“Selling the OC”'s Austin Victoria Welcomes Third Baby with Wife Lisa: ‘Daddy Finally Got a Son!’ (Exclusive) The Selling the OC star, 33, and his wife Lisa have welcomed their third baby — a son named Aeson Quade — on Thursday, April 25, at 8:32 p.m. PST, the couple confirms to PEOPLE. 04/27/2024 - 6:24 am | View Link
Louvre Considers Moving Mona Lisa To Underground Chamber To End ‘Public Disappointment' In an effort to remedy this situation, the Mona Lisa may be moved to an underground chamber, according to a report in The Telegraph Tuesday. Louvre director Laurence des Cars recently suggested the relocation of the popular artwork to a dedicated room constructed in the institution's basement. 04/25/2024 - 7:19 am | View Link
Mona Lisa | artble.com Mona Lisa. Date of Creation: 1506. Alternative Names: Portrait of Lisa Gherardini, wife of Francesco del Giocondo, La Gioconda. Height (cm): 77.00. Length (cm): 53.00. Medium: Oil. Support: Wood. Subject: Figure. Framed: Yes. Art Movement: Renaissance. Created by: Leonardo da Vinci. Current Location: Paris, France. Displayed at: Musée du Louvre. 04/27/2024 - 5:05 am | View Link
Why Is the Mona Lisa So Famous? | Britannica Five centuries after Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa (1503–19), the portrait hangs behind bulletproof glass within the Louvre Museum and draws thousands of jostling spectators each day. It is the most famous painting in the world, and yet, when viewers manage to see the artwork up close, they are likely to be baffled by the small ... 04/27/2024 - 3:03 am | View Link
Mona Lisa (article) | Leonardo da Vinci | Khan Academy The most recognized painting in the world. The Mona Lisa was originally this type of portrait, but over time its meaning has shifted and it has become an icon of the Renaissance—perhaps the most recognized painting in the world. The Mona Lisa is a likely a portrait of the wife of a Florentine merchant. 04/27/2024 - 12:18 am | View Link
Mona Lisa | Painting, Subject, History, Meaning, & Facts Mona Lisa, oil painting on a poplar wood panel by Leonardo da Vinci, probably the world’s most famous painting. The sitter’s mysterious smile and her unproven identity have made the work a source of ongoing investigation and fascination. Read more about the painting’s subject and history. 04/26/2024 - 4:04 pm | View Link
The Mona Lisa Sgraffito, Ca. 1923. Mona Lisa. Phototype on card, Ca. 1915. Inventory number. P000504. Author. Workshop of Leonardo da Vinci. Title. The Mona Lisa. Date. 1507 - 1516 (1507/8-1513/16) Technique. 04/26/2024 - 12:37 pm | View Link
Editor’s note: The opinions of the smart, well-read women in my Denver book club mean a lot, and often determine what the rest of us choose to pile onto our bedside tables. So we asked them, and all Denver Post readers, to share these mini-reviews with you. Have any to offer?
I’ve completed 17 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzles in the past 14 weeks. Mostly by myself.
Over that same time, I also cut way back on booze, halved my phone screen time (okay, it’s maybe 30% less), and gone on a dozen hikes. All without losing a single cardboard piece.
I never really saw myself as a puzzler, but it’s become a nice way to put aside the problems of the world and focus on something else for five or 10 minutes, or for a couple of hours.
Editor’s note: The opinions of the smart, well-read women in my Denver book club mean a lot, and often determine what the rest of us choose to pile onto our bedside tables. So we asked them, and all Denver Post readers, to share these mini-reviews with you. Have any to offer?
“Airplane Mode: An Irreverent History of Travel,” by Shahnaz Habib (Catapult, 2023)
Editor’s note: The opinions of the smart, well-read women in my Denver book club mean a lot, and often determine what the rest of us choose to pile onto our bedside tables. So we asked them, and all Denver Post readers, to share these mini-reviews with you.
“The Memory of Lavender and Sage,” by Aimie K. Runyan (Harper Muse)
Tempesta’s father is dead. His will leaves the family fortune to her brother. But to everyone’s surprise, the will gives Tempesta money that had belonged to her mother, who died years before. Tempesta has no reason to remain in New York. Her grandmother hates her, her brother is disdainful, and she’s bored with her newspaper job.
So on a whim, Tempesta buys, sight unseen, a house in her mother’s native Sainte-Colombe, France.
“End of Story,” by A. J. Finn (William Morrow)
“End of Story,” by A. J. Finn (William Morrow)
A. J. Finn’s “The Woman in the Window” was a huge best-seller. “End of Story” is destined to be, too. It’s a mystery more than a thriller, and a tightly crafted page-turner.
Literary critic Nicky Hunter is a huge fan of mystery writer Sebastian Trapp.