The 'Mona Lisa' Just Might Be Part Of History's First 3D Image, Researchers Claim

[dipsydoodle]

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Leonard da Vinci was the original Renaissance man, dabbling in not just art, but anatomy, geology, botany, cartography, mathematics, literature and much, much more. Not only do we give him credit for masterpieces like "The Last Supper" and "The Vitruvian Man," history praises his work in musical instrument construction, hydraulics, cannon design and early flying machines.

So it wouldn't hurt, we suppose, to credit the man with 3D imagery too.

It's a claim German researchers Claus-Christian Carbon and Vera Hesslinger assert in their study of Leonardo's famous portrait, "Mona Lisa." The pair have been analyzing the well-known version of La Giaconda that hangs at Paris' Louvre, as well as an eerily similar copy known as the "Prado Mona Lisa," housed at the Museo del Prado in Spain, and have concluded that the two artworks -- taken together -- may amount to the first stereoscopic image in the world.

In other words, our first 3D artwork.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/03/mona-lisa-3d_n_5256193.html?utm_hp_ref=arts

[AnnieBW]

1. Actually the Last Supper is 3D

My aunt saw it in person last year. You have to go through multiple layers of security to see it. Her group looked at it close up, then the guide told them to step back a few paces. The image changed to an almost 3D one.

[CK_John]

2. Was she wearing a watch, it looks like a bracelet or watch, lighter skin tone line?

[LunaSea]

3. Enhanced image for crosseye stereo view

Curious, I snagged a higher res image, and mucked around in Photoshop to equalize the values a bit and enlarged it for a better view.


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View the image with your head level while crossing your eyes until the images merge. It may take a couple of tries to get it (crosseyed stereo viewing is not for everyone) and see if you perceive a 3d effect.

I can indeed see a slight stereo effect in the figure, not so much in the mid or background.

Thanks for the post, I'm off to read that paper!

http://www.experimental-psychology.de/ccc/docs/pubs/CarbonHesslinger_MonaLisa-Background-INPRESS.pdf

[pintobean]

4. A couple of mad hatters. /nt

[Courtesy Flush]

5. I always think of the two artists who painted those.

Artist one: Did you notice? The whole time I was painting, she was checking me out.

Artist two: No way man. She had her eyes on me the whole time!