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Happy Birthday, Mona Lisa!

by DHales | Jun 12, 2017 | art, Books, culture, Florence, history, Italy, Language, Religion, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs

Lisa Gherardini del Giocondo June 15, 1479 — July 15, 1542 On a mid-June day in Florence in 1479, a midwife—called a levatrice for her “lifting” (levare) of a baby into the light — gently washed the newborn daughter of Antonmaria and Lucrezia Gherardini...

New Life for Mona Lisa’s Final Resting Place

by DHales | Jun 8, 2017 | art, Books, culture, Florence, history, Italy, Language, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs

Il Convento di Sant' Orsola The Convent of Saint Ursula Mona Lisa Gherardini, the woman with the world's most recognized smile, celebrates her 538th birthday this month. The mother of six children lived quietly as a merchant's wife in...

In Pursuit of Italian Passions

by DHales | Jun 21, 2016 | Books, culture, Fashion, Film, Food and Drink, history, Italy, Language, Music, Romance, Rome, Social behavior, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs

Cari amici, I'm delighted to announce an exciting new project: a book on the alluring subject of Italian passions. Here is the official release from Publishers Marketplace: "Author of the New York Times best-selling LA BELLA LINGUA, Dianne Hales'...

Smiling in the Italian Language

by DHales | Apr 23, 2016 | art, Books, culture, history, Italy, Language, Music, Sayings and expressions, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs

Sorridi! Smile! Ever since publication of MONA LISA: A Life Discovered, the question I’ve been asked most concerns her smile (sorriso)—or, more precisely, her half- or slight smile (sorrisino, sorrisetto). Italians refer to the painting as La Gioconda, a descriptive...

Mona Lisa in India

by DHales | Sep 19, 2015 | art, Books, culture, Florence, history, Italy, Language, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs

MONA LISA: A Life Discovered has made its way to India! This review recently appeared in the Business Standard, India's leading business site: Mona Lisa: Behind the Portrait by Uttaran Das Gupta She seduced the most famous Italian Renaissance artist and slept with...
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