Mona Lisa Speaks Mandarin 蒙娜丽莎讲汉语
[audio]http://file.24en.com/bbc/tae/assets_1483002/bbc_tae_228_mona_lisa_au_bb.mp3[/audio][font=Verdana, 宋体, helvetica, arial, sans-serif][p=21, 2, left]One question has [b]intrigued[/b] art lovers around the world [b]for generations[/b]: what is the secret behind the Mona Lisa’s [b]enigmatic[/b] smile?[/p][p=21, 2, left]Well now they have the chance to ask her directly, thanks to a new[b]interactive[/b][b] exhibition[/b] in Beijing which [b]brings[/b][b] the 500-year-old painting[/b][b]to life[/b].[/p]
[p=21, 2, left]Leonardo da Vinci’s 16th century[b]masterpiece[/b] is now able to move her head and wave her hand in 3D, and even answer questions.[/p][p=21, 2, left]But when she talks it’s not[b]Renaissance[/b] Italian you hear. Instead, it’s something like this:[/p][p=21, 2, left]“Dajia hao, wo jiao Mengna Lisha. Hen gaoxing jiandao nimen.”[/p][p=21, 2, left]The new, digital version of the Mona Lisa is the [b]centrepiece[/b] of the World Classic Interactive Arts Exhibition in Beijing, which also [b]features[/b] other world-famous paintings such as da Vinci’s Last Supper.[/p][p=21, 2, left]The exhibition’s organiser Wang Hui spent two years preparing the collection with a team of over 400 digital artists in South Korea, at a cost of around 50m yuan.[/p][color=#3f3f3f][size=12px][float=right][img=226,170]http://www.24en.com/d/file/bbc/bbc2/2009-09-03/d96f039ed9259919b914ca9db344c67b.jpg[/img][p=30, 2, left]The Mona Lisa, now with added voice recognition technology[/p][/float]
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[p=21, 2, left]He says, "What's special about this is that it's the first time 3D technology, [b]holographic technology[/b], and [b]voice recognition technology[/b] are [b]fused together[/b] in one [b]exhibit[/b]."[/p][p=21, 2, left]So what does the Mona Lisa say if you ask her why she is smiling?[/p][p=21, 2, left]She admits many people find her smile [b]mysterious[/b], but also [b]hints[/b] that she is happy about [b]becoming pregnant[/b] again after the death of a child.[/p][p=21, 2, left]Indeed, research by Canadian scientists on the actual painting revealed she was wearing a thin [b]gauzy[/b] dress popular with early 16th century Italian ladies who were pregnant or had just given birth.[/p][p=21, 2, left]The original Mona Lisa is an [b]oil painting[/b] on a board of [b]poplar[/b] and is[b]housed[/b] at the Louvre Museum in Paris.[/p][/font]
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