The eyes of "Gioconda". Secrets of the Mona Lisa - Alberto Angela. Gift book bound in leather.

The eyes of the legendary "Gioconda", her unfathomable smile annually attract millions of people from all over the world to the Louvre in Paris. Equally incomprehensible is the titanic personality of its creator, Leonardo da Vinci - an artist, scientist, architect, strategist, inventor, whose universal genius, striking even for the Renaissance, does not cease to amaze humanity many centuries later. Alberto Angela, having brilliantly demonstrated his rare talent for reviving eras long gone by in the pages of his books, invites the reader to go into the world of Leonardo and join the fascinating investigation of the history of the creation of his most famous masterpiece. Which, perhaps, will reveal previously elusive details and lead to unexpected assumptions and versions.