Mona Lisa Conspiracy
Few people in the civilized world would fail to recognize the famous Mona Lisa in a painting replica or a print. Most of those people would also be able to name Leonardo Da Vinci as the artist that placed her on the history making canvas, however not many people are able to address the conspiracy issues that have surrounded the painting since its creation. The painting, arguably the most famous painting in history, has created debates worldwide with regard to the meaning behind its initial appearance. Everything from secrets of Jesus, to it being a self-portrait of the artist have been examined and argued with little conclusive evidence. There are several conspiracy theories with regards to the Mona Lisa though none of them have been proven.
One of the most popular theories of consipiracy when it comes to the Mona Lisa was triggered with the publication of the Da Vinci Code. The novel sparked a movie and the two made history when they brought up the possibility to the world that Jesus had a wife and that the smirk on Mona Lisa's face was because she was aware of such an important secret.
Another popular theory about the Mona Lisa and conspiracy is the belief that the Mona Lisa smirk has to do with the blending of two genders into one being. The conspiracy alleges that the Mona Lisa is an androgynous being, that melds a female and a male being together into one single sexuality (Why The Mona Lisa Smirks A Book Review of The Da Vinci Code by Rev. Marty Fields (http://www.thirdmill.org/newfiles/mar_fields/CH.Fields.WhyTheMonaLisaSmirks.7.9.04.html).The theory comes from the rumor that the artist of the Mona Lisa, DaVinci was actually a believer in a God and a Goddess, not just a God.
The theory is that he believed in both deities and provided evidence of it with a singular painting of a plural deity. The theory speculates that the name Mona Lisa is actually a play on the words Amon-L Isa who is an Egyptian God and an Egyptian Goddess blended together (Why The Mona Lisa Smirks A Book Review of The Da Vinci Code by Rev. Marty Fields (http://www.thirdmill.org/newfiles/mar_fields/CH.Fields.WhyTheMonaLisaSmirks.7.9.04.html).
While both of these theories are religiously based there is also a theory that is not based in any religion and that is the theory of a self-portrait. According to this theory the painting of the Mona Lisa is actually a feminine version of a self-portrait by the artist himself.
In the self-portrait theory it is said that the artist painted hidden messages into the painting using symbols (Mystery of the Mona Lisa (http://www.unmuseum.org/leocode.htm).
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