear colleagues:
Here is info on some scholarship gateways for work with students and their
parents--
Congressman Major Owens is now a national spokesperson for SECME's parent
program=-- Educating Parents to Excel in Parenting (EPsquared). Through
their program and the Parent Cafes at NASA SEMAA -AEL programs around the
country and at Medgar Evers College's Major Owens Aeronautics Education Lab,
parents are becoming effective champions and advocates for the success of
their children. Together we can open the pipeline in SMET for our
traditionally underserved youth
Hope you will find this scholarship gateway info helpful!
Yours in progress,
Dr Ronnie Lowenstein
703 448 6022
Subject: *** great news-- will steve be ET3 Webmaster for TEC-Watch??
Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 11:52:04 EDT
From: RBL50@aol.com
** JUST LAST NIGHT, PRES JACKSON OF MEC HAS OFFERED TO CO-CHAIR with Cong
Owens, both the Synergy Conference & THE ON-GOING TEC-Watch Initiative we are
launching-- to promote dialogue, cooperation and collaboration to harness
technology to empower community in Brooklyn. He will provide an office for
ET3 and TEC-Watch at the MEC Metrotech site-- desk, computer, phone, and
website hosting. This provides us with some concrete presence-- not just a
vision.
Can Steve be ET3 webmaster for TEC-Watch?
Can you all participate in Friday May 18 event: NAL Workshop and MOU Signing
and Reception???
see below for emails that I sent out today that conveys event
email #1
NAL Websites of Interest ; Contact Information for Staff &
Information about NAL
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http://www.nal.usda.gov/general_info/about_nal.html
- http://1890scholars.program.usda.gov/
- http://www.nal.usda.gov/Kids/
Let me know how else I can be of help!
Yours in service,
ronnie
703 448 6022
Subject: info and invite
Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 21:45:26 EDT
From: RBL50@aol.com
To: sjfeld@erols.com
Hi Steve
An exhausted ronnie is writing to issue a warm invite to you, ET3s TEC Watch
Webmaster, to join the Congressman and I at the Friday event at Medgar Evers
College ... so much to share -- Below find a draft agenda,,, in process
Would love to introduce you to some of the impt players at MEC and in Cong
Owens office
From what I reviewed and your reputation, I also understand you are a top
notch digital photographer; if you are able to join us, it would be wonderful
if you could take a few pictures to capture this event ... launch of a
partnership that is core to TEC Watch.
Hope your schedule will permit your participation this Friday!
Nite now
ronnie
Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 18:59:55 -0800
From: k8 rogers k8rogers@apexmail.com
To: sjfeld@erols.com
Thank you for the link--I appreciate it. Your 2nd link has also been added so you should be all set! If anything else comes up let me know and I'll be happy to look into it. --K8 Rogers--
k8rogers@apexmail.com
http://www2.gvsu.edu/~baleikok/
Subject: Re: Site Recommendation for Teacher's Page
Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 00:34:20 -0000
From: "Susan Stein"
To: sjfeld@erols.com
Dear Steve,
Thank you for your request. I viewed the links and have added them successfully to the Teacher's
Page and Link page. I hope many more people view this because of me. You did a teriffic job.
Susan Stein
Tooter4Kids
Mona Lisa is now Live at webpages4teachers.com
Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 17:01:13 -0400
From: info@theeducatorsnetwork.com
To: sjfeld@erols.com
Hi Steve,
Your web page requests has been completed. You can access your new page at
http://www.webpages4teachers.com/001.htm
alternatively at http://www.theeducatorsnetwork.com/webpages/001.htm
Test the links to ensure they are working correctly and let me know if you have any problems....
Sincerely
Lorenzo Salvalaggio
The Educators' Network
