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...