Mona Lisa Revealed ~ Secrets of the Painting
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On October 19, 2007 the news circled the globe that photographer/inventor Pascal Cotte had succeeded in photographing Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa” at a resolution of 240 million pixels, 8 times higher than any other professional camera to date. His breakthrough images brought to light never before known secrets that have altered our knowledge of the world’s most famous painting forever. |
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Now able to identify and separate the original color pigments used by da Vinci and then recombine them.
His unique scanning camera has revealed 17 fascinating new discoveries about the masterpiece not known until the present. |
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In 2004 Mr. Cotte’s dream was realized when he was invited by the Louvre Museum in Paris to photograph the painting “in the nude” with his invention the digital Multi-Spectral camera.
Cotte and his team of experts used this cutting-edge technology to bring the Mona Lisa back to life. |
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