Mona Lisa Smile
December 16th, 2005
Now it’s official: Mona Lisa was 83 per cent happy, nine pc disgusted, six pc fearful and two pc angry. That’s the conclusion of a University of Amsterdam computer that applied “emotion-recognition software” to Leonardo da Vinci’s work, the British weekly New Scientist reports in next Saturday’s issue.
The algorithm, developed in conjunction with the University of Illinois, tries to assess the human mood by examining key features such as the curvature of the lips and crinkles around the eyes, then makes a score with respect to six basic emotions.
I dont think she looks 83% happy in that painting. Do you?
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I think that I read somewhere that Mona Lisa is actually Davinci in drag… maybe it was happiness
Fun post!
Welcome back.
Davinci in drag? Someone’s been reading too much Dan Brown.
The third graders at my school painted Mona Lisa with a thought bubble that says, “I’m smiling because…” and they are hilarious.
They say things like, “because I love Starbucks”. My favorite that I would pay the kid for says, “because Jesus is my savior.” The art teacher says that kid is a mean boy which makes it all the more awesome.
Re above: yes, too much Dan Brown.
hey, I read bout Da vinci and the whole drag things too. quite possible…ye? nay? hahaha.