This was a bit of science which went astray. It was reported in Science Daily last week that the woman Mona Lisa in the painting by Leonardo da Vinci isn’t really looking at you. The scientists demonstrated that Mona Lisa isn’t looking at the viewer but is looking over their right shoulder. Because of this slight difference of eye angle in the painting “the Mona Lisa, of all paintings, we didn’t get this impression” (that her gaze follows you). Thus if you walk past the painting you will always have the feeling that she isn’t quite looking at you but just to your right.
The physical observations they made are correct enough, but they missed the Mona Lisa magic. To get the magic you need a life-size portrait of her on-screen or on paper and then stand about a head length back from her face. That is close enough that she isn’t looking past you but into your right eye. Look into her right eye and now slowly rock back and forth about the width of her head to your left and right. You will discover, not that her eyes follow you in a smooth way, as they do when the eyes of other paintings are looking directly at you, but her eyes shift in little jumps. See it even better at Probaway.wordpress.com
The Mona Lisa is looking at your soul if you are up close.
You can get the goosebumps if you look at the Mona Lisa in this way because she is alive!
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