The Mona Lisa is now smiling from a large structure resembling a giant picture frame right at one end of an 840 sq metre room, where visitors can admire her from behind a wooden railing. New lighting underlines the painting's colours. The masterpiece is set against a marbled beige wall and protected by unbreakable glass. The Mona Lisa has taken on a brownish cast due to the accumulation of dust and dirt and chemical changes to the varnish covering its surface, but the museum has so far resisted pressure to restore the painting to its original colours.
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New Home For Mona Lisa
Four years and almost 5 million euros later, the Mona Lisa has moved into spacious new digs at the Louvre Museum in Paris but her famous smile remains as enigmatic as ever. Visitors will find the 500-year-old painting in the Salle des Etats, a large gallery which has undergone a 4.8 million euro ($6.2 million) makeover since 2001.
The Mona Lisa is now smiling from a large structure resembling a giant picture frame right at one end of an 840 sq metre room, where visitors can admire her from behind a wooden railing. New lighting underlines the painting's colours. The masterpiece is set against a marbled beige wall and protected by unbreakable glass. The Mona Lisa has taken on a brownish cast due to the accumulation of dust and dirt and chemical changes to the varnish covering its surface, but the museum has so far resisted pressure to restore the painting to its original colours.
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Irish Art
The Mona Lisa is now smiling from a large structure resembling a giant picture frame right at one end of an 840 sq metre room, where visitors can admire her from behind a wooden railing. New lighting underlines the painting's colours. The masterpiece is set against a marbled beige wall and protected by unbreakable glass. The Mona Lisa has taken on a brownish cast due to the accumulation of dust and dirt and chemical changes to the varnish covering its surface, but the museum has so far resisted pressure to restore the painting to its original colours.
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Irish Art
