Mona Lisa

The Mona Lisa is very plainly dressed. For a portrait, a woman would usually put on her best clothes and jewellery. Mona Lisa has a dark dress and a fine black veil over her head. Leonardo often left symbols in his paintings that give clues about the person. The unusual thing about this picture is the smile. The smile is the clue to her name: Mona Lisa Giacondo. Giacondo means "the joking one". (Mona is short for Madonna which means "My Lady".)

Pointillism is a technique of painting in which small, distinct dots of pure color are applied in patterns to form an image. Georges Seurat and Paul Signac developed the technique in 1886, branching from Impressionism

I like the artists way of making this extremely famous painting look Brand new and modern again. Although the art is simple the use of big circles and simple colours makes the piece seem very fine and really holds your eye as there appears to be a lot more detail than there actually is.